Woh Ladki Jo singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya’s son Jay Bhattacharya has slammed the media and netizens for not giving due credit to the voice behind the original track, pointing out at an alleged bias towards actors in India, in a social media post shared hours after Dua Lipa’s Levitating-Woh Ladki Jo mashup video went viral.

Sharing the widely-circulated video on Instagram, Jay wrote, “Unfortunately we live in a country where not one news outlet or instagram page has mentioned the voice and the artist of this song.”

Jay questioned the overarching popularity of actors which often overshadows the contribution of other artistes. “Why has it always been about actors in this country? Yes Shah Rukh Khan is the star of the song undoubtedly but there is another man, another legend involved,” he wrote, adding that Lipa must have appreciated the voice behind the song when she first heard it.

“I’m sure when @dualipa heard this song she must've heard it and appreciated the man that has sung this song along with SRK . It is @abhijeetbhattacharya and composed by @anumalikmusic I'm sorry but this song is called Woh Ladki Jo Sabse Alag Hai - Abhijeet wherever you search it but somehow the media in this country never lets a singer get his due and then people ask me why don’t you try and sing for Bollywood,” Jay stated in his post.

Although Jay expressed his admiration for Shah Rukh, he underlined how singers and their efforts are often overlooked in India. “This post is not about Shah Rukh Khan…I'm his biggest fan ever and he is the GOAT and yes he took the song to another level but let everyone get the credit it’s high time. This is about our audience and our media who don’t support the singers of our country like they do in the west,” Jay wrote.

“My father does his riyaaz every morning and works hard every day to go out there and perform songs live on stage everyday for his fans for the last 35 years. Show some respect,” the musician concluded, honouring his father’s commitment to his craft.

Abhijeet shared the same video on his Instagram.

Pop star Dua Lipa headlined the second edition of Zomato Feeding India Concert held at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex on November 30. She surprised the audience at the concert by performing a mash-up of her chartbuster Levitating and Wo Ladki Jo Sabse Alag, a song from the 1999 Bollywood film Baadshah, fronted by Shah Rukh Khan and Twinkle Khanna.

Wo Ladki Jo Sabse Alag is sung by Abhijeet Bhattacharya and composed by Anu Malik.

Abhijeet recently lent his vocals to the hit Khadaan track Haye Re Biye.