Guru Randhawa faces backlash for sexualising schoolgirls in Azul video

New Delhi – Popular Punjabi singer Guru Randhawa has landed in controversy on two separate fronts — one over his latest music video Azul, accused of sexualising minors, and another over alleged promotion of drug use in his song Sirra, for which he has been summoned by a Samrala court to appear on September 2.

The outrage around Azul erupted after viewers criticised the video for portraying Randhawa as a photographer in an all-girls school setting. Social media users accused the video of objectifying schoolgirls and normalising predatory behaviour.

One X user wrote: “I have always hated Guru Randhawa, and now his recent music video Azul has given me more reasons to hate him. Objectification of women is not music. Pedophilia is not music.”

Another said: “Guru Randhawa's new music video is disgusting. A grown ass man is instantly attracted to a schoolgirl, and this is romanticised??? Since when did we normalise pedo behaviour.”

Others condemned the video in strong terms. “Guru Randhawa casually promoting pedophilia in 2025,” one comment read, while another added: “With his cultural influence, Guru Randhawa should know better. Objectifying schoolgirls in a music video isn't art, it's harmful. As someone who endured eve-teasing growing up, I know how normalized this behavior already is. Media must stop glamorizing predation.”

Several users also noted that Randhawa restricted comments on Instagram after facing criticism. “Guru Randhawa's new song Azul has him ogling at girls in school uniforms and when people started pointing it out on Insta he restricted comments,” one user alleged.

Meanwhile, the singer is also facing legal scrutiny over Sirra. The court objected to a lyric that says, “Jamia nu gudti ch mildi afeem hai” (Newborns are given opium in their cradle), describing it as problematic and summoning Randhawa to appear in person.

So far, Randhawa has not issued any statement on either the social media backlash or the court summons.