{"id":277738,"date":"2026-02-06T19:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/277738\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T19:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:51:09","slug":"we-are-artists-not-factory-products-pankaj-tripathi-supports-arijit-singhs-decision-to-quit-playback-singing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/277738\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are artists, not factory products\u2019: Pankaj Tripathi supports Arijit Singh’s decision to quit playback singing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Pankaj Tripathi has extended his support to singer Arijit Singh<\/a>, days after his decision to quit playback singing. Speaking with NDTV<\/a>, Pankaj stressed the importance of taking frequent breaks, “as being an artist is demanding.” He also said they are artists, not products.<\/p>\n

\"PankajPankaj Tripathi talked about Arijit Singh and his decision to quit playback singing.Pankaj Tripathi supports Arijit Singh’s decision to quit playback singing<\/p>\n

Pankaj Tripathi<\/a> highlighted that slowing down is necessary for an artist to be able to do something new. “You need a break to reinvent yourself. It’s important to take frequent breaks or slow down, as being an artist is a demanding job. Only then will an artist be able to do something new. We are not factory products,” the actor said.<\/p>\n

“We aren’t like those 1,000 copies of matchboxes that a factory produces every day. We are artists, not products… Bahut bhaag-daud hai (There’s a lot of running around). Every actor has to struggle and sacrifice a lot to reach where they are today. You should be excited to go on set. And the motivation for that excitement keeps changing again and again,” added Pankaj.<\/p>\n

What did Arijit say about quitting playback singing<\/p>\n

Arijit’s decision to step away from playback singing left fans as well as celebrities in shock. Last month, Arijit announced that he would no longer take up new assignments as a playback vocalist, bringing an end to a “wonderful” journey.<\/p>\n

In a message shared with his fans on Instagram, Arijit expressed gratitude for the love he has received over the years. “Hello, Happy New Year to all. I want to thank you all for giving me so much love all these years as listeners. I am happy to announce that I am not going to be taking any new assignments as a playback vocalist from now on. I am calling it off. It was a wonderful journey,” he wrote in his post.<\/p>\n

More about Arijit<\/p>\n

Arijit began his career on the reality show Fame Gurukul in 2005 and made his Hindi film debut with Phir Mohabbat from Murder 2 in 2011. Later, he went on to become a household name after Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2 in 2013, continuing to release multiple hits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Pankaj Tripathi has extended his support to singer Arijit Singh, days after his decision to quit playback…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[98156,143179,143180,458,146,85,46,104113,143178],"class_list":["post-277738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-arijit-singh","tag-arijit-singh-quit-playback","tag-arijit-singh-quits","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-pankaj-tripathi","tag-pankaj-tripathi-arijit-singh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}