A two-episode documentary, titled, ‘The Killing Call’, detailing the events surrounding the killing of popular Punjabi singer, Sidhu Moosewala, was released on YouTube by a UK-based broadcasting service on Wednesday to coincide with the singer’s birth anniversary.
The slain singer’s family also released three new songs of the singer on his YouTube channel the same day.
Moosewala’s death by multiple gunshots on May 29, 2022, near his village in district Mansa of Punjab had shaken the nation and the world. He was on his way to Jawahar Ke village in Mansa with his friend and cousin.
Moosewala’s father, Balkaur Singh, who had declined to be a part of the documentary, filed a petition on Tuesday in a Mansa court, seeking a stay on the screening of the documentary. The court of civil judge (senior division) has adjourned the matter to June 12.
Singh, in his plea, submitted that the documentary could compromise the ongoing trial in his son’s murder and infringe upon the family’s privacy. His counsel, Satinderpal Singh said no consent of the family was taken before making the documentary on Moosewala.
Earlier, when Singh learnt that the documentary was to be screened in Juhu on June 11, he wrote to the Maharashtra Director General of Police and Juhu Police Station in Mumbai to ban the screening.
Canada-based Goldy Brar, a member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, had claimed responsibility for the broad daylight murder that hogged the headlines for weeks.
The Killing Call focuses on Moosewala’s early life, his rise to fame in the music world and the circumstances of his killing. It features interviews of the singer’s friends, a Punjab Police officer, and a few journalists.
The BBC World Service in the description of the documentary wrote, "On 29 May 2022, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was murdered by hired hitmen who followed his car, shot him through the windscreen, and left him to die." Three years since the murder, no one has been convicted of this murder, the motives remain murky, and Goldy Brar is still on the run, it reads.
"BBC Eye Investigations has been talking to some of the people closest to Sidhu Moose Wala, tracing his rise from obscurity to stardom, finding out how he made enemies of India's most feared gang, and asking why they wanted him dead.
"It's a story that takes us from the villages of rural India to the hip-hop scene of eastern Canada, from the turbulent history of Punjab to the contested politics of modern India, and from the shadowy world of organised crime to a chilling phone call with the fugitive gangster, who says he ordered the hit.
"Based on hours of unseen archive and exclusive access to Sidhu's friends and musical collaborators, the film features voices that have never spoken to the media before," the description continues.
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