India, Oct. 23 -- Singer-songwriter Lucky Ali "apologised" for his recent remarks on veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar - though not without a touch of sarcasm. Days after calling Akhtar "ugly as f**k" while reacting to an old video of the writer, the O Sanam hitmaker shared a new post clarifying that his words were miscommunicated and not meant to offend.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), Lucky wrote, "What I meant was that arrogance is ugly.. it was a mistaken communique on my part.. monsters may have feelings too and I apologise if I hurt anyone's monstrosity.."

His post came after a viral clip of Javed Akhtar resurfaced online, triggering heated debate. Reacting to the same video earlier, Ali had commented, "Don't become like Javed Akhtar,...