India, Jan. 28 -- Singer Arijit Singh, who announced his retirement from playback singing, once shared that he would want to tell producers, directors, and production houses in the film industry about rightly making payments to artists. Speaking with The Music Podcast in 2023, Arijit said that they should be clear about certain things--"ya toh kaam karwao paesa do ya toh kaam mat karwao (pay them for their work or else don't assign them work)."

Arijit went on to say that many times, the amount of work an artist invests, he doesn't get paid accordingly. He added that all discussions and decisions stay verbal. The singer said that after doing the work, an artist realises he did more than what he is being paid for. He said that to create so...