Ishaan Khatter and Ananya Panday-starrer "Khaali Peeli" mired in controversy over a song "Beyonce Sharma Jayegi" for its racist undertones but the film's director Maqbool Khan asserts that aim behind the track was to showcase the pop diva as an icon. The track, which was released earlier this month, came under scanner for its lyrics "tujhe dekh ke goriya Beyonce sharma jayegi" with netizens calling it out for furthering the glorification of white skin and a bizarre comparison to the African-American pop starsource https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/maqbool-khan-on-row-over-khaali-peeli-track-idea-was-to-put-beyonce-as-an-icon-652365
