Haven’t walked out of ‘India’s Raw Star’: Arijit Singh

Mumbai, Aug 29 (PTI) Popular singer Arijit Singh hasrubbished reports that he has opted out of the reality show"India’s Raw Star" and says the project is merely delayed. There were reports that the "Tum Hi Ho" hitmaker quitthe Star Plus show as apparently he did not want anybody elsearound him on the series who is connected to music. Asked about this, Arijit told PTI, "No I haven’t optedout. It has been postponed. They had a slot in September andit took so long because of meetings that we didn’t have thetime to do creative work. "The channel has to do something in the slot which isgoing to be empty. But we can’t ready the episodes aftershooting them. So we have postponed. Now something else willhappen in the slot," he added. Previous edition of the singing-reality show featuredrapper Honey Singh as a mentor. The 29-year-old singer, who was supposed to replaceHoney for the current season, says everyone in the team is"depressed" that the show won’t start this year. "I didn’t walk out of the show. We are in fact workingon it to figure out when to do it. Yes, all of us are a littledepressed because we had already started working on it. Weshot the promo, and a lot of things were locked creatively… "The date hasn’t been fixed yet. I don’t thinkanythingwill happen before November," Arijit said. Reportedly, actress Shraddha Kapoor is also in talksto appear on the show. PTI JUR RSY BKBAS