The Killing Call, Ep 1: Sidhu Moose Wala and the Murder that Shook India - BBC World Service Docs

Three years after the murder of Punjabi hip-hop icon Sidhu Moose Wala, #BBCEye questions the gangster who says he ordered the killing.

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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. As news of the killing spread across India and around the world, a gangster named Goldy Brar claimed responsibility for the hit. But three years later, no-one has been convicted of this murder, the motives remain murky, and Goldy Brar is still on the run.

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 turbulant 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.

00:00 Breaking barriers: A revolutionary and modern-day poet
04:47 Raw Talent: “All he wanted to do was become an artist”.
09:56 Canada and the rise to fame
13:40 Byg Byrd lights the touchpaper
17:43 Sidhu’s managers and the first cracks appear
20:35 A love of hip-hop and a dream to be India’s Tupac
24:05 Gangster role-play in an industry “with real gangsters and real threats”
26:00 Extortion as explained by a gangster
28:43 Validation and Controversy in India: “Punjab hadn't seen something like this for the last 20-25 years”
33:28 Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar: Students turned criminals
39:21 Goldy Brar calls

⏭ Watch episode two of this documentary here: https://youtu.be/VC_clSpgak0

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🎞️ To watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning BBC Eye investigations team, check out this documentary playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playli....st?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4

📽️ Watch the full documentary in PUNJABI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usfy_8eSU7I
and in HINDI here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeilwYFWk00

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