sidhu moosewalas murder on may 29 at mansa district has stunned the punjabi and bollywood industry at 28 moosewala had earned titles like legend and a revolutionary with his gangster rap and radical punjabi poetry for most part of his short career he remained controversial owing to his aggressive lyrics and unapologetic display of guns in music videos nevertheless he had a cult following among the youth in india and abroadthe title of his song 295 has been trending since his death for its ominous parallel to the date of his murder 295 he was very shy polite angela krislinzkiactress angela krislinzki was one of the few popular actresses to model for sidhu moosewalas music video she acted in his first sad romantic song i m better now 91898596i had heard his songs before working with him and liked his music before meeting him i had an image in my mind of him being aggressive and rude because of his songs on gangster rap but when i met him i was taken aback because he was so shy and polite he made me so comfortable that i didnt realise that his image is sometimes controversial in fact our shoot for the next day was cancelled and sidhu had a live show in punjab he invited us and i was amazed to see the huge turnout and fans enthusiasm it was next level energy he was a very profound poet and he used that in his live concert too which sent fans in a frenzy they stood on chairs screaming their lungs out the air was so charged he was truly a legend it is so shocking to know that a person like him could be murdered like thishe never put on any airs amberdeep singhamberdeep singh directorwriter of sidhus last unfinished film jattan da munda gaun lagya 91898639i had met him a few months ago when the news of his murder flashed i went numb i didnt browse through the internet for more news i wanted to avoid the negativity i kept thinking how could fate be so cruel sidhu bais personality was very different from how it was perceived in public humble down to the earth izzat karne vala and sabse pyar se milne aur baat karne vala aisa tha sidhu he never put on any airs and remained grounded in my opinion he was the most wellmannered person and a man with principles those who knew him will relate to what i am saying though i was the writerdirector of his next film shooting for which was about to start we developed a brotherly bond and now hes gone uske saath hi ye film bhi khatam its a loss for everyone jo kabhi poora nahi ho saktapunjabs history chronicles that sidhu is not the first punjabi artist who was murdered since 1980s artists have been falling to gun shots speculatively due to intergang rivalry 91898672singercomposer amar singh chamkila called the elvis of punjab was fatally shot along