Class in 'Awaam'

The ironic implication of ‘Awaam’ is the detachment of its content from the masses despite of its title being ‘awaam’ itself. The Awaam referred in the song revolves around the Honda ke laundey, mospel aur offsparay ke khaali container and the cool it innuendos. It’s focusing on a particular class in society and not addressing to the common masses. The irresponsibility of media comes in to play when there is a talk show segment in between the song. The host addresses the following issues “Aaam admi ko roti nai naseeb hoti, bijli ka buhran hai, mehangai barti ja rahi hai aur akhir ye drone hamle ho kis ki ijazzat se rahe hain” and then suddenly diverts topic to “ap main se behtar dancer kon hai?” which shows precisely how contemporary media is behaving. Towards the end of the song, the rap turns to “Awaam ke liye paighaam hai Larai choro, parhai kero, safai kero, judaai na kero” which is explicitly simplistic but if you hear with a little extra consideration it is in fact deeply ironic. The simplicity of the message is telling the awaam something so understood and known which doesn’t need to be told. It is in a way degrading the awaam as if they always need to be told everything and have no sensibilities of their own.