Punjabi music star visits top Birmingham Indian restaurant 13 years after he was deported

A Punjabi music star with six million Spotify listeners and virtually as many Instagram followers was in Birmingham this week having fun with a meal on the metropolis’s hottest celeb hang-out. Hit-maker Garry Sandhu, who lived in Birmingham earlier than he was deported again in 2011, was photographed eating at Asha’s within the metropolis centre.

Asha’s has a reputation for being the go-to place for celebrities within the metropolis and has beforehand welcomed ‘Two Tikkas’ Tom Cruise, Pink, Ed Sheeran and the Rolling Stones. Cooks at Asha’s even cooked for King Charles earlier than his coronation.

It is unclear as to why ‘Unlawful Weapon’ performer Garry Sandhu was on the town, although the singer has sturdy connections to Birmingham given he lived right here till he was apprehended by immigration officers in 2011. He first got here to town in 2002 and returned to Indian penniless after being refused asylum.

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Within the years since, the performer’s music linked along with his viewers and he shot to Bollywood fame. His tune Unlawful Weapon featured within the film Road Dancer 3D in 2020 and has, on the time of writing, been listened to virtually 176 million instances on Spotify alone.

Garry, 40, smiled for the digicam as he was photographed in entrance of the now well-known Asha’s signal. The restaurant posted it with the caption: “It Was A Pleasure To Welcome The Superb Garry Sandhu to Asha’s Birmingham!

“When the celebrities come to Brum, they dine at Asha’s…”