Chennai: Music maestro A.R. Rahman waded into the debate over rising intolerance in the country quoting an incident in which he experienced anguish a couple of months ago.
Speaking at the 46th edition of IFFI in Goa Wednesday, the Oscar winner was inferred to have been referring to a fatwa issued against him by a Mumbai-based Islamic organisation called Raza Academy for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammed.
Rahman had scored the music for the Iranian film Muhammad: Messenger of God based on the life of the Prophet and invited criticism. A few Hindu outfits had added oil to the fire by inviting him to reconvert to Hinduism after the fatwa was issued. In the wake of protests against his scoring the music for the Iranian film, a couple of Rahman concerts to be held in Delhi and UP were called off.
He expressed his staunch support for Aamir Khan who has been in the news after having spoken about the growing intolerance in the country. The actor’s comments had drawn a mixed response.
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