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Priya Prakash Varrier song row: Complaint to ban ‘blasphemous’ song, letter to Smriti Irani
While an Aurangabad NGO has claimed that the song featuring Priya Prakash Varrier is blasphemous, Raza Acadey has written to I&B minister Smriti Irani.
Fame comes with its own set of perils. The song featuring Priya Prakash Varrier, who became an overnight internet sensation, as she winked at the camera, is now facing opposition from various quarters.
Aurangabad-based NGO Jan Jagran Samiti Maharashtra (JJSM) has lodged a complaint with the police demanding that the song in the forthcoming Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love, featuring Varrier, be deleted.
The complainant, JJSM President Mohsin Ahmed, said that the song and its lyrics are blasphemous and portray an improper and inappropriate way of life between Prophet Mohammed and his first wife Hazrat Khadija.
“We have also demanded action against the film’s producers, director and the lyricist for this offensive song and want that it should be deleted from the film before its release next month,” Ahmed told IANS.
An officer of the Jinsi Police station said the complaint has been forwarded to the Hyderabad police for further action as a similar complaint against the same film and its young actress is pending before them and this (Aurangabad) complaint would be added to it.
The song and Varrier’s eyebrow raising acts have been in the eye of the storm after its promotional clips went viral on social media last week, catapulting her to instant stardom.
Ahmed claimed that the song has “hurt the sentiments” of Muslims and such things that make irresponsible comments on sensitive religious matters should not be repeated in future.
He warned that in case the filmmakers fail to delete the song from the film before release, the JJSM will initiate legal proceedings against all the people concerned with it.
MeanwhileMumbai-based Raza Academy has penned a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting minister Smriti Irani seeking a ban on the song. The academy has alleged that the said Malayalam song insults Prophet Mohammad and his ‘pious wife’.
Asif Sardar, president, Rehmani Group, urged Irani to “immediately issue instructions to the censor board and the film maker to cut the song and spare the nation from yet another controversy.”
The academy also held a protest here in front of the Minara Mosque, where they held placards with messages like, “Stop misuse of sacred personalities.”