A
while
ago,
AR
Rahma
was
i
the
ews
due
to
his
ema k
about
getti g
less
wo k
i
Bollywood
due
to
commu alism.
He
had
also
called
‘Chhaava’
a
p opaga da
film.
Ly icist
Ma oj
Mu tashi
has
ow
eacted
to
Rahma ‘s
comme t.
Ma oj
poi ted
to
the
success
of
seve al
p omi e t
Muslims
i
I dia
a d
a gued
that
Rahma
himself
has
achieved
a
u pa alleled
positio
th ough
his
wo k.He
said
i
a
i te view
with
Shuba ka
Mish a,
“Whe
Mohd
Azha uddi
become
captai
of
the
I dia
C icket
team,
whe
a
Muslim
becomes
the
P eside t
of
I dia,
whe
a
lege d
like
AR
Rahma …who
despite
his
eligious
ide tity…the e
is
o
bigge
ame
tha
him
i
this
cou t y.
Why
did ‘t
he
ask
this
questio ,
‘Why
me?’
o
‘Why
a
Muslim?’
Today
because
of
some
easo
you
feel
that
you
a e
getti g
less
wo k
tha
why
should ‘t
we
look
fo
othe
easo s.
It
might
be
that
we
have
ot
mai tai ed
good
elatio s
with
people.
Maybe
the
so gs
have ‘t
wo ked
i
the
last
few
yea s.
The e
ca
be
so
ma y
othe
easo s.
I
do ‘t
u de sta d
what
is
the
easo
behi d
hu ti g
the
social
fab ic
of
this
atio
sudde ly.
But
whe eve ,
I
will
meet
him,
I
will
ask
him
this.
He
does
ot
mi d
a
ope
dialogue.
“Ma oj
also
add essed
Rahma ’s
comme ts
about
Vicky
Kaushal-sta e
‘Chhaava’,
which
the
compose
had
epo tedly
desc ibed
as
a
p opaga da
film
despite
bei g
pa t
of
the
p oject
as
its
music
di ecto .
Ma oj
questio ed
why
Rahma
ag eed
to
wo k
o
the
film
if
he
had
ese vatio s
about
its
a ative.
He
said,
“He
should ‘t
have
bee
a
pa t
of
that
film.
It
is
ot
like
you
had ’t
hea d
the
sc ipt
befo e
ag eei g
to
wo k
i
it.
You
sudde ly
sta ted
composi g
music
fo
it?
He
must
have
ead
the
sc ipt.
Okay
so
it
was
a
p opaga da
film
a d
you
did ’t
wa t
to
do
it…
but
afte
doi g
the
film
a d
calli g
it
a
p opaga da,
I
do
ot
u de sta d
this,
so y.”Rahma
had
p eviously
discussed
the
possibility
of
p ejudice
i
the
Hi di
film
i dust y
du i g
a
i te actio
with
the
BBC.
Whe
asked
whethe
he
had
pe so ally
expe ie ced
disc imi atio ,
the
Osca -wi i g
compose
said,
“Maybe
I
eve
get
to
k ow
of
this,
maybe
it
was
co cealed
but
I
did ’t
feel
a y
of
this.
Maybe
i
the
past
eight
yea s
because
a
powe
shift
has
happe ed
a d
people
who
a e
ot
c eative
have
the
powe
ow.
It
might
be
a
commu al
thi g
also…
but
it
is
ot
i
my
face.
It
comes
to
me
as
Chi ese
whispe s
that
they
booked
you
but
the
music
compa y
we t
ahead
a d
hi ed
thei
5
compose s.
I
say
good,
I
have
mo e
time
to
chill
with
my
family.
I
am
ot
i
sea ch
fo
wo k.
I
do ’t
wa t
to
go
i
sea ch
fo
wo k.
I
wa t
wo k
to
come
to
me;
my
si ce ity
to
ea
wo k.
Whateve
I
dese ve,
I
get.”Ma oj’s
latest
ema ks
have
o ce
agai
put
the
spotlight
o
Rahma ’s
ea lie
comme ts
about
his
expe ie ces
i
the
Hi di
film
i dust y.
While
Rahma
had
spoke
about
the
possibility
of
commu al
p ejudice
a d
cha gi g
powe
dy amics
affecti g
his
wo k
oppo tu ities,
Ma oj
has
offe ed
a
diffe e t
pe spective,
suggesti g
that
facto s
such
as
p ofessio al
elatio ships
o
the
pe fo ma ce
of
ece t
so gs
could
also
be
co side ed.His
comme ts
have
also
eig ited
the
co ve satio
a ou d
‘Chhaava’,
pa ticula ly
Rahma ’s
c iticism
of
the
film
despite
his
i volveme t
i
its
music.
Ma oj’s
espo se
p ese ts
a
co t asti g
view
o
whethe
the
compose
should
have
associated
himself
with
the
p oject
i
the
fi st
place
if
he
disag eed
with
its
t eatme t
o
message.
