Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman’s wide-ranging BBC Asian Network interview has triggered a storm over his comments on Bollywood power shifts, communal bias, Chhava, and his upcoming film Ramayana. Rahman says he never personally felt discrimination in the 1990s but believes that in the last eight years “non-creative” people have captured power, hinting that “communal” factors may now influence music decisions, even as he refuses to chase work and trusts “honesty” and divine will to bring him projects. He also calls some movies “wrongly intentioned” and says he avoids propaganda films, admits Chhava is “divisive” yet rooted in valour, and argues that people aren’t so foolish as to be brainwashed by cinema, while expressing deep faith in humanity and the moral core of epics like Ramayana regardless of religion. Reactions are split: Javed Akhtar and Shaan deny seeing communal bias in the industry, Hariharan backs Rahman’s concern over creative control shifting to commerce, and Kangana Ranaut accuses him of being “full of prejudice and hate” for allegedly refusing her film Emergency—turning one long, nuanced interview into a full-blown debate on bias, art, and who gets to call a film propaganda, Watch the Full Video Now!
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