‘Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan they’re all stars,’ says ‘Ramayan’ actor Arun Govil as he disagrees with AR Rahman’s ‘communal’ comment | Hindi Film Information


Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman not too long ago discovered himself on the centre of a heated debate after the remarks he made throughout a current interview. He revealed through the dialog that he is been getting much less work in Hindi cinema because the final eight years and the rationale for it may very well be as a result of the choice making is more and more managed by ‘people who find themselves not artistic’. He additionally hinted that it could be communal factor. This led to a debate inside the business and plenty of different celebs have weighed in on it. Now actor Arun Govil recognized for taking part in Lord Ram in Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayan’ has now spoken on it. At an occasion organised by the Federation of Western India Cine Workers (FWICE) and the Cine Artiste Welfare Belief (CAWT), he instructed PTI, “In our business, it has by no means occurred the place individuals haven’t received work because of communal bias. There are examples of this in our business. In our business, individuals of each faith have labored. Even right now, there isn’t a such factor. The truth is, the movie business is the one business the place there isn’t a communal bias.Additional supporting his argument, Govil pointed to the lengthy historical past of Muslim actors dominating the mainstream. He added, “Earlier, we’ve had actors like Dilip Kumar, he was the king of the business in his time. Even right now, Shah Rukh, Salman, Aamir, they’re all stars, if there have been communal bias, how would they’ve develop into stars.”The controversy stems from Rahman’s feedback in an interview with BBC Asian Community, the place he was requested whether or not he ever felt sidelined in Bollywood for being a Tamil composer. He responded that he didn’t expertise such emotions when he started his profession within the Nineteen Nineties, saying, “Perhaps I by no means received to know of this, possibly it was hid by God, however I didn’t really feel any of this.” He went on so as to add, “The previous eight years, possibly, as a result of an influence shift has occurred, and people who find themselves not artistic have the facility now. It could be a communal factor additionally… however it’s not in my face.” Throughout the identical dialog, Rahman additionally criticised Chhaava for capitalising on “divisiveness.”Following the backlash, Rahman later launched a video assertion to make clear his feedback.

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