Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Singer Anup Jalota has refuted music maestro A.R. Rahman’s recent remarks regarding the slowing down of his work in the Hindi film industry due to communal reasons.Talking about Rahman’s creative journey, Jalota said that he has done the work of 25 years within a span of just 5 years.During an exclusive conversation with IANS, Jalota was asked to comment on Rahman’s claim about getting less work in Bollywood due to communal reasons.Reacting to this, Jalota said, “This is …
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Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Renowned playback singer Shaan has dismissed any notion of a “communal” bias in A.R. Rahman’s recent remarks about his work in the Hindi film industry slowing down. Rahman in an interview to BBC Asian Network, had said the reasons often reach him indirectly and tagged it as “Chinese whispers”.He went on to say in the interview: “People who are not creative have the power now to decide things, and this might have been a communal thing also, but not in my face.”“I…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) Author and columnist Shobhaa De has reacted strongly to music maestro A.R. Rahman’s recent remarks suggesting a possible “communal” angle behind the slowdown in his work in Bollywood, describing such comments as “very dangerous.” Speaking on the issue, Shobhaa De said that she was surprised by Rahman’s statement and questioned the need to introduce religion into a discussion about work opportunities.“This is a very dangerous comment. I don’t know why he has ma…
Mumbai, Jan 17 (IANS) After A.R. Rahman recently spoke about work from the Hindi film industry slowing down for him, attributing it to changing power dynamics over the past few years and hinting at a possible “communal thing”, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has firmly ruled out any such angle. Sharing his perspective, Akhtar said he has never experienced this sentiment in Mumbai and stressed that Rahman continues to command immense respect across the industry.“I have never felt this way. I …