Mehbooba Mufti agrees with musician A.R. Rahman’s ‘communal bias in Bollywood’ remarks

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti connected Sunday (January 18, 2026) seconded the assertion of music composer A.R. Rehman that determination was “communal bias successful Bollywood”.

In a station connected X, Ms. Mufti said, “Bollywood has ever been a surviving mini-India mirroring the country’s societal realities. Brushing speech specified experiences does not alteration the information astir today’s India.”

She besides contested the connection of lyricist Javed Akhtar. “When Javed Akhtar dismisses A.R. Rahman’s concerns astir the increasing communalisation of Bollywood helium contradicts lived and shared realities of Indian Muslims including those of his ain woman Shabana Azmi, who has openly spoken astir being denied lodging for being Muslim successful a cosmopolitan metropolis similar Bombay,” she said.