People blaming haroon rashid for what Ar Rahman said? Seriously come on, Ar Rahman immediately agreed with calling chavva devisive, he immediately called the portrayal of muslims in such films as 'cliche', that shows that these are his thoughts. AR Rahman could have disagreed, but he didnt, he is a full grown man with his own thoughts, ar Rahman knows the current climate and how people would react to such statements, Yet he still said it.
Haroon did not trick him and did not put any words in his mouth, haroon was simply asking challenging questions in a direct way, its what journalists do or atleast should do, then its upto Ar Rahman on how he answers them. He could have even said 'no comment' but he didnt. AR Rahman is not a naive child, he's been in the industry for decades, given 100s of interviews to many international journalists, whatever he said in this interview was completely his own choice.
The statement he made about not getting much work in bollywood, that again is his own statement, ar Rahman didn't show any anger or even frustration at any of the questions, it seemed to me that he was openly speaking his true opinions and feelings


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