Internet sensation Priya Varrier approaches SC over Manikya Malaraya Puvi song row
Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 08:07 PM
Hyderabad, Feb 19: The Malayalam actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who became an internet sensation with a clip that showed her winking, has approached the Supreme Court. She has filed a plea over a case registered against the song Manikya Malaraya Puvi from her film Oru Adaar Love in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra.
According to reports, Priya said the case violates Freedom of Speech and Expression. Not just Priya, but director Omar Lulu has also approached the SC.
"The criminal complaints have been instituted by various fringe groups based on a distorted and incorrect interpretation of the Song in the states of Telangana, Maharashtra and similar complaints are likely from other non-Malayalam speaking states as well," Priya and Omar said in their petition, according to media.
"The entire controversy which has resulted in the filing of various criminal complaints and one FIR arises from the lyrics of the song 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' which is a Mappila Song, or a traditional Muslim Song from the Malabar region of Kerala. The song describes and praises the love between the Prophet Mohammad and his first wife Khadeeja.
"What is hard to fathom is that a song which has been in existence for the past 40 years, which was written, sung and cherished by the Muslim Community in Kerala is now being treated as an insult to the Prophet and his wife. It is submitted that a song, which has existed for more than 40 years and which has been cherished by more than 1 Crore Muslim population of Kerala cannot suddenly offend the religious sentiment of the Muslim Community [sic]," the petition reads.
On February 19, the Hyderabad Police issued a notice to Lulu asking him to reply to the allegations in the FIR registered in connection with the song.
Last week, a group of Muslim youths had filed a complaint against her with the Falaknuma police station in Hyderabad and said the viral song Manikya Malaraya Puvi from Oru Adaar Love allegedly insults the Prophet.