Priya Prakash Varrier Wink Controversy: Supreme Court Quashes FIR Against Actress and Director of Oru Adaar Love
The scene in the question has the lyrics from the song Mappila which rejoices the love between Prophet Mohammed and his first wife Beevi Khadija.
The viral winking girl Priya Prakash Varrier recently faced some legal issues for winking! An FIR was filed against the Malayalam actress in the supreme court claiming that winking is forbidden in Islam. However, the apex court recently quashed the FIR filed against her and Director and Producer of the movie Oru Adaar Love. The court maintains that the allegations of the scene hurting religious sentiments of Muslim community does not hold valid.
"Somebody in a film sings a song and you have no other job but to file a case", CJI Dipak Misra to State counsel said, as reported by Bar and Bench. The scene in the question has the lyrics from the song Mappila which rejoices the love between Prophet Mohammed and his first wife Beevi Khadija. On these lyrics, she was seen winking and that caught her in the controversy.
Director Omar Lulu was earlier quoted saying, “This song has been around since 1978 and I was surprised how it became an issue now. In Kerala, I don't think there was any opposition.” The film will be released on September 14, 2018. Should Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan Get Arrested for Winking, If We Go By This Bizzare FIR Against Priya Prakash Varrier?
Meanwhile, the internet sensation was recently trolled for sharing the picture of the receipt of her donation for Kerala relief fund. She mentioned in her post that she is not doing it for publicity and yet the fans questioned her for sharing the picture of the amount that she shared. She also appealed to the fans to chip in whatever way for those who need the help in for the needy in Kerala.
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