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Priya Prakash moves top court against FIR filed against her over folk song

Priya Prakash moves top court against FIR filed against her over folk song

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 19 Feb 2018, 07:14 pm

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 19 (IBNS): Priya Prakash, who has gained fame due to her wink video from an upcoming film, on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the First Information Report (FIR) filed against her and director over the picturisation of a folk song in the movie, media reports said.

Priya, who is one of the lead characters of the Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love, was seen winking at a boy while song Manikya Malaraya Poovi was played in the romantic scene.
 

A group of Muslims in Hyderabad has lodged a complaint with the police against her expressions in the popular song from the film Odu Adaar Love.
 
The complaint has been lodged with the Falaknuma police.

According to reports, the complainants have claimed that the picturisation of the song is objectionable because its lyrics are linked to Prophet Mohammed's life.
 
They said the lyrics have hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.


Priya in her petition stated the song praises the love between Prophet Mohammed and his wife Khadeeja and the complainants misunderstood it.

"The song is a folk song and has been in existence for the last 40 years and cherished by the Muslim community of more than one crore in Kerala. The allegation that the song hurts sentiments of Muslims is baseless because there is no FIR in Kerala. People misunderstood the song in non-Malayalam-speaking states," the 18-year old actor's petition was quoted by NDTV.

The sweet video, where a girl, who is none other than Priya, could be seen winking at a boy, exchanging unsaid love messages, started treading across all social media platforms in India.

Oru Adaar Love will make Priya's acting debut in south Indian movies.

In fact, she is one of the few celebrities in the world who has got more than 600k followers in just 24 hours. She is currently having 3.8 millions followers on Instagram.

Her account has now been verified too by Instagram.

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