PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar was contradicting the lived realities of Indian Muslims by dismissing music maestro A R Rahman's concerns about the alleged communalisation of Bollywood. Maybe in the past eight years, because a power shift has happened and people who are not creative have the power now. It comes to me as Chinese whispers that they booked you, but the music company went ahead and hired their 5 composers. I don’t want to go in search for work. I want work to come to me; my sincerity to earn work.

Source: The Telegraph January 18, 2026 10:03 UTC