{"id":417643,"date":"2026-01-18T16:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417643\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T16:15:10","slug":"ar-rahman-responds-to-criticisms-calls-india-his-inspiration-never-meant-to-hurt-anyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/417643\/","title":{"rendered":"AR Rahman RESPONDS to CRITICISMS, calls India his inspiration; &#8216;Never meant to hurt anyone&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/126638491.jpg\" alt=\"AR Rahman RESPONDS to CRITICISMS, calls India his inspiration; 'Never meant to hurt anyone'\" title=\"Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman clarified his recent remarks on alleged bias in Bollywood, stating his words were misunderstood and he never intended to cause pain. He expressed gratitude for India's artistic freedom and highlighted his diverse musical projects, emphasizing his deep connection to his homeland and its rich culture. Rahman's clarification follows social media criticism.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman clarified his recent remarks on alleged bias in Bollywood, stating his words were misunderstood and he never intended to cause pain. He expressed gratitude for India&#8217;s artistic freedom and highlighted his diverse musical projects, emphasizing his deep connection to his homeland and its rich culture. Rahman&#8217;s clarification follows social media criticism. Oscar-winning music composer, AR Rahman has been facing strong backlash after his remark on \u201ccommunal\u201d bias in the Hindi film industry. Many criticised him on social media. After maintaining his silence, the \u2018Vande Matram\u2019 singer released a statement in a video message on his social media handles. In the video, he shared his thoughts on the ongoing discussion over his comments and cleared the air, insisting that he never meant to hurt anyone. <\/p>\n<p>AR Rahman\u2019s video message<\/p>\n<p>Rahman said, \u201cDear friends, music has always been my way of connecting, celebrating and honouring a culture.\u201d He added, &#8220;India is my inspiration, my teacher, and my home. India is my inspiration, my teacher and my home. I understand that intentions can sometimes be misunderstood. But my purpose has always been to uplift, honour and serve through music. I have never wished to cause pain, and I hope my sincerity is felt.&#8221;He also said that he feels blessed to be an Indian and that he feels the country gives artists freedom of expression and respects many cultures and voices. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman clarified his recent remarks on alleged bias in Bollywood, stating his words were misunderstood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[126250,12142,49,48,361,175408,75,175409,175410],"class_list":{"0":"post-417643","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ar-rahman","9":"tag-bollywood-controversies","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-communal-bias-in-film-industry","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-freedom-of-expression-in-india","16":"tag-music-career-journey"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}