{"id":314974,"date":"2026-02-24T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314974\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:21:08","slug":"ismail-darbar-reacts-to-ar-rahmans-communal-remark-dilip-kumar-wouldnt-have-become-a-star-in-that-case-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/314974\/","title":{"rendered":"Ismail Darbar reacts to AR Rahman’s communal remark: ‘Dilip Kumar wouldn’t have become a star in that case’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ismail Music composer A. R. Rahman<\/a> recently sparked debate after claiming that he has been receiving fewer opportunities in Bollywood, suggesting that the industry has become increasingly \u201ccommunal.\u201d His statement triggered mixed reactions within the film fraternity, some supported his perspective, while others strongly disagreed.Now, composer Ismail Darbar<\/a> has weighed in on the controversy. Speaking to Subhojit Ghosh on his YouTube channel, Ismail dismissed Rahman\u2019s claim, arguing that the history of Hindi cinema contradicts such a notion. Pointing to legendary figures, he said, \u201cIf the industry was communal then, no Muslim in this country would have become a star. There would have not been Ismail Darbar, Naushad<\/a> or Dilip Kumar. They wouldn\u2019t have become stars if this was the case.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Ismail was referring to icons like Dilip Kumar, born Muhammad Yusuf Khan, as well as celebrated composer Naushad, to underline his argument that talent \u2014 not religion \u2014 determines success in the industry.Refuting Rahman\u2019s remarks more directly, Ismail added, \u201cIt is all about talent and your fate.\u201d He further took a sharp dig at Rahman, saying, \u201cAlso, what deficiency do you have in life that your stomach is not getting filled. The God has given you everything, so live nicely. You are very talented, you design sound very nicely. You don\u2019t make good songs, but you are a good sound designer.\u201dThis is not the first time Ismail has publicly criticised Rahman. Back in 2011, after Rahman won an Academy Award for his music in the 2009 film Slumdog Millionaire, Ismail had questioned the merit of the win. \u201cI just don\u2019t understand how the music for that movie won the prestigious award. What was Oscar-worthy about it? Nothing. I would have been happy had he won it for films like Roja or Bombay but not for Slumdog. He did not deserve it. Aur, mujhe pata hai ki ise kharida gaya hai (And, I know that it has been bought).\u201dRahman had responded to the accusation at the time, stating simply, \u201cOscars cannot be bought.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Music composer A. R. Rahman recently sparked debate after claiming that he has been receiving fewer opportunities in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[146462,81991,147112,147109,321,147108,39833,93,41241,61,60,6332,147111,147110],"class_list":{"0":"post-314974","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-a-r-rahman","9":"tag-ar-rahman","10":"tag-bollywood-music-composers","11":"tag-bollywood-opportunities","12":"tag-celebrities","13":"tag-communal-remark-controversy","14":"tag-dilip-kumar","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-hindi-film-industry","17":"tag-ie","18":"tag-ireland","19":"tag-ismail-darbar","20":"tag-naushad","21":"tag-slumdog-millionaire-oscar"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}