{"id":505724,"date":"2026-06-18T08:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505724\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T08:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:21:12","slug":"ar-rahman-dismisses-main-vaapas-aaunga-criticism-with-laughing-emoji-amid-online-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505724\/","title":{"rendered":"AR Rahman dismisses &#8216;Main Vaapas Aaunga&#8217; criticism with laughing emoji amid online debate |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/rahman.jpg\" alt=\"AR Rahman dismisses 'Main Vaapas Aaunga' criticism with laughing emoji amid online debate\" title=\"FB\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has reacted to the social media debate surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/imtiaz-ali\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Imtiaz Ali<\/a>&#8216;s latest film &#8216;Main Vaapas Aaunga&#8217;, dismissing criticism that branded the movie &#8220;anti-national&#8221; with a laughing emoji on Instagram.The film, which has been steadily gaining momentum at the box office through positive word-of-mouth, recently became the subject of online discussion after a section of social media users questioned its portrayal of Pakistan.Rahman responded with an emoji on Wednesday after coming across a satirical Instagram post that mocked claims that the film was promoting an &#8220;anti-national&#8221; narrative.The post carried the headline: &#8220;Anti-National? Movie dares to show Pakistan without terrorists and secret agents.&#8221;Rahman shared a screenshot of the satirical post on his Instagram Stories and reacted with a laughing emoji.&#8217;Main Vaapas Aaunga&#8217; marks the fifth collaboration between Rahman and filmmaker Imtiaz Ali after &#8216;Highway&#8217;, &#8216;Rockstar&#8217;, &#8216;Tamasha&#8217; and &#8216;Amar Singh Chamkila&#8217;.For &#8216;Main Vaapas Aaunga&#8217;s soundtrack, Rahman reunited with lyricist Irshad KamilReleased theatrically on June 12, 2026, &#8216;Main Vaapas Aaunga&#8217; is a Hindi-language period romantic drama directed and co-written by Imtiaz Ali.The film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Naseeruddin Shah, Vedang Raina and Sharvari Wagh in a multi-generational story centred on the 1947 Partition of India.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rahman\" msid=\"131819716\" width=\"\" title=\"FB\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"47529300\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781770872_495_rahman.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>FB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman has reacted to the social media debate surrounding Imtiaz Ali&#8216;s latest film &#8216;Main Vaapas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[216164,81991,321,93,61,89067,60,178593,215348,216165],"class_list":["post-505724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anti-national","tag-ar-rahman","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-imtiaz-ali","tag-ireland","tag-main-vaapas-aaunga","tag-main-vaapas-aaunga-box-office","tag-pakistan-portrayal-in-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505724","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=505724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}