India, Jan. 20 -- Noted Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in a self-exile in India, has criticised AR Rahman for indicating that he may have lost work in the Hindi film industry due to a communal bias. Citing examples of Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, the author said that it doesn't suit the Oscar winning music composer to be "pitied".

Taslima took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to call out Rahman for the communal remarks, saying the 'rich' ones don't face difficulties.

"AR Rahman is a Muslim and is extraordinarily famous in India. His remuneration, as far as I have heard, is higher than that of all other artists. He is probably the richest musician. He is complaining that he is not given work in Bollywood becau...