The Supreme Court halted all criminal proceedings against actor Priya Prakash Varrier and also asked states not to entertain any complaints against the 18-year-old actor. Varrier recently petitioned the court against an FIR lodged against her in Telangana and requested the court to prohibit states from initiating any further criminal proceedings against her as well.
The FIR and complaints against the young actress were filed in light of the song Manikya Malaraya Poovi where the complainants deemed the lyrics of the song as “offensive” and stated that it “violated the religious sentiment of a particular community.”
Speaking about the song, Varrier expressed that, “The song describes and praises the love between Prophet Muhammad and his first wife Khadija. It should be important to note that the song is originally from an old folk song from Kerala which was written in 1978 by PMA Jabbar and first sung by Thalassery Rafeeq, in the praise of the Prophet and his wife Beevi Khadija.”
