Oscar-winning composer AR Rahman recently got into a controversy for a song in Ishaan Khatter and Mrunal Thakur-starrer Pippa. Following a massive row over the rendition of the iconic Bengali song 'Karar oi louho kopat' (Iron bars of a jail) by the revered Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in the Bollywood war film, Pippa makers have now released an apology for 'hurting sentiments..
Eminent Indian poet Joy Goswami, shared, “Distorting songs of Kazi Nazrul Islam in this manner is a form of misrepresentation and should not be acceptable. I express my agreement with your protest against such actions.”
Nazrul Islam, popularly known as the rebel poet , is the national poet of Bangladesh and is a revered and much-loved figure in India s West Bengal. Nazrul s granddaughter Anindita Kazi said in a voice message from the United States: "As members of his family and lovers of his creations, we cannot accept this distortion. We want it to be immediately omitted from the film and removed from the public domain."