Lucky Ali

Lucky Ali has apologised for his 'Brahmins are a lineage of Ibrahim' post after facing backlash from the community.Lucky recently shared a religious note on his Facebook account which didn't go well with some people. Even though the post is no longer available, it attracted a lot of flak for Ali.The deleted post read, "Brahmins are a lineage of Ibrahim. The name 'Brahman' comes from 'Brahma' which comes from 'Abram' .. which comes from Abraham or Ibrahim.. The Brahmans are a lineage of Ibrahim. Alaihisalam... The Father of all Nations ... so whys everyone just arguing and fighting without reasoning amongst themselves?"The post hurt the sentiments of several people especially those belonging to the Hindu community. Lucky Ali later justified the deleted post by mentioning that he did that to bring the communities closer and not to make anyone angry.In an apology on Tuesday, the 'Safarnama' singer wrote on Facebook, "Dear Everyone, I realise the controversy of my last post. My intentions were not to cause distress or anger amongst anyone and I deeply regret that." The singer added, "My intentions, instead, were to bring us all closer together... but I realise how it didn't come out in the way that I meant it. I will be more aware of what I am posting and of my phrasing as I see now that it has upset many of my Hindu brothers and sisters. For that I am deeply sorry. I Love you all..."The singer is known for songs like 'Kitni Haseen Zindagi' 'Khuda Hafiz' and 'Hairat'.

Updated: May 5, 2021 - 11:29 AM IST We have lost a lot of people to COVID-19 second wave this year and the news reports of the record numbers have been nothing short of heartbreaking. With multiple cases being diagnosed on a daily basis, there was a fake rumour that stated singer Lucky Ali was no more and the cause of death was COVID-19. While a lot of people had sent across their condolences, actress Nafisa Ali rubbished all the rumours regarding his death.While the social media had been flooded with shocking tweets, Nafisa Ali was quick to deny all the rumours of his death. She confirmed that she had spoken to him earlier that afternoon and that Lucky Ali was well and safe in his Bengaluru farmhouse with his family. She wrote, Lucky is totally well and we were chatting this afternoon. He is on his farm with his family. No Covid. In good health.

Singer Lucky Ali, actor Neil Nitin Mukesh and director Bejoy Nambiar have been under the scanner of certain sensitive communities ever since the song 'Ya Hussain' was aired. The minority community has urged Bejoy to remove the song as they feel it doesn't befit their definitions of propriety. The song was played to the accompaniment of a sequence showing a Moharram procession in the film. The fact that the singer Lucky Ali is also a part of the same community that objected to the song, added an even more anxious edge to the safety of the film as it approached release.

Rather than risk the wrath of the radicals, Bejoy invited members of the community to view the song sequence and judge for themselves whether it is offensive. Now after seeing the response of respected members of the community Bejoy has voluntarily decided to remove the songs Says Bejoy, "The song 'Ya Hussain' has now been deleted from my film. The song has been taken out. Only the music has been kept now" Bejoy says he had a long discussion with prominent members of the community which objected the song. "They objected to the song. But they were kind enough to accept my invitation to discuss the matter. After a lengthy discussion it was decided that it would be better if I didn't hurt anyone's sentiments. So I've decided to remove the song."

Inviting disgruntled elements for a discussion seems to Bejoy the right way to solve the crisis of extravagant moral policing. "If one doesn't extend a hand of friendship they would just go on protesting. It's better to sort it out through discussion rather than risk protests that could harm the release of the film."

Bejoy admits to a feeling of frustration at the moral censorship of cinema in this country. "Sadly this is the state of the nation that we're living in. Personally I am anguished at being restricted at even the idea level. When I was writing David I had no intention of pissing off anyone. Then why am I being put through this?" Bejoy says there was no time to put up a fight. "I know I could fight it out. But I can't delay my film's release. If David was a star-studded film I could take that risk. But I can't afford to lose my release window. The smartest thing I could do was find a compromise. So before the protests could get out of hand I invited the disgruntled section to see the portion of my film where the song 'Ya Hassain' occurs. Then we had a long discussion. And we decided to remove the vocals."

Bejoy admits that the artistes involved with the song were under stress. "Lucky Ali was being hounded with messages. He being Muslim offending his own community was something that I couldn't deal with. Lucky requested I do something about the situation. Neil was also being hounded. I didn't want my artistes to suffer for my creativity."

As for the controversy over the other song 'Damadam Mast Kalandar' stays in the film. Says Bejoy, "I don't see what the problem is. On the contrary we're renewing the life cycle of the legendary song. It stays."

After Dibakar Banerjee's Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! that was based on Bunty Chor, director Ashish R Mohan of Khiladi 786 fame is now going to make a film based on gangster Babloo Srivastav's life. The script has been written by Zilla Ghaziabad writer Vinay Sharma who has been working on the script for some time now and approached Ashish R. Mohan who agreed to helm the project.

Says a source, "Vinay Sharma and director, Ashish R. Mohan managed to get a special permission to meet Babloo Srivastav in Delhi Patiala Court two days back and the film is on card.

Earlier Babloo Srivastav had shown keenness in a biopic on his life. "I had approached Ashish from a long time and finally after release of Khiladi 786, he heard the script and gave his nod. Babloo was quite upbeat to see a young and hit director to have agreed to do the film and has promised to give us all the insight in his life and help in every possible way to make the film as authentic as possible", said writer Vinay Sharma.

When contacted Ashish R Mohan, he agreed that he is making the film but didn't reveal anything beyond that saying, "Yes, I would be making the film based on his life. I think his life makes for a fascinating subject of a film".

The cast for the film is not yet finalized but it will be interesting to see who will play the character of Babloo Srivastav on screen.