AR Rahman Makes First Appearance Following ‘Communal Thing’ Comment, Graces The Kapil Sharma Show

Music composer AR Rahman made his first appearance following the controversy over his ‘communal thing’ comment. The music composer graced The Great Indian Kapil Sharma Show, and the first promo of the episode is out now, showing host Kapil Sharma

pulling his leg for responding in monosyllables. This is Rahman’s first appearance following his controversial comment, which sparked a widespread debate.

Kapil Sharma Show’s New Promo

Joining AR Rahman on the episode will be the cast of Silent Film, Gandhi Talks, including Aditi Rao Hydari, Vijay Sethupathi, and Siddharth Jadhav. “This Funnywaar talks less,” reads a caption on the video. The video opens with Kapil asking Rahman to swear on Lata Mangeshkar’s songs CD that he will give long answers. Kapil was

seen saying, “Promise me that for one-line questions I ask, you’ll answer in one line. Because when you ask Rahman sahab a four-line question, he replies with one word… Yeah, no, very good,” leaving everyone in splits.

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He then went on to interact with the rest of the guests, and he couldn’t resist asking Aditi why she got married. The promo is captioned, “We went from shh-shh-shh to ha-ha-ha real quick. Watch the cast of Gandhi Talks on The Great Indian Kapil Show, streaming on 31st January, at 8 PM, only on Netflix.”

What Rahman Said

AR Rahman has been facing backlash for his comments in an interview with BBC Asian Network. The Oscar-winning music composer said that people who are not creative now have the power to decide things. He also said it “might be a communal thing,” which led to strong reactions from social media users and sections of the film industry.

He said, “People who are not creative have the power now to decide things, and this might have been a communal thing also, but not in my face. It comes to me as Chinese whispers that they booked you, but the music company went ahead and hired their five composers. I said, ‘Oh, that’s great, rest for me, I can chill out with my family.’”

After facing criticism for his remark about communal bias, AR Rahman issued a clarification through a video message, stating that intentions can sometimes be misunderstood, but his purpose has always been to uplift, honour, and serve through music. “I feel blessed to be Indian, which enables me to create a space that always allows freedom of expression and celebrates multicultural voices,” he added.