During a recent interview, BBC Asian Network's Haroon Rashid politely pressed Oscar-winning music composer A.R. Rahman to respond to the criticism that Islamophobia is coded into the way Muslims are depicted in the Hindi film Chhaava, for which Rahman did the music. Chhaava was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of 2025 and found favour with many right-wing Hindu groups, which led to the film being linked to multiple incidents of communal unrest in Maharashtra.
