<img title="Priya Prakash Varrier" src="https://images.mid-day.com/images/2018/feb/Priya-Prakash-Varrier-a.jpg" alt="Priya Prakash Varrier" /> Priya Prakash Varrier
Actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who recently became an Internet sensation for her wink in a song from a Malayalam movie, yesterday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against her in Telangana. The 18-year-old actress also sought the top court's direction to prohibit states from initiating any criminal proceedings against her.
In her plea, Varrier, a student of BCom from a college in Thrissur district of Kerala, sought protection from an FIR lodged on complaints alleging that the lyrics of the song 'Manikya Malaraya Poovi' from the movie 'Oru Addar Love' were "offensive" or have "violated the religious sentiment of a particular community".
In her plea, she said that an FIR has been lodged against her on February 14 at Falaknama police station at Hyderabad on a complaint that alleges that the song hurt the religious sentiment of a particular community. The plea says that the present petition has been filed as a result of multiple criminal proceedings which have been instituted against the petitioners in the states of Telangana and Maharashtra.
"The song describes and praises the love between Prophet Mohamed and his first wife Khadeeja. 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," she said in her plea filed through advocate Pallavi Pratap.
The plea said the claims that it hurt religious sentiments of the Muslim community are "without any basis and what is hard to fathom is that a song which has been in existence for the past 40 years, which was written, sung and cherished by the Muslim community in Kerala is now being treated as an insult to the Prophet and his wife."
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Actress Priya Prakash Varrier, who recently became an Internet sensation for her wink in a song from a Malayalam movie, yesterday moved the Supreme Court seeking quashing of an FIR lodged against her in Telangana

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