Filmmaker Omar Lulu won’t budge on ‘Manikya Malarayi Poovi' song

Kochi | Thursday | 15th February, 2018

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Manikya Malarayi Poovi, written by popular lyricist PMA Jabbar and composed by Thalassery K.

Rafeeque, is not a song written by us. more-inThe people behind the viral hit song Manikya Malarayi Poovi from Malayalam filmmaker Omar Lulu's forthcoming movie Oru Adaar Love are getting ready for what seems a protracted legal battle to ensure their artistic and cultural freedom. Already, we had received overwhelming support from various sections asking us not to drop the song from YouTube and the movie. The original composer Mr.

Rafeeque, who also rendered the song, said that there was nothing derogatory in the lyrics. "Nobody had complained about the song, which has been a popular song in Kerala and outside, since 1978..