AR Rahman-Saira Banu divorce: Music maestro’s legal team issues notice to ‘slanders’ for spreading 'infidelity' narrative

Academy Award-winning composer AR Rahman hit the headlines recently when he and his wife Saira Banu announced their separation after being married for almost 29 years. However, matters took a dramatic turn when the media began speculating about the reasons behind the separation. Many linked the composer’s decision to his bassist Mohini Dey, who had also announced her divorce just hours before AR Rahman’s statement, fueling rumors of a connection between the two.

AR Rahman's legal team issues notice for spreading false narrative

Quashing the rumors and slamming the media for spreading false narratives, AR Rahman’s legal team has now issued a strong notice against the defamatory content circulating on social media about his personal life.

The letter noted, "It has been observed that some social media platforms and several YouTubers have initiated a series of calumnious and defamatory write-ups with their own concocted and imaginary stories about their private life. There have also been interviews by certain individuals sharing baseless perspectives on the failure of their marriage. It is unnecessary to reproduce each one of these statements, but it is clear that they are intended to misinform and mislead."

The legal team further clarified that there is no truth to the alleged rumors being circulated, which are intended to harm the composer’s reputation.

"This only highlights how certain individuals on social media, starved for content, are fabricating highly imaginative and false stories to defame my client, merely for their own cheap, short-lived publicity," the notice stated.

Furthermore, the legal team has demanded that media platforms remove the objectionable content within the next 24 hours, failing which appropriate legal action will be taken.

"My client has instructed me to file a defamation suit against anyone who has contributed to such false content on any media platform and to seek a prior restraint on further publication of such material," the notice added.

AR Rahman’s divorce announcement

AR Rahman and his wife Saira recently announced their separation in a joint statement. The couple, who married in 1995, have three children together: Khatija, Raheema, and Ameen.

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