Reports say that painter-filmmaker M F Hussain has asked Yash Chopra, the distributor of his Meenaxi to stop the screening of the film throughout the country.
Sources say that trouble arose when the All-India Ulema Council objected to the qawalli track “Noor-un-ala-noor” from the film. The song, penned by Hussain himself, shows Tabu dancing against the backdrop of a number of dancers dressed as dervishes.
The council has raised objection to the phrase Noor-un-ala-noor meaning 'light and more light'. The phrase is used in the holy Quran to praise the Prophet Mohammed. But it has been used to illustrate the beauty of women in Hussain’s film.
With their religious sentiments hurt, the council has even filed a complaint with the Mumbai police and had asked them to take stringent action.
In response, Hussain has decided to withdraw his films from cinema halls.
Reports say that painter-filmmaker 