Addressing Sonu Nigam And Azaan Controversy, Irrfan Khan Asks A Really Important Question

Sonu Nigam¡¯s tweets against Azaan landed him in a major soup and he received a lot of backlash and criticism for his views. Sonu¡¯s tweets and the hoopla that followed soon snowballed into a huge controversy with religion being the main angle.

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Commenting on the whole Sonu Nigam and Azaan row, Irrfan Khan made some really critical points, as reported by Indian Express. Irrfan, who is busy promoting his upcoming film Hindi Medium was asked to comment on the controversy to which he replied,

¡°The loudspeaker matter is a big one. We will have to first think that are we, as a society, really so sensitive when it comes to sound? Are we sensitive about sound in other places? When there is a noisy discotheque near a hospital, do we talk about it then? If somebody has a problem with something then we should tackle all other problems related to the whole matter.¡±

He also raised another really important point and said,

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¡°In other countries there are certain restrictions when it comes to car horns, this is because people are very sensitive to sound or noise of any kind. First of all, we will have to figure out what is the actual factor that is causing a certain person so much stress related to the sound of a loudspeaker. And, then also figure out if they have a problem with loudspeakers used for azaan or elsewhere too.¡±

This surely makes sense, Irrfan. Amidst the whole religious discrepancies and people's outrage, this is a point we collectively missed.