Why mf hussain left india
The painting earned huge criticism as it represented Mother India as a nude woman posing across a map of India and the names of states were written on various parts of her body. Following the protests and criticism, Husain apologized and promised to withdraw the painting from the auction. However, the same painting was sold for Rs 80 lakhs in the auction. Husain produced and directed many movies including Gaja Gamini in which was a tribute to Madhuri Dixit.
Husain also appeared in a movie 'Mohabbat' starring Madhuri Dixit in a lead role. However, after its release, the film was pulled out of cinemas by Muslim organisations as one of its songs 'Noor-un-Ala-Noor' hurt the religious sentiments. In addition to this, All-India Ulema Council quoted the song as profane and argued that the songs have many words that have been directly taken from the Quran.
Following the wave of protests by many Muslim organizations, Husain's son backed his father and stated that the phrases taken in the song referred to divine beauty and there was no intention to hurt the religious sentiments of the people.
The film was withdrawn by Husain from the cinemas. Husain lived in a self-imposed exile from until his death in Several lawsuits were filed against him alleging his obscene art. A warrant was also issued against Husain for not appearing at a hearing, but later the warrant was suspended. In , Husain after leaving India was commissioned to create 32 paintings depicting Indian History. He finished 8 paintings before his death in Husain generally lived in Doha and in London.
He stayed away from India in a self-imposed exile but expressed returning back to India. In , a year before his death, M. By painting the Hindu deities Husain believed he was telling their stories to the world.
The plurality of the republic that Husain had attempted to explore through his re-imagination of the epics ironically became an argument for divisiveness. Though many of his contemporaries were also drawing from Hindu mythology, several believe that Husain was targetted because he was most known to the common man on the streets.
While his critics questioned why Husain did not paint Islamic figures like the Hindu deities, his supporters argued that Islam had no tradition of nude paintings.
I asked them whether Islam has as much tolerance; if I make a small mistake in calligraphy, they would tear my canvas. Almost a decade after his demise, Rahman feels that his detractors have failed in their battle against Husain. Referring to the sale of his canvas Voices for a record-breaking.
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