Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai has come out in support of his longtime collaborator and Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman, following the latter`s recent "communal" remarks about Bollywood. Speaking to ANI, Ghai, who has worked with Rahman in films like Taal, Kisna, and Yuvvraaj, stated that his comments were widely misinterpreted.

"I have known AR Rahman since 1994. It has been several years. I go to his house. We still meet in the studio and we are still friends. Throughout the years, I never heard anything of this sort that he believes in the communal difference in the industry. I have always seen him believing in spirituality and humanity but never seen him talking about religion. He has written so many bhajans as well as Sufi songs. I was surprised when I heard such things.