Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen reacted after AR Rahman said he had been losing work in Bollywood due to a "communal thing". She said, "Shah Rukh Khan is still...Badshah of Bollywood; Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Javed Akhtar...all are superstars." "Rahman is revered by Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, atheists, and believers alike. It doesn't suit him to be pitied," she added.