Supreme court on Thursday stayed the FIR filed against Priya Varrier's viral song Manikya Malaraya Poovi, from the Malayalam film Oru Adaar Love. The actress had approached the apex court seeking quashing of a spate of complaints and an FIR registered against her and the makers of the film for allegedly hurting the sentiments of Muslims.
Varrier's lawyer Harris Beeran said that the said song has been there for last four decades and there has been no complaint in Kerala but an FIR was filed in Andhra Pradesh and four complaints in Maharashtra.
The song went viral recently for a scene which features Varrier flirtatiously winking at a boy, and playing around with her eyebrows. She garnered one million followers on Instagram in just a single day, reportedly becoming the fastest Indian celebrity to do so.