Malayalam director Ali Akbar embraces Sanatan Dharma, takes on name of Rama Simhan

Thiruvananthapuram: Noted Malayalam film director Ali Akbar and his wife Lucyamma on Thursday embraced Sanatan Dharma. He has now taken on the name Rama Simhan.

Pratheesh Viswanath, Hindu activist and founder of Hindu Seva Kendra, shared pictures on his social media account of the director and his wife sitting in front of a havan kund and pouring oblations into the sacred fire. The Malayalee director was bare bodied, attired in white veshti with a saffron angavastra around his shoulders, and with the sacred thread.

Pratheesh Vishwanath, in a tweet said: “Noted Malayalam film Director Shri Ali Akbar officially embraced Sanatan Dharma... Now onwards he is RamaSimhan.”

Noted malayalam film Director Shri Ali Akbar officially embraced Sanatan Dharma... Nowonwards he is RamaSimhan.

Welcome back to roots.. Welcome to Mother of all religions.
Har Har Mahadeva Namo Narayana Jai Bhavani... pic.twitter.com/RFyGNDaTwg

— Pratheesh Viswanath (@pratheesh_Hind) January 13, 2022

Last month, Ali Akbar had announced that he has lost faith in Islam, as he was upset at a section of social media users who posted emoticons in jubilation over the tragic death of Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat and his wife in a helicopter crash.

Malayalam film director Ali Akbar has converted to Hinduism and changed his name to Ramasimha, saying, "It's a protest against those Muslims who were putting smileys on posts related to the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat. Why are religious leaders not correcting them?" pic.twitter.com/5MHOM4wohf

— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2021

In a video posted on social media on December 11, he had announced: "I am not a Muslim from today onwards. I am an Indian." (UNI)