Ali Akbar is an Indian film director. He works in Malayalam film industry. Ali Akbar is a prominent screenwriter and lyricist. He has directed more than twenty Malayalam films, including Pai Brothers (1995), Junior Mandrake (1997), Grama Panchayat (1998), Kudumba Varthakal (1998), and Bamboo Boys (2002). In December 2021, he was in the news for converting his religion from Islam to Hinduism after he was trolled with smiling emoticons by a particular section of the community on social media following the news of General Bipin Rawat’s death.
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Ali Akbar was born on Wednesday, 20 February 1963 (age 58 years; as in 2021) in Wayanad, Kerala, India. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He received his schooling from Government High School, Meenangadi, Kerala. Later, he went to St. Mary’s College in Sultan Bathery, Kerala to pursue a Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
The names of his parents are not known.
Ali Akbar with his mother
wife and children
Ali Akbar married Lucyamma on 15 August 1987.
Ali Akbar with his wife
The couple have two daughters.
religion/religious views
In a conversation with a television media house, Ali Akbar publicly said that he is changing his religion from Islam to Hinduism, as most of the smiling reactions on the post of Bipan Rawat’s death were from Islamist social media users. He said,
Unfortunately, 99% (of the derogatory posts) were from my religion. So I decided to leave religion. After seeing many hateful and objectionable tweets on General Bipin Rawat, I felt ashamed of being a Muslim. Not all Muslims are Jihadis but all Jihadis are Muslims. I can’t change them but I can change myself so I am leaving my religion, there are a lot of leaders in Muslim religion but he did not speak a single word against them. They will fight over the appointment of Waqf Board but will not say anything against anti-India people.
livelihood
director
Ali Akbar started working as a director in 1988 with the film Mamlakallakkappurathu (i.e. Beyond the Mountains). In 2002, he started writing songs for Malayalam films like Bamboo Boys and Senior Mandrake. In 2020, the film ‘1921: Pooja Muthal Pooja Vaare’ directed by Ali Akbar was highly appreciated. The film was based on the true incident of ‘Malabar Rebellion’ that took place in North Kerala in 1921. The specialty of this film was that it was made with crowdfunding.
Poster of the film ‘1921 Pooja Muthal Pooja Vaare’
Ali Akbar has his own production company ‘Mama Dharam’ which he established in August 2020. This production house was inaugurated by Swami Chidanandapuri who is the head of Kolathur Advaitashramam, an ashram in Kerala.
Ali Akbar directing a film
Politics
Ali Akbar entered politics in 2014 when he contested from Koduvally constituency as an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. He did not get success in these elections and he turned to candidature from Bharatiya Janata Party. Around the same time, he was selected as a committee member when he contested the municipal elections from Kozhikode Corporation. Ali Akbar left the post in October 2021 due to some disagreements with party members.
Ali Akbar talking in media conference while joining BJP
Awards, Honors, Achievements
- Ali Akbar earned the ‘Kerala State Film Award’ for Best Debut Director in 1988.
- He received the 44th National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film in 1996 titled ‘Raabiya Chalikkunnu’.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Ali Akbar changed his religion from Islam to Hinduism in December 2021 and also changed his name from Ali Akbar to Ram Singh.
- According to Ali Akbar, he was a victim of child abuse in his childhood when he was a student in a madrasa in Meenangadi in Wayanad, Kerala. When he was eight years old, his teacher molested him in school.
Ali Akbar’s childhood picture
- Ali Akbar is often featured in articles in famous Indian newspapers.
A newspaper article on Ali Akbar
- Ali Akbar is a social media influencer. He often posts his pictures on his social media accounts while directing films. More than 173k people follow him on his Facebook account.
- Ali Akbar is a compassionate animal lover. He has a pet dog and regularly shares pictures of his pet dog on his social media.
Ali Akbar with his pet
- In December 2021, Ali Akbar, along with his wife Luciamma, converted their religion from Islam to Hinduism in protest against Islamist social media users who reacted with smiling emoticons to the death of General Bipin Rawat. Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash in the Nilgiris on 8 November 2021. He said he changed his name from Ali Akbar to Ram Singh and also criticized anti-national social media users who were celebrating Bipin Rawat’s death. He wrote on his Facebook account,
From today I am no longer a Muslim. I am an Indian. I can no longer stand with anti-nationals. Today I am throwing away a dress given to me since birth. Ramsimhan is the person who died while following the culture of Kerala… Now Ali Akbar will be called Ram Singh. It’s the best name.”
He further said that he wants answers from religious leaders who are not correcting their followers on such shameful behavior. He said,
This is a protest against those who were putting smileys on posts related to the death of CDS General Bipin Rawat. Why aren’t religious leaders correcting them?”
Receiving a loan for more than a year, he was known to his family as Ali Akbar. Muslim by birth.
Many people in Kerala celebrated the death of General Bipin Rawat on social platforms.
deeply hurt by the facts pic.twitter.com/vJ2wvCdxmM
— 𓄂𖤍Bhairavi Nachiyar𖤍 பாண்டிய நாட்டி இராசாசி 🇮🇳 (@Bhairavinachiya) 11 December 2021
- Before converting, Ali Akbar posted a video on his Facebook account and took on those who were smiling at the death of General Bipin Rawat. Soon, his account was suspended due to a lot of hate comments being received on his videos. In anger, he opened a new account and announced on it that he was leaving his religion because he was blocked on Facebook for raising his voice against wrong. He has written,
The account was blocked within five minutes of speaking out against those who posted the emoji. I can’t accept it, I can’t agree with it, so I’m leaving my religion. I or my family have no religion now. This is the decision. This is my reply to those who posted thousands of smiling emoticons against India.
He further said that those celebrating the death of army personnel should be punished. They said,
The country should identify and punish those who smiled at the death of CDS.”
- Ali Akbar shared a screenshot of people celebrating Rawat’s death on social media, indicating a particular section of Indian communities in December 2021.
Names of those social media users who made fun of Bipin Rawat’s death
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