Mumbai, Feb. 12 -- Veteran singer Anuradha Paudwal has weighed in on the recent controversy surrounding music composer AR Rahman's alleged "communal" remark, calling the latter a "saintly person."

Speaking to ANI, Anuradha Paudwal backed the Oscar-winning composer. She shared, "From what I know of AR Rahman is through his music. I have never met him personally, but his music tells that he is a very saintly person."

In response to media reports about Rahman's communal comments, Paudwal highlighted how media questions are tweaked in a manner to evoke provocative answers.

"I have been in the industry, and I have seen that when any artist, not only AR Rahman, but when any artist sits for an interview, the interviewer usually likes to frame...