Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities is a 2004 bollywood film by famous artist M. F. Husain and starring starring Tabu, Kunal Kapoor and Raghuvir Yadav. A.R. Rahman is the music director of this film. Rahat Indori, M. F. Husain, and Sukhwinder Singh were the lyricists. The music was released on 24 January 2004 creating great controversies regarding the song Noor-Un-Ala which had lyrics directly adapted from the Koran. Subsequently there was wide protests from Muslim Ulemas which eventually lead to the withdrawal of the movie from theatres after a week of its release. However, the soundtrack of the movie got high appreciations from the critics. Rahman composed some of his career best songs for this movie.