context1: The film starred the Mumbai star Shahrukh Khan with Manisha Koirala. Ratnam used the conflict in the north eastern states as a backdrop to tell a love <strong>story</strong> between an Indian journalist and a north eastern woman. The film was particularly famous for the <strong>song</strong> Chaiyya Chaiyya which was shot atop a moving train.
context2: These <strong>songs</strong>, known as Mappila Ramayana, have been handed down from one generation to the next orally. In Mappila Ramayana, the <strong>story</strong> of the Ramayana has been changed into that of a sultan, and there are no major changes in the names of characters except for that of Rama which is `Laman' in many places. The language and the imagery projected in the Mappilapattu are in accordance with the social fabric of the earlier Muslim community.