Dismissing the 'fatwa' by Jamait-e-Ulema Hind against Vande Mataram,renowned lyricist, poet and film scriptwriter Javed Akhtar says, "Thiscontroversy is old and obsolete. Vande Mataram is part of BankimChandra Chatterjee's novel Anandamath. All the villains in this novelare Muslims.
