Shiv Sena and other Hindu organisations on Friday opposed the screening of Karan Johar's Pakistani-starred movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' in the state capital and other places in the state. About two dozen Shiv Sena activists raised slogans for about half-an-hour in front of a Cineplex in TT Nagar area here this morning.
The activists were not allowed to enter the premises of the Talkies due to heavy security arrangements. later, police dispersed the agitating Shiv Sena activists. In Hoshangabad, about 40 Shiv Sena activists set ablaze a poster of the film in a cinema hall and took out a vehicle rally opposing the Pakistan stars while in Jabalpur also Shiv Sena and other Hindu organisations raised slogans before a multiplex.
A report from Gwalior said that several activists of Hindu organisations tried to raise slogans before a cinema hall in the city but the police removed them. However, the screening of the film was not hampered due to the agitations, the sources added. In the Johar's film besides Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma, Paksitani actor Fawad Khan are cast. Pakistani actors are being opposed in the country owing to the present situation at Indo-Pak border.
While talking to media persons here on Friday, Shiv Sena Youth Front District President Kuldeep Tiwari said that MP Shiv Sena do not support the movie 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' as Pakistani actor Fawad Khan is starring in this film. Shiv Sena Youth Front would protest against the release of the movie. The owners of the cinema halls and multiplexes should not screen this movie, he added