KJo appeal falls on deaf MNS ears
Raj Thackeray’s followers continue protest against release of
Mumbai, Oct. 19: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members on Wednesday protested outside a cinema hall against any plan to screen filmmaker Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
The police detained four MNS film wing workers, who earlier were seen at Metro cinema hall in south Mumbai, asking the management not to hold any show to promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.
“The MNS activists were raising slogans outside Metro theatre for some time. The police asked them to carry it out peacefully but they were not in a mood to listen to us. We have detained four MNS workers so far,” a police
Cops detain four Maharashtra Navnirman Sena members from outside a Mumbai mall
More protests coming against film release, says MNS
officer from Azad Maidan police station said.
Mr Johar on Tuesday made an appeal against stalling the release, saying he will not engage with talent from Pakistan in future. However, the Raj Thackeray-led MNS on Wednesday said reality has dawned late on Johar.
MNS cine wing head Amey Khopkar, after a meeting with senior party leaders and Mr Thackeray, said they were firm on opposing the release. “We will not allow the film to be screened in single screens and multiplexes. Reality has dawned late on the producer,” Mr Khopkar said.
He said protests will be held at all cinema halls across the city in the coming days.