A dozen workers of MNS who were arrested on Wednesday for protesting against the upcoming release of filmmaker Karan Johar's “Ae Dil Hain Muskhil” as the party rejected his statement that he will not “engage with talent” from Pakistan in future.
The 12 protesters have been sent to Judicial Custody till 4 November.
The workers from MNS' film unit Maharashtra Navnirman Chitrapat Karmachari Sena protested and raised slogans outside Metro Cinema in South Mumbai even as Maharashtra CM, Devendra Fadnavis warned of strict action against anyone found disrupting the law and order situation in Mumbai.
The Raj Thackeray-led party has asked the theatre management not to hold any show of “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” which features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
The MNS had given a written appeal to the theatre management urging them not to show the movie as it features a Pakistani actor. The party workers also raised slogans outside the theatre, police officials said.
We will not allow the film to be screened in single screens and multiplexes. Reality has dawned late on the producer.Amey Khopkar
The MNS and some other political parties have opposed release of films with actors from Pakistan after the Uri terror attack, putting a question mark on the fate of Johar's movie, slated for release on 28 October.
The Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India, too, decided not to screen films with Pakistani actors in four states –Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa.
A team from Johar's Dharma Productions along with filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt and Vijay Singh of Fox Star Studios had yesterday met Mumbai's top police officials and sought protection for the theatres to screen the film.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Ashok Dudhe had said, "Mumbai police will provide adequate protection to cinema theatres."
(With PTI, The Times of India Inputs)
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