Amid tension in the wake of Uri terror attack, the MNS asked Pakistani artists like Fawad Khan to leave India immediately. Failing which shootings of his upcoming film, “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” will be stalled.
Actors like Mahira Khan (who acted in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Raees’) and Fawad Khan are hijacking the opportunities of Indian artists, Shalini Thackeray, MNS general secretary, told a press conference.
She said these two actors have been served the ultimatum to leave the country.
However, Mumbai police assured the actors that they need not worry as they will be given protection.
Shalini told PTI that their “Chitrapat” (film) wing has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to all the Pakistani actors to leave the country.
We have started dashing off letters to Pakistani actors, whose country is allegedly sponsoring terrorism, to stop their acting business here.Shalini Thackeray, MNS general secretary
In a country of 1.25 billion people where lakhs and crores struggle a lot for an opportunity to be launched in movies, these big brands are giving opportunity to Pakistani artists, she added.
To a query on what MNS would do if the Pakistani artists don’t leave, Thackeray said, “Our workers would push them out... would not let them do their acting business.”
(With inputs from PTI)
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