There is fresh
trouble for Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil that features Ranbir Kapoor,
Anushka Sharma, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Fawad Khan. The Cinema Owners
and Exhibitors Association of India (COEAI) has decided that no films starring
any Pakistani actors will be released in theatres.
Nitin Datar, President of the COEAI, said, “Keeping in mind the patriotic
feeling and the national interest in mind, we request all our member exhibitors
to refrain from screening movies which have involvement of any Pakistani
artists, technicians, directors, music directors, etc. Till the relation
between India and Pakistan becomes normal, no films with Pakistani actors can
be released.”
The film, which
is set to release next week on October 28, will not be screened in
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa. The decision will be conveyed to other
states as well.
When asked if
Raees, that has Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, be allowed to release, he said,
“We will see in the future. If the situation normalises, we will screen Raees.
It’s not a decision we can take now.”
After the terror
attack on Uri Army camp, in which 19 soldiers lost their lives, Maharashtra
Navnirman Sena (MNS) had given a 48-hour ultimatum to Pakistani artistes to
leave India or will be kicked out. It was reported that due to MNS' threat,
Fawad Khan secretly flew back to Pakistan.
In an interview, Raj Thackeray had said, “We
have asked the theatres to not release their movie, we must teach them a
lesson, the producers are more at fault than those artistes.”
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