Trouble continues for “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”

After the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) gave green signal to the release of Karan Johar's upcoming Bollywood movie “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, the Cinema Owners and Exhibitors Association (COEA) president Nitin Datar has refused to support the movie.

“We are not going to co-operate with release of Karan Johar's movie,” said Datar.

The cinema owners had earlier announced that its members would no longer screen films starring Pakistani artistes, including actors and music directors, in wake of the political tensions at the frontiers between the two countries. 

COEA is the second industry association after Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) to impose a ban on films starring Pakistani artistes after the MNS and Shiv Sena campaigned for an end of cultural relations with Pakistan.

However, after a meeting with Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, filmmaker Karan Johar and other film fraternity, the MNS chief Raj Thackeray reached a truce, and said the producers casting Pakistani actors in their movie will have to pay Rs 5 crore for the Army Welfare Association.

The Army Welfare Association, however, rejected the donation proposal. 

Bhatt also said that keeping the sentiments of the nation first, director Karan Johar said he will run a slate before the movie starts to honours the soldiers killed in militant attacks. Karan Johar and Dharma productions upcoming movie “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, which stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, was caught in a storm after the MNS threatened to block the release.

The movie is scheduled to be released on October 28.

After situation between India and Pakistan worsened, many political parties and that Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have been demanding a ban on KJo's film that also stars Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma.

Source: Hindustan Times