Don’t screen SRK’s My Name Is Khan: Shiv Sena
Shiv Sena on Sunday has written to theatre owners in Mumbai to boycott screening of actor Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film My Name Is Khan.Sena is reportedly planning to protest outside the actor’s house Mannat. On Saturday, Shiv Sena slammed Shah Rukh Khan for his comments that Pakistani players ought to have been in IPL 3.After Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut advised SRK to migrate to Lahore or Rawalpindi, Sena boss Thackeray went ballistic at the Bollywood badshah.
In an editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamna, Thackeray said Shahrukh has insulted 26/11 martyrs by talking about Pakistani players in IPL. Hitting below the belt, he went on to advise Shahrukh to make Ajmal Kasab the captain of his team. And for vice captain, Shahrukh could get Afzal Guru — who is under a death sentence for the attack on Parliament.Thackeray then taunted SRK asking if he was saying the right thing.As if on cue to Thackeray’s rabble rousing, Shiv Sena workers went on a rampage in the morning.
They tore up posters of SRK and burnt them outside a theatre in Kandivali in Mumbai. Shiv Sena goons also threatened the manager of theatre not to show the movie My Name Is Khan in cinema hall. On Friday, Shiv Sena supporters went on a similar rampage tearing up SRK’s posters in a movie hall in Thane.
