Posters of the film Pathaan were torn at a mall in Ahmedabad, as Bajrang Dal warned the filmmakers not to release the film in theatres
Bajrang Dal tweeted about how they tore movie posters at an Ahmedabad mall and protested against the film, filmmakers and lead actors Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone
The Hindu Jagran Manch protested against the movie at INOX theatres in Indore. They raised slogans and submitted a memorandum to the theatre management demanding that the movie should not be released in theatres
President of the Hindu Jagran Manch Jagdish Khatri said, “If the film Pathaan is released, then there will be a fierce protest. We have given a memorandum to the management of INOX Theatre regarding the non-release of the film.”
Pathaan’s song Besharam Rang has also been at the centre of a hornet’s nest after the Child Welfare Commission (CWC) in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich urged the state DGP to get clips of the song removed from social media platforms
The CWC stated in its letter the song and its videos may have an “adverse impact on the psyche of adolescents”
The controversy surrounding Pathaan and its party number Besharam Rang started when Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Dr Narottam Mishra called the costumes and scenes of the song objectionable
MP Home Minister Dr Mishra said, “It is clearly visible that the song of the film ‘Pathaan’ has been shot with a dirty mindset.”
The Shah Rukh Khan-starrer spy thriller is all set to release on the silver screen on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Pathaan marks the first collaboration between Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham