A right-wing group created chaos and stalled the screening of Bollywood film Kedarnath at a cinema hall in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district. They also raised slogans against its director, Abhishek Kapoor, police said.
The activists of the Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM), which is affiliated to the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), gathered at the Vishal cinema hall and sat on a dharna after locking its gates in the morning. HJM state secretary Akash Saxena claimed that the film aimed at sending a "wrong message" and had "hurt the sentiments" of the Hindus.
After the protests, the administration and the cinema hall management stalled the screening. "We were not aware of any dispute over the film, but after today's protest, we are stopping its screening," the manager of the cinema hall, Aslam, said. Security has been deployed around the cinema hall and the situation is fully under control, the police said.
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Kedarnath tells an interfaith love story between an affluent Hindu girl and a Muslim boy set in the holy town of Kedarnath, Uttarakhand. The film has been banned in some districts of Uttarakhand.
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On a related note, Kedarnath has minted over Rs 32 crores at the box office in four days.
(With PTI inputs)
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