Protest against Aamir's PK intensifies, Delhi theatre vandalised

New Delhi: Aamir Khan's PK may have entered the Rs 200 cr club. But the wave against the film refuses to relent. The film is facing a nationwide protest, with attacks on theatres screening PK in Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Jammu, Agra, Mumbai and now in Delhi.Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena have reportedly vandalised Delight theatre in central Delhi, screening the Rajkumar Hirani flick.Also read: PK movie review Accusing actor Aamir Khan of double standards, and advising him to go to Pakistan, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists jointly intruded into the Shree Talkies in Agra on Sunday evening to disrupt screening of the film PK.They tore posters of the film inside and outside the cinema hall, shouted anti-Aamir Khan slogans and asked managers to immediately stop screening of the film.Cinema hall management filed a complaint against protestors at the New Agra police station. SP city Sameer Saurabh said action would be taken.Madan Sharma of the Bajrang Dal and Rajendra Garg of the VHP criticised Aamir Khan saying that he was displaying his anti Hindu sentiments by ridiculing Hindu gods and goddesses in the film.In Mumbai, a theatre in Parel had to stop the screening of the film due to threats from VHP (Vishwa Hindu Parishad) an affiliate of the ruling BJP's ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Demanding a ban on Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK' for hurting Hindu sentiments, Bajrang Dal activists attacked two theatres in the city opposing screening of the Bollywood film.At least 20 members of the right-wing organisation, led by city unit chief Jwalit Mehta, targeted City Gold and Shiv theatres on Ashram Road this morning and smashed ticket windows and tore off posters of the film. The film, directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is a satirical take on godmen and superstitions.Policemen from Navrangpura station along with Deputy Commissioner of Police (Zone-1) Virendrasinh Yadav rushed to the spot, but the attackers had fled before that, police said."We are yet to identify the persons behind these attacks, which took place around 10 am. We learnt that miscreants vandalised the ticket windows of both these theatres. We are now collecting CCTV footages to identify the persons," said Yadav. However, Bajrang Dal owned up the attack and warned other theatres screening the film. "Around 15 to 20 of our members today went to these theatres, which are screening Aamir's film 'PK'. I am warning other theatres to stop the screening, otherwise we will intensify our protest in the city in the coming days," said Mehta.He alleged that Aamir Khan had "hurt the religious sentiments" of Hindus by making fun of Hindu gods and devotees in the film."If his intention was right, then why the movie did not showcase anything about his own religion? Yesterday, I called majority of theatre owners and asked them to stop the screening. But they indirectly refused," said Mehta.Led by Bajrang Dal coordinator Rakesh Kumar, over 150 activists of the Jammu unit of the organisation today held a demonstration against the film for showing "objectionable" scenes about gods and goddesses of the Hindu religion. The protesters shouted slogans against the film and demanded that the District Magistrate ban its screening here. The activists alleged that the film had several scenes that "denigrated" Hindu deities and hurt religious sentiments of the people."There are some scenes in the film which are objectionable and hurts the sentiments of crores of Hindus. we cannot tolerate this," Rakesh said. Bajrang Dal demands a ban on the screening of the film in Jammu, he said, adding that the organisation has held demonstrations across the country against the film.The film that was released on December 19 takes a swipe at organised religion and godmen.