Aamir Khan’s newest movie Laal Singh Chaddha, which was launched on Thursday, confronted protests in Punjab’s Jalandhar throughout its screening at a PVR cineplex within the metropolis yesterday.
One group, led by Shiv Sena, gathered outdoors the film corridor and protested towards it. Afterwards, the police reached the spot and after talks with the administration of the theater, the screening was stopped.
On attending to find out about this, Sikh organizations additionally reached the spot and raised slogans in favor of the film. They stated that the film relies on the character of a Sikh man and Hindu organizations haven’t any proper to cease the screening of it. The Hindu organisations, nevertheless, argued that Aamir Khan’s PK had insulted Hindu gods and goddesses due to which they have been protesting towards the discharge of his subsequent film.
There have been stories that protests towards the movie broke out in Gorakhpur and Varanasi as effectively. Sanatan Rakshak Sena’s state president of the youth wing, Chandra Prakash Singh, and its vice-president Arun Pandey, as per PTI, alleged that Aamir Khan makes enjoyable of Hindu deities in his movies. “We will go from door-to-door and request folks to boycott Aamir Khan’s movies. At the identical time, we additionally requested Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to ban the movie,” they have been quoted as saying.
Earlier, Aamir Khan had reacted to the ‘boycott’ pattern towards his movie. “That boycott Bollywood, boycott Aamir Khan, boycott Laal Singh Chaddha. I really feel unhappy. I really feel unhappy as a result of lots of people who’re saying this of their hearts imagine I’m somebody who does not like India. In their hearts, they imagine that, however that is fairly unfaithful,” he said. The Thugs of Hindostan star added, “I really love the country. That’s how I am. It is rather unfortunate if some people feel that way. I want to assure everyone that it’s not the case so please don’t boycott my films. Please watch my films.”
Laal Singh Chaddha has not obtained many constructive evaluations. The movie has not created a lot noise on the field workplace as effectively. As per Box Office India, the movie has solely made Rs 10.75 crore, which is shockingly low, the bottom for Aamir within the final 13 years.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
