Theatre owners in the coastal town have decided to resume screening of the Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol-Varun Dhawan starrer
The New Year has brought cheer for Shah Rukh Khan’s fans in Mangalore. Well, the good news is that owners of cinema halls have made up their minds to resume screening of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol’s Dilwale after Bajrang Dal and VHP disrupted its screening on December 20. Since then, the film was not being shown in the coastal city. The Hindu extremist groups had halted the screening of the film in protest against the superstar’s comments about growing ‘religious intolerance’ in the country. Fearing vandalism, the theatre owners had stopped the screening of the Rohit Shetty action flick.
The city police in the mean time had assured them of tight police security for the screenings but no one was willing to risk it. Now, the department is providing them total security and deputy commissioner of police, Shantharaju gave a statement that sufficient security measures were deployed for the smooth screening of the film.
Earlier, a Mangalore-based social activist, Vidya Dinker had filed a police complaint demanding that Bajrang Dal workers who stopped the film’s screening should be put behind bars. She received a lot of murder threats on social media. Puneet Raj Kottari, the prime accused was arrested and put behind bars on December 26. Dinker welcomed the police’s recent decision and said she would continue her crusade against extremism. She said it was a moral victory for her.
Dilwale is one of the highest grossers of the year and has brought back the much loved pair of Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol on screen.