Who is Shah Rukh Khan, asks Himanta Biswa amid protest against Pathaan

India

oi-Deepika S

Hindi
film
‘Pathaan’ was
first
targeted
by
right-wing
groups
after
the
release
of
‘Besharam
Rang’
song.

New
Delhi,
Jan
21:
Amid
protests
against
Shah
Rukh
Khan’s
spy-action
thriller
‘Pathaan’,
Assam
Chief
Minister
Himanta
Biswa
Sarma
said,
“Who
is
Shah
Rukh
Khan?
I
don’t
know
anything
about
him
or
his
film
Pathaan.”

The
media
persons
had
raised
questions
on
the
violent
protest
by
Bajrang
Dal
activists,
who
entered
a
theatre
at
Narengi
in
the
city
on
Friday
where
the
film
is
slated
to
be
screened,
tore
down
its
posters,
and
burnt
them.

”Khan
has
not
called
me,
though
many
from
Bollywood
do
so,
regarding
the
problem.
But
if
he
does,
I
will
look
into
the
matter.

“Action
will
be
taken
if
law
and
order
has
been
violated
and
a
case
has
been
filed,” he
said.

When
reporters
told
him
that
Khan
is
a
Bollywood
superstar,
Sarma
said
that
the
people
of
the
state
should
be
concerned
about
Assamese
and
not
Hindi
films.

He
said
the
Assamese
film
‘Dr
Bezbarua
–
Part
2’,
the
first
directorial
venture
of
late
Nipon
Goswami,
will
be
released
soon.
”People
should
see
it.”

‘Pathaan’,
which
has
been
directed
by
Siddharth
Anand,
will
be
released
on
January
25.

Hindi
film
‘Pathaan’ was
first
targeted
by

right-wing
groups
after
the
release
of
‘Besharam
Rang’
song.
The
semi-nude
avatar
of
Deepika
Padukone
and
her
skimpy
saffron
outfit
had
not
gone
well
with
the
people.
Further,
her
silent
support
to
the
JNU
protestors
in
2020
was
one
of
the
reasons
why
the
BJP
was
upset
with
her.

A
section
of
audience
found
the
song
objectionable
over
the
use
of
saffron
(Deepika)
and
green
costumes
(Shah
Rukh).
“The
costumes
in
the
song
at
first
glance
are
objectionable.
It
is
clearly
visible
that
the
song
of
the
film
‘Pathaan’
has
been
shot
with
a
dirty
mindset,” Madhya
Pradesh
minister
Narottam
Mishra
had
said.

Many
leaders,
including
from
the
Vishwa
Hindu
Parishad
have
demanded
a
ban
on
the
film.