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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
February 13, 2010 Shahrukh Khan has been moved by the incredible show of love his fans and the people of India have shown by giving an overwhelming response to his latest movie My Name Is Khan, despite the call for the boycott of the film from the...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Power to u all and pray for our film and me. give our team strength to see us through this...let the love flow. hit us hard with it!!” (sic) SRK writes on Twitter. India reached SRK, he tweeted: “I am humbled by this show of love & kindness...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Mumbaikars queue up to watch 'My Name Is Khan' Published: February 13, 2010 In a remarkable show of solidarity with superstar Shahrukh Khan, the people of Mumbai turned out in droves to watch his latest movie My Name Is Khan despite the fear of an...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Mumbaikars queue up to watch 'My Name Is Khan' Published: February 13, 2010 In a remarkable show of solidarity with superstar Shahrukh Khan, the people of Mumbai turned out in droves to watch his latest movie My Name Is Khan despite the fear of an...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
At the same time, Shiv Sena activists strongly protested against Khan for allegedly favouring Pakistan cricketers for IPL matches...Police added that the film was also released in Divya Adlabs and another multiplex...The agitators pelted stones and...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
The Shiv Sena may have been able to terrorise cinema theatre owners, at least initially, but it could not do the same to the residents of Mumbai. Mumbaikars descended in hordes to the few theatres that began screening Shah Rukh starrer My Name Is...
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The New York Times
| over 3 years ago
India With thousands of police officers providing security, the latest blockbuster from Bollywood’s biggest star opened Friday, despite threats and protests from a radical political party that had vowed to block the film in this capital of India’s...
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Sify News
| over 3 years ago
The Shiv Sena Friday night claimed 'victory' in its agitation against Shah Rukh Khan and his movie and the party 'congratulated' all its activists for the success. Khan for his pro-Pakistani statements, nor had it asked Khan to apologise to the Sena,...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Why everybody should watch 'My Name Is Khan' Published: February 12, 2010 You may or may not be a fan of Shahrukh Khan, much less an admirer of Karan Johar’s cinema, but nothing in the world would make me believe that you aren’t a believer in...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Let cinema theatre owners who love Khan's love for Pakistan show the film.... and let those who like pro-Pak elements (Khan), see the film," Thackeray said in a statement here tonight. Shiv sainiks had to do, they did". "The Sena agitation was not...
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Times of India
| over 3 years ago
Virtually conceding that his party was whittling down its agitation against Shah Rukh Khan and his latest film "My Name is Khan", Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said "those who want to see the film could do so." "Let cinema theatre owners who love...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
A group of Shiv Sainiks gathered outside the office of Red Chillies Entertainment (the production house owned by Khan), protesting against the actor and the movie," a senior police official said. One of the protesters threw a bottle in the direction...
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Times Online
| over 3 years ago
Several cinema chains delayed or cancelled screenings of My Name is Khan after the Shiv Sena, an ultra-nationalist political party with a history of violence, threatened to target them...The unrest came after the film’s star Shahrukh Khan – Bollywood’...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
Mumbai on Friday stood up to Shiv Sena's hate campaign against Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name is Khan and defying the hooliganism, they just rushed to the theatres for the Karan Johar flick. After cancelling the morning shows of Shah Rukh Khan...
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Asian Tribune
| over 3 years ago
Mumbaikars gave a resounding “thumbs up” to Shahrukh Khan’s “My Name is Khan“ on Friday, turning up in large numbers at cinemas which screened the film under tight police security. Following this, the Shiv Sena agitation against Khan and his new film...
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Al Jazeera English
| over 3 years ago
Shiv Sena, a Mumbai-centered political party, vowed to disrupt showing "My Name is Khan", which hit cinemas in India's financial capital on Friday. More than 21,000 police guarded over 60 theatres, as Shiv Sena activists attempted to disrupt the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Highly-placed sources said the home ministry officials are in touch with Maharashtra government and constantly keeping a check on the situation and would send central paramilitary force personnel in case of need. "Maharashtra government has so far...
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BDNews24
| over 3 years ago
Theatres in Mumbai turned fortresses on Friday for release of a Bollywood film whose star is locked in a duel with a radical Hindu group, sparking worries India's financial hub is being undermined by parochial politics. Several multiplex chains...
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The Guardian
| over 3 years ago
My Name Is Khan's stand against extremism Its Muslim star Shahrukh Khan faces violent protests from Hindu nationalists – but My Name Is Khan shows India's need for tolerance Shiv Sena supporters tear a poster for Shahrukh Khan's new film My Name Is...
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Dawn
| over 3 years ago
A deserted ticket window at a cinema hall in Mumbai is an unusual sight. More so when it’s the day before the release of a Shah Rukh Khan-starrer...Posses of policemen have replaced the jostling queues of film-mad Mumbaiites and ticket scalpers.
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Times of India
| over 3 years ago
Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name Is Khan' had a packed opening on Friday across the country with Mumbai restricting the number of shows following the Shiv Sena threat to disrupt screening. Mumbai decided to go ahead with the screening while the single...
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Rediff
| over 3 years ago
The film will be screened in all theatres outside Mumbai, as there is no trouble, the source said. My Name is Khan , which released today, ran into trouble with Shiv Sena [ Images ] trying to disrupt the screening protesting Khan's comments on...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
Bowing before the Shiv Sena pressure, Mumbai theatre owners on Thursday decided to not release Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘My Name Is Khan’ on Friday, causing a major setback to the producers of the film. Early morning shows of the film has been...
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The New York Times
| over 3 years ago
India In this capital of India ’s Hindi film industry, Friday’s release of the latest blockbuster by Bollywood’s biggest star, Shahrukh Khan , is not shaping up as the usual red carpet and starlets affair. Police officers, fearing violent protests,...
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Sify News
| over 3 years ago
Mumbai braced on Friday for the release of top Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's latest film amid tight security due to threats of violence sparked by a row between the star and Hindu nationalists. Police leave has been cancelled and reservists have...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Shiv Sena continues to attack Shahrukh's film Published: February 11, 2010 Despite an assurance from the Shiv Sena supremo that the party will not disrupt the release of Shahrukh Khan’s upcoming film My Name Is Khan, Shiv sainiks went on rampage and...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| over 3 years ago
Shiv Sena continues to attack Shahrukh's film Published: February 11, 2010 Despite an assurance from the Shiv Sena supremo that the party will not disrupt the release of Shahrukh Khan’s upcoming film My Name Is Khan, Shiv sainiks went on rampage and...
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Asian Tribune
| over 3 years ago
Similar to that situation, Maharashtra Government today made heavy security arrangements at Mumbai city cinema theaters ahead of tomorrow's release of Shah Rukh Khan starred 'My Name Is Khan' which is facing the Shiv Sena's ire. Over 1,600 Sena...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
Uncertainly loomed large on Thursday over the release of Shah Rukh Khan's much awaited movie My Name Is Khan in Mumbai scheduled to hit the screens on Friday. A section of cinema hall and multiplex owners have decided not to screen the movie on...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
A "sad" Khan reacted to the tumult in Mumbai, where theatres have been turned into fortresses and 1,600 Shiv Sena activists were arrested to ensure a peaceful release on February 12, saying that he prays for peace. "Ironic & sad. a film made for...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray Thursday targeted the Shiv Sena for not criticising Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan despite sharing a dais with Pakistani artistes while spewing fire at Shah Rukh Khan for his advocacy of Pakistani...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
In the latest episode of the My Name Is Khan controversy, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena leader Raj Thackeray joined in by slamming the Shiv Sena's double standards and said his party will not target the film. He said the Sena protests against the Shah...
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BDNews24
| over 3 years ago
More than a thousand Shiv Sena workers have been arrested and security beefed up at many of Mumbai's movie theatres after the Hindu hardline group warned against the Feb. 12 release of "My Name is Khan". Shiv Sena workers tore up the film's posters...
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Rediff
| over 3 years ago
However, the ruling Congress-NCP (Nationalist Congress Party) combine foiled the bid, saying the government was capable of tackling the Shiv Sainiks," Shiv Sena said in the party mouthpiece ' Saamana '. "SRK [ Images ] has now declared in Abu Dhabi...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
The stand-off over Shah Rukh Khan’s movie, My Name Is Khan, continued on Wednesday, with violent protests by Shiv Sena activists forcing theatres to shut advance bookings...Chief Minister Ashok Chavan took control of the police action as the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
To make matters worse, within 24 hours of Chavan’s tough talk and police commissioner D Sivanandhan’s assurance to producer-director Karan Johar, the chief minister called for “political dialogue” to water down the crisis, a far cry from the hard...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
With more than 1,000 Shiv Sena workers being arrested for vandalism and the Maharashtra government rallying around the Shah Rukh Khan starrer My Name Is Khan , several theatre owners banked on the earnest assurances of security and reopened advance...
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The Hindustan Times
| over 3 years ago
The police has asked the theatres playing Shahrukh Khan's latest film "My Name Is Khan" to leave the first three row empty so that no body can reach the screen and disrupt the screening as the Shiv Sena intensified its protests. Among other...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Shiv Sena has threatened to stall the release of Khan's upcoming film My Name Is Khan after he refused to apologise for his remarks favouring the inclusion of Pakistani players in IPL. "It is everybody's right to express his opinion...When a film...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Wisdom should prevail on Shiv Sena and the Sainiks must withdraw their agitation against the film," Congress MP Rajeev Shukla told reporters here on the sidelines of the 15th All India Whips conference here. The Shiv Sena want to draw political...
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Bradenton Herald
| over 3 years ago
Police in Mumbai detained more than 1,100 Hindu nationalists after mobs tore up movie posters, stoned a theater and threatened to disrupt the opening of Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan's new movie because of comments he made about Pakistan...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
While deciding upon the title, I just went by my gut and decided on something which brings to fore the spirit of the film and the story that I wanted to tell...The right title of the film was and stays on as My Name Is Khan ," Johar who continues to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Some of the cinema halls in the city had closed the bookings of the movie yesterday despite assurances from the Maharashtra government of providing security and they are yet to re-open the advance bookings. The Sena workers had attacked single screen...
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Times of India
| over 3 years ago
In a crackdown against Shiv Sena, over 1000 of its activists have been detained ahead of the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer 'My Name is Khan' after the party stepped up its protest against the film over the actor's remarks favouring inclusion of...
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Hindustan times
| over 3 years ago
Over 200 Shiv Sena activists, some of them office-bearers, were on Tuesday arrested for demonstrating and damaging cinema screens to protest against Shah Rukh Khan, as the party vowed to stall release of the actor's new film My Name is Khan unless he...
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Telegraph India
| over 3 years ago
17 AM Sunset : 5:25 PM Today Partly cloudy sky. Mumbai, Feb. 9: My Name is Khan has set the stage for a showdown between the Maharashtra government and the Shiv Sena with the state home ministry throwing an unparalleled security ring around...
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Times of India
| over 3 years ago
After promising to allow the release of Shah Rukh Khan's 'My Name Is Khan', Shiv Sena did a volte-face on Tuesday as its men went on the rampage attacking movie halls across Mumbai where advance bookings for the film had opened. Chief minister Ashok...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Karan Johar, the film’s producer and director, said the police had assured a trouble-free screening of the movie. Earlier, he and some distributors met police chief D Sivanandhan to discuss the issue. “He has assured us of security at all theatres...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
In Mulund, the glasses of Mehul cinema were broken after one of the protesters pelted stones, police said adding that several gathered outside Huma Cinema at Kanjurmarg and R-City Mall in Ghatkopar, shouting slogans against Khan and the movie,...
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Daily News & Analysis
| over 3 years ago
Karan alongwith a group of exhibitors and distributors met the Commisioner at his office here to seek protection for the audience and theatres screening the movie amidst threats to stall the release of his latest offering, police said. "We came here...
