Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Sarma said, โWho is Shah Rukh Khan? Why should we care? We already have many Shah Rukh Khans?โ
Guwahati: Amid raging debate over the upcoming movie โPathaanโ, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan called him late night and expressed concern over reports about protests by a rightwing outfit in Guwahati against the release of his film.
CM Sarma said that he assured SRK that the state government will maintain law and order and ensure no such incident takes place during the release of his film. โBollywood actor Shri @iamsrk called me and we talked today morning at 2 am. He expressed concern about an incident in Guwahati during the screening of his film,โ Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet on Sunday.
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He assured that the state government will act if any incident of law-and-order violation is reported.
โI assured him that itโs the duty of the state govt to maintain law and order. we will enquire and ensure no such untoward incidents,โ he added.
โAction will be taken, if law and order is violated. So far, I have not received any complaints from the cinema hall owners or the makers of the film. If thereโs been any incident, Shah Rukh Khan, himself, should have called me up. If he does so, I will look into the matter,โ the Assam CM further said.
Notably on Friday, reacting to alleged protests by a rightwing outfit in Assam against the release of Shah Rukh Khan starrer โPathaanโ, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said he doesnโt know Shah Rukh Khan neither is he aware of the movie โPathaanโ.
Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Sarma said, โWho is Shah Rukh Khan? Why should we care? We already have many Shah Rukh Khans?โ
Earlier on Friday, he said people should instead talk about the release of Assamese film โDr Bezabaruah 2โ.
โI have not heard about any movie by the name of โPathaanโ and neither do I have any time for it,โ CM Sarma said.
โWe should rather focus on watching the Assamese movie Dr. Bezbaruah part 2, which has been directed by Sanjive Narain,โ he added.
Several rightwingers allegedly stormed into a cinema hall in Assamโs Narengi on Friday, vandalising property and burning down posters of โPathaanโ.
Earlier, on January 5, members of the same rightwing outfit allegedly created a ruckus at Alpha One Mall in Ahmedabadโs Vastrapur, wrecking property and tearing down posters of the movie.
โPathaanโ has been mired in controversy ever since Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra objected to one of its songs โ โBesharam Rangโ.
Mishra had said, โThe costumes in the song, at first glance, are objectionable. It is clear that the song of the film โPathaanโ has been shot with a dirty mindset.โ
Helmed by Siddharth Anand, โPathaanโ starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham, is scheduled to release in theatres on January 25.
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