Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Last Lear premiere Called off due to MNS threat

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Amitabh BachchanMumbai, Sep 10(IANS): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) activists here Wednesday attacked a cinema hall where Amitabh Bachchan-starrer “The Last Lear” was set to premiere, forcing authorities to call off the evening function.”Yes, the Mumbai premiere has been cancelled but now we plan to have a grand affair in Delhi,” a well-placed source in Planman Motion Pictures, the production house of the film, told IANS.

MNS chief Raj Thackeray had called for a ban on the screening of films starring any of the Bachchan family as a protest against actress and MP Jaya Bachchan’s alleged “anti-Marathi” remarks.

The premiere of the film, to be released Friday, was to be a glittering affair at the PVR Multiplex in Juhu and it was to be attended by producer Arindam Chaudhuri, director Rituparno Ghosh and Amitabh apart from other Bollywood actors.

However, MNS activists attacked the PVR property in Juhu in the afternoon and tore off posters of “The Last Lear”, demanding that the film be banned....

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