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The screening of My Name Is Khan has been hit with four exhibitors — Big Cinemas, Fun Cinemas, Gaiety Galaxy and Maratha Mandir — deciding against releasing the movie on Friday.

The exhibitors say the security situation doesn’t warrant release of the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer movie.

“The security provided is adequate but at the same time the atmosphere which has been created is not good. Entertainment cannot happen in this tense environment,” said Fun Cinema CEO Vishal Kapoor.

However, Kaporr refused to blame Shah Rukh Khan for the controversy surrounding the film.

I don’t blame Shah Rukh for this. Everybody has got the right to speak for themselves,” said Kapoor.

“Nobody wants the Mumbaikers or their property hurt & destroyed. Least of all me. I may not have the same ideologies as the Sena but on the question of me being a patriot, I don’t think there should be any confusion. Feel awful that Balasahib and Uddhav have misconstrued my words. The reactions of the Sena workers seems to make me believe that,” Shahrukh Khan tweeted.

Addressing a press conference in Abu Dhabi, where the worldwide premiere of his film was held, Shah Rukh Khan said, “I hope everything works out well and better sense prevails.”

Shah Rukh also said that since he was sitting away from his country, he wouldn’t like to speak more on the issue because, he added, “the scenario in India is changing every minute”.

Talking about his statement on Pakistani players being taken in IPL season III, Khan said that it was a normal stand that he took.

Besides Shah Rukh Khan, actress Kajol and director Karan Johar among others were present at the press conference.

Talking about his onscreen reunion with Kajol after eight years, Shah Rukh said, “Kajol has become more mature as an actor. Our films have brought us closer as friends.”

“The most beautiful part about Kajol is her earnestness which hasn’t changed at all even after so many years,” he added.

Extending support to Shah Rukh Khan, actor and IPL team Rajasthan Royals celebrity co-owner Shilpa Shetty today said it was unfortunate that the actor was being targeted for expressing his opinion.

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. It is a fundamental right. When a film gets affected, the entire industry gets affected. I stand by him as a human being,” Shetty said when asked about her take on what was happening with Shah Rukh’s film My name… in Mumbai.

Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray called Shahrukh Khan ‘a traitor’, but said that Sena will not block screening of SRK’s film.

In an editorial in Sena mouthpiece Saamna on Saturday, Thackeray said: “Sometimes we feel why are we doing all this? How do we awaken this Congress party? That’s why we have decided rule the way you want to. You have come to power using the machinery. Hence we are aware of how far reaching your power. You are using and will continue to use your power to brutally attack the Shiv Sena, Shiv Sainiks and Saamna. This is how you rule. So go ahead. Let Pakistani cricketer play anywhere they want in the country. Let Australia
continue attacking Indians. Let Pakistan continue 26/11 like attacks anywhere in India
. Let Shah Rukh Khan show his film My Name Is Khan without security,” Thackeray said.

“Traitors, with the blessings of the Congress, go ahead; the Shiv Sena will not block you. Why our Shiv Sainiks should be beaten up and arrested?” he added.

Huge campaign that has been designed around the strong essence of love that My Name Is Khan carries. As a part of this, Shah Rukh would be travelling across the country and pop this question to the aam janta. This would be his way of connecting with people who are waiting to catch him in My Name Is Khan,” Karan, who has produced and directed the film, told IANS.

“…The idea of asking people ‘How far would you go for love?’ should be quite enticing for many out there. It should be a good participative exercise,” the filmmaker added.
My Name Is Khan, which is being marketed and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, is about Rizwan Khan (Shah Rukh), an autist, who is mistaken for a terrorist while travelling in the US. Karan, Shah Rukh and Kajol have teamed up so far for candy-floss movies…so how come they decided to opt for different kind of cinema?

“I just felt that cinema is maturing with every passing year and I should move on with the times as well,” Karan said with a smile.

“If I am constantly going to try and woo the audience with a certain kind of cinema without doing something that is entirely different, what’s the point in sitting pretty in the position where I currently am? Why not use it for my own advantage and make something really fresh…I truly believe that if you are motivated just for the sake of it, you would get caught eventually. You can succeed only if you have a very strong conviction backing up your thought.”

Bollywood’s hit jodi Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol soon to release film My Name Is Khan still pictures

Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol are on the second anniversary issue of Vogue and they look better than ever. Shahrukh Khan and Kajol one of the best couple on onscreen in bollywood. After gap of seven years they are going to come again together on Karan Johar latest movie My Name is Khan