{"id":22454,"date":"2016-10-18T10:51:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=22451&amp;preview_id=22451"},"modified":"2016-10-18T10:51:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-18T05:21:41","slug":"vhp-to-protest-against-aamir-fawad-khan-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=22454","title":{"rendered":"VHP to protest against Aamir, Fawad Khan films"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its youth wing, the Bajrang Dal, Wednesday said they would soon launch protetsts against two films \u2014 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in which Pakistani actor Fawad Khan plays a cameo and Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will use all forms of social media to kick up a protest storm against Ae Dil\u2026 because it stars a Pakistani actor. We will also launch protest against Aamir Khan\u2019s Dangal because of his comments on intolerance. We have already had a word with members of Bajrang Dal and the plan of action is being readied,\u201d Souresh Mukherjee, the media-in-charge of VHP in Bengal, told <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/\">The Indian Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" td-modal-image alignnone wp-image-2893965 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/images.indianexpress.com\/2016\/07\/dangal-poster-759.jpg\" alt=\"Dangal-poster-759\" width=\"759\" height=\"422\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He, however, said it was yet to finalised whether there would be any protest in front of theatres too demanding ban on the two films. \u201cWe will be talking to RSS and <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/tag\/bjp\/\">BJP<\/a> leaders here and decide whether there will be any protest outside cinema halls,\u201d Mukherjee added.<\/p>\n<p>State RSS and BJP leaders, meanwhile, said that they might lend support. \u201cThe VHP is a part of the Sangh \u2018parivar\u2019 so if they are protesting against something, which is anti-national and are asking for our support, we might lend it,\u201d a senior RSS leader told The Indian Express.<\/p>\n<p>BJP state president Dilip Ghosh too, echoed similar sentiments. \u201cThere has not been any dialogue with us and the VHP so far over this issue but as we have done in the past, we will speak up against anything anti-national. If the VHP is planning any such protest and we are convinced that the protest is for the country\u2019s positive image. There is no reason why we will not support such protests,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Karan Johar, \u2018Ae Dil Hai Mushkil\u2019 is set to hit cinema halls on October 28. Fawad, who makes a special appearance in the film, had left for Pakistan last month soon after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) issued a threat to Pakistani actors and artistes to leave India post the Uri attack.<\/p>\n<p>Dangal is slated to release on December 23 this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and its youth wing, the Bajrang Dal, Wednesday said they would soon launch protetsts against two films \u2014 Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in which Pakistani actor Fawad Khan plays a cameo and Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal. \u201cWe will use all forms of social media to kick up a protest storm against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}