More trouble for Abhishek Kapoor's 'Kedarnath', right-wing group stalls screening of of the film in UP theatre

A right-wing group stalled the screening of Sara Ali Khan and Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Bollywood film Kedarnath at a cinema hall in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on Tuesday and raised slogans against its director, Abhishek Kapoor, police said.

The activists of the Hindu Jagran Manch (HJM), which is affiliated to the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), gathered at the Vishal cinema hall and sat on a dharna after locking its gates in the morning.

HJM state secretary Akash Saxena claimed that the film aimed at sending a "wrong message" and had "hurt the sentiments" of the Hindus.

After the protests, the administration and the cinema hall management stalled the screening. 

"We were not aware of any dispute over the film, but after today's protest, we are stopping its screening," the manager of the cinema hall, Aslam, said.

Security has been deployed around the cinema hall and the situation is fully under control, the police later said.

Kedarnath narrates the tale an interfaith love story between a wealthy Hindu girl Mukku (Sara Ali Khan) and a Muslim potter Mansoor (Sushant Singh Rajput), near the historic Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand.

The film which released on December 7, has been banned in some districts of Uttarakhand as well.