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The film is scheduled to release next month.
Updated : Dec 11, 2016, 09:46 PM IST
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Sunday met Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray at his residence in Mumbai.
The meeting, that took place in the evening, assumes significance as Khan's upcoming film Raees, which features Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, is scheduled for a release next month, party sources said.
After the meeting, Raj Thackeray told the press that Shah Rukh had infirmed him that Mahira Khan would not be promoting the film.
He (Shah Rukh Khan) had come to inform that rumours about Mahira Khan promoting Raees are false: MNS Chief Raj Thackeray pic.twitter.com/jithoNcWW9
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 11, 2016
Photo - Abhinav Kocharekar/DNA
Photo - Abhinav Kocharekar/DNA
Notably, the MNS has in the past objected to casting of Pakistani actors in Bollywood movies citing the neighbouring country's involvement in terrorist attacks in India.
Earlier in October, the MNS had staged high-voltage protests against the release of filmmaker Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil for featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
The Bollywood superstar had previously run into trouble for the release of My Name is Khan in 2010, with another right wing party, Shiv Sena, opposing its screening then.