ADHM row: Karan Johar to meet Rajnath Singh amid threats from MNS

Amid threats from Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) to not allow the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in cinema halls, filmmaker Karan Johar will on Thursday meet Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with other movie producers, ANI reported.

The Raj Thackeray-led party has asked theatre management not to hold any show of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM) which features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in a cameo.

On Wednesday, police arrested a dozen workers of MNS for protesting against the upcoming release of ADHM as the party rejected his statement that he will not "engage with talent" from Pakistan in future.

MNS cine wing head Amey Khopkar, after a meeting with senior party leaders and Raj Thackeray, said they were firmly opposing the release.

The MNS and some other political parties have opposed release of films with actors from Pakistan after the Uri terror attack, putting a question mark on the fate of Johar's movie, slated for release on October 28.

The Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India, too, decided not to screen films with Pakistani actors in four states—  Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka and Goa.

A team from Johar's Dharma Productions, along with filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt and Vijay Singh of Fox Star Studios, had on Tuesday met Mumbai's top police officials and sought protection for the theatres to screen the film.