Sena threatens to stop screening of 'Kurbaan'

The Shiv Sena doesn’t want to see Kareena Kapoor in the nude. And they have decided to go all out to drape her in a sari — at least in her upcoming film, Kurbaan.

The party on Friday threatened to stall screenings in cinemas if the scene showing Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan undressed is not removed. More than 200 Sena workers gathered at the JVPD circle in Juhu and draped Kapoor — in the film’s poster — in a saffron sari

Later, women workers visited Kapoor’s home in Khar and tried to hand over a saffron sari to her parents as a gift for their daughter. The police, who were already present at the spot, stopped them from doing so.

Jitendra Janawale, Sena’s deputy chief in Andheri, termed the poster vulgar. “The Juhu residents had complained to us about the poster,” he said. “They were unhappy because their children were spending a lot of time gazing at the poster while going to school.” The police registered a case against the Sena workers for illegally assembling in Juhu. Four women workers were arrested and later released on bail.

Janawale, however, said the party workers did not break any law. “What is wrong if we cover a nude picture of a woman?” he asked. “Neither did we blacken the poster nor did we tear it. If the police needed to register a case, they should have booked Kareena, Saif and the producer of the film Karan Johar.”

This is the second instance in 30 days that a film by Karan Johar has been caught in a controversy. Earlier, the MNS had protested against his film Wake Up Sid for using Bombay instead of Mumbai in the film. Johar had apologised to MNS chief Raj Thackeray for the ‘mistake’. He also inducted a disclaimer in the film apologising for it.
Johar’s comments are not available because he did not pick up the phone or reply to smses.