“Let cinema theatre owners who love Khan’s love for Pakistan show the film... and let those who like pro-Pak elements (Khan), see the film,” Thackeray said in a statement here. He claimed the agitation against MNIK was successful, saying “whatever Shiv sainiks had to do, they did”.
“The Sena agitation was not against the film but was against the love for Pakistan which SRK showed and his insulting of India,” he said in an apparent reference to the actor favouring inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL competition.
Published 12 February 2010, 19:16 IST