<p>Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee says he is not in favour of banning Pakistani actors from working in India.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Owing to its casting of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, filmmaker Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" has been at the receiving end of MNS' ire.<br /><br />The party has said it won't allow the release of the film, which is set to arrive in theatres on October 28.<br /><br />When asked if politics is getting mixed up with cinema, Dibakar told PTI, "It is nothing new. It has always been happening. But I am completely against banning Pakistani actors in India."<br /><br />The "Khosla Ka Ghosla" dierctor said it totally depends on the director who is facing the backlash, on how he reacts to the situation.<br /><br />He was speaking at 'Half Ticket Young Adult Script Writing Workshop' at the ongoing 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival with Star.<br /><br />Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has extended the Centre's support to makers of the movie and assured security to exhibitors amid threats by MNS.<br /><br />Johar's multi-starrer film has been at the centre of a controversy since the Uri terror attack last month.<br /><br />In the aftermath of the terror strike, various sectors demanded a ban on Pakistani artistes from the film industry.<br /><br />Last week, Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India announced it would not release movies featuring Pakistani artistes in four states of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Karnataka.<br /><br />Director-actor Pooja Bhatt also criticised the demand to stall the movie's release, saying it has nothing to do with nationalism.<br /><br />"It is neither nationalism nor blackmail. It is schoolyard bullying at its best & worst," Pooja tweeted. <br /></p>
<p>Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee says he is not in favour of banning Pakistani actors from working in India.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Owing to its casting of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, filmmaker Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" has been at the receiving end of MNS' ire.<br /><br />The party has said it won't allow the release of the film, which is set to arrive in theatres on October 28.<br /><br />When asked if politics is getting mixed up with cinema, Dibakar told PTI, "It is nothing new. It has always been happening. But I am completely against banning Pakistani actors in India."<br /><br />The "Khosla Ka Ghosla" dierctor said it totally depends on the director who is facing the backlash, on how he reacts to the situation.<br /><br />He was speaking at 'Half Ticket Young Adult Script Writing Workshop' at the ongoing 18th Jio MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival with Star.<br /><br />Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has extended the Centre's support to makers of the movie and assured security to exhibitors amid threats by MNS.<br /><br />Johar's multi-starrer film has been at the centre of a controversy since the Uri terror attack last month.<br /><br />In the aftermath of the terror strike, various sectors demanded a ban on Pakistani artistes from the film industry.<br /><br />Last week, Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India announced it would not release movies featuring Pakistani artistes in four states of Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat and Karnataka.<br /><br />Director-actor Pooja Bhatt also criticised the demand to stall the movie's release, saying it has nothing to do with nationalism.<br /><br />"It is neither nationalism nor blackmail. It is schoolyard bullying at its best & worst," Pooja tweeted. <br /></p>