Putting an end to the turbulence surrounding the release of Karan Johar’s next movie ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday reached a truce and said the producers casting Pakistani actors in their movie will have to pay Rs 5 crore for the Army Welfare Association, giving a green signal to the flick.
“All the producers who have Pakistani artistes in their film will as penance have to pay some money, I suggested five crore per film. They will work out the figure now and give the money to the Army Welfare Association,” Thackeray said after meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and director of the movie Karan Johar.
“In the meeting today I told Bhatt and others why roll out the red carpet for them, when they (in Pakistan) ban films and artists when they want to,” he said.
Early today, Raj Thackeray, Devendra Fadnavis, Karan Johar and other film fraternity met at Chief Minister’s residence over the release of upcoming flick ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’.
After the meeting, the Film and Television Producers Guild of India president Mukesh Bhatt, said that the body will pass a resolution stating that they will not work with Pakistani actors in future.
“I assured the Chief Minister that the Producer’s Guild has decided that we will not work with Pakistani artists in the future, it is a resolution and we will pass this resolution,” said Mukesh Bhatt after the meeting.
Bhatt also said that keeping the sentiments of the nation first, director Karan Johar has also said that he will run a slate before the movie starts to honours the martyrs.
Karan Johar and Dharma productions upcoming movie ‘ Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ has been surrounded with controversies which has received threat from the MNS over featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
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