Press Trust of India / Pune Feb 13, 2010, 13:25 IST
Cinema houses including multiplexes here released Shah Rukh-starrer 'My Name is Khan' (MNIK) today after its successful screening in Mumbai.
The decision to go ahead with screening of 'MNIK' was taken at a meeting of theatre owners who had refrained from releasing the movie in the city yesterday.
A heavy 'police bandobast' was in placed at various cinema halls that decided to show the Karan Johar film.
A steady stream of cine-goers was seen at the theatres after bookings of the film opened for the afternoon show.
Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ramesh Bagwe has appealed to cinema owners and citizens not to pay any heed to the threats issued by Shiv Sena against screening of the film.
Having seen "My name is KHHHHAAN" I can only say the clumsy agitation against this movie has only ensured its box office success. Otherwise this film is a tale of political correctness aimed at drawing audience sympathy to an autistic Shah Rukh Khan who clings to his "noble" Muslim identity through and through in a post 9/11 America where Muslims are profiled and targeted. Far from ensuring receptivity among non Muslims it only shows that to Muslims Islam is the primary source of identity that overwhelms and subsumes every other form of identity and hence leaves them unconvinced of the sincerity of the message "My name is Khan, I am not a terrorist"
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