'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' impasse ends, movie to release on October 28

Mukesh Bhatt assured the Maharashtra CM that they will not work with Pakistani artistes in the future

In a good news for filmmaker Karan Johar, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Saturday said that they will not oppose the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The development comes after MNS Chief Raj Thackeray met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Bollwyood producers.

The movie will be released as scheduled on October 28, ANI reported.

Film & Television Producers Guild of India President Mukesh Bhatt said that Johar has decided to put a special mention paying homage to martyrs at the beginning of his film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.

"Karan Johar and other producers have offered to contribute to the army welfare fund to the defence ministry as a small humble contribution to the best of the capability, irrespective of the picture runs or doesn't run," he said.

Bhatt also assured Fadnavis that they will not work with Pakistani artistes in the 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.

Producers Sidharth Roy Kapur, Sajid Nadiadwala and Vijay Singh of Fox Star Studios were also present in the meeting.

The film, that features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in a cameo role, ran into trouble after MNS said they won't allow release of any movie in India that featured Pakistani artistes.

On Thursday, Mukesh Bhatt and Apoorva Mehta from Dharma Productions, which is behind Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, led a film fraternity delegation and met Home Minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi to discuss the smooth release of the film.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil have Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma in lead roles.