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Mob stops screening of 'Bachchhan Paandey', demands theater to only screen 'The Kashmir Files'

Mob stops screening of 'Bachchhan Paandey', demands theater to only screen 'The Kashmir Files'

By Rashika Kumar
22/03/2022
[Image: koimoi.com]

The highly controversial Indian film, The Kashmir Files has the Indian audience divided and there are now reports that some goons had entered a cinema hall in the State of Odisha and had stopped the screening of Akshay Kumar's Bachchhan Paandey.

Times of India reports they demanded the theater owners to only play The Kashmir Files.

Videos show people shouting slogans such as "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" and "Jai Shree Ram" among others.

Following this, the multiplex staff was forced to discontinue screening of Bachchhan Paandey.

The audience of the action-comedy movie were also seen walking away.

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