New Delhi: Karan Johar's Ranbir Kapoor starrer, Wake Up Sid, scheduled to hit theatres on Friday, October 2, had a nightmarish start in Maharashtra.
The Mahrashtra Navnirman Sena or the MNS stopped the film's screening in Pune.
MNS activists didn't permit the film's screening across cinema halls in Pune because in the film, the city of Mumbai has been referred to as 'Bombay'.
Meanwhile, producer of the film, Karan Johar met MNS chief Raj Thackeray and apologised for their mistake.
While talking to the press after meeting Raj Thackeray Johar said, "We are creative people, we make mistakes. We came here to apologies to Raj Thackeray. We will put a disclaimer in the beginning of the film. We shall be putting a disclaimer in the beginning of the film. We are confident and have got support from Raj Thackeray that there will be no protests."
Meanwhile Raj Thackeray said, "I have told them that it should be 'Mumbai' not 'Bombay'. I have told them to have apology in first frame of the all 700 prints of the film released worldwide. Karan told me that because of the logistical issues it will take 2-3 days and I have agreed to that I will speak to the producers association to ensure that this will not happen again
Wake up Sid stars Ranbir Kapoor and Konkona Sen Sharma and is directed by Ayan Mukherji.
Wake up Sid stars Ranbir Kapoor as Sidharth Mehra, a super rich slacker while Konkana sen Sharma plays Aisha Banerjee, an ambitious girl who moves to Mumbai to become a writer. The two go on to become friends and as days go by, lazy Sid gets the wake up call of his life.
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