Click to play videoMumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Mumbai Police have assured security to those cinema theaters which will be screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer My Name Is Khan in Mumbai.
But many cinema halls did not open their counters for advance bookings for the film following threats by the Shiv Sena to disrupt the film's screening.
Shiv Sainiks had attacked cinema theaters where My Name Is Khan is led to be screened in Mumbai on Tuesday.
Now almost all cinema theaters in the city have refused to take any advance bookings for My Name is Khan which will be released on Friday.
"Can they ensure that there is no disruption? Can they ensure that my property and public will be safe?" asked G7 Multiplex owner Manoj Desai.
But Mumbai Police maintained that advance bookings were open at theaters and even exhibitors denied that advance bookings were closed.
Tickets for My Name is Khan were not available in many theaters of Mumbai Andheri. More surprisingly at a prime junction in suburban Mumbai it were not the Shiv Sainiks but the police themselves pulling down posters of the film.
While it is still unclear if the Shah Rukh-Kajol starrer will release in Mumbai on February 12, Mumbaikars are hoping for a solution to the face-off soon.
But far from the battleground the film's stars were in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for the film's premiere where Shah Rukh voiced his concern once again.
"I live in hope that everything becomes fine though I am a little sad. I just want people to realise that whatever is happening it will affect all of us in Mumbai. Everyone in Mumbai will be sad," said Shah Rukh Khan.
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