Cinema halls in Bihar capital Patna on
Monday began screening Bollywood movie
" Padmaavat amid heavy security
arrangements, officials said. The screening
in the state capital started a day after two
petrol bombs were hurled at a cinema hall
where "Padmaavat was running in
Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. "We will not
allow anyone to create trouble for screening
of Padmaavat', Patna Senior
Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said.
According to police officers, screening of
"Padmaavat has started in Cinepolis and
Mona cinema hall in Patna.
Sources close to a cinema hall owner told
IANS the decision to screen "Padmaavat
was taken following a secret settlement
with Shree Rajput Karni Sena which was
against any compromise to run the film. Last
week, when "Padmaavat was officially
released across the country, the film was not
screened in Patna and across Bihar due to
widespread violent protests by Karni Sena
and other Rajput organisations against the
Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial. (ALSO
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In Patna, cinema halls did not take advance
booking of tickets and the online booking
was stopped following protests and threats
by Karni Sena activists. According to reports
reaching here, the screening of
"Padmaavat began in Gaya, Vaishali,
Muzaffarpur and other districts in the state
on Sunday. In Muzaffarpur town, two petrol
bombs were hurled at Shayam cinema hall
on late Sunday evening for screening
"Padmaavat. There were 400 people inside
the cinema hall. Muzaffarpur Superintendent
of Police Vivek Kumar said no one was
injured in the incident. (ALSO
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Ten days ago, a group of Karni Sena activists
attacked a cinema hall in Muzaffarpur, tore
up the film's posters and threatened to set
ablaze the hall if the film is screened. Last
week, a group of protestors in Nalanda
district's Bihar Sharif town attacked a
cinema hall, tore up posters, damaged
vehicles and threatened to set afire the
theatre if "Padmaavat is run. Karni Sena has
been staging protest against "Padmaavat
across the state for the last two weeks.
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