Big trouble for filmmaker Karan Johar ahead of the October 28 release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.


Single screen theatre owners in four states say they will not screen films with Pakistani actors and the Aishwarya-Ranbir starrer has Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.


Early reports say that single-screen theatres in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh have banned the screening over security fears, but details of which the two other states are is yet to be available.


The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena on Monday had threatened to "beat up" Karan Johar if he worked with or released films featuring artistes from Pakistan.


The threat was given by the film wing of Raj Thackeray-led MNS which had recently set a 48-hour deadline for all Pakistani artistes working in India to leave the country.

"We had appealed to film industry not to work with Pakistani artistes in the wake of the Uri attack. However, Bhatt and Johar have not given a positive response to our appeal," head of MNS Chitrapat Sena, Amey Khopkar said.

"If they work with any Pakistani artiste, they should be prepared for a befitting response from us," Khopkar told PTI.

Khopkar also said that their workers would oppose the release of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil".


Details awaited.