Farmers stop screening of Akshay’s ‘Sooryavanshi’

A group of farmers protesting the central farm laws on Saturday forced five cinema halls in Hoshiarpur district of the Indian state of Punjab to stop screening of Rohit Shetty’s film ‘Sooryavanshi’ starring Akshay Kumar, reports NDTV.

Some of them tore posters of the movie put up outside the theatres, saying they were opposing actor Akshay Kumar for not supporting their protest.

Activists of the Bharti Kisan Union (Kadian), led by the outfit’s district president Swaran Dhugga, staged a demonstration and a protest march from the local Shaheed Udham Singh Park to Swaran cinema against the screening of the movie.

They forced the cinema hall authorities to stop screening the movie, and condemned the actor for not speaking up in support of their protest

The protesters added that they would not allow screening of his movies until the farm laws are repealed.

The film ‘Sooryavanshi’ registered a decent performance on the second day with collections of Rs 23.85 crore.