Scoop: Is Karan Johar a scapegoat in a war between exhibitors & Shringar films?

29 Oct 2016

Startling facts have come to light regarding thecurrentcrisis facing Karan Johar s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ( ADHM ). According to sources in the know, there is much more to the current campaign by a certain section of film exhibitors to boycott ADHM , than meets the eye. Reliable sources say theroot causeof the current standoff between exhibitors and Karan Johar s film is a long-standing feud between a section of exhibitors in Maharashtra and ShringarFilms who are theMumbai-Maharashtra distributors of ADHM.For a very long time exhibitors have held a grudge against the way Shringar Films functions. Since Shringar Filmsis distributingKaranJohars ADHM ,exhibitors have grabbed at the current anti-Pakistan mood of the country to get even withShringarFilmsby boycotting ADHM (which regrettably stars a Pakistaniactor) to instead screen the other Diwali film Ajay Devgan s Shivaay , says the insider. If it is indeed true that the currentIndo-Pakcrisis is being used by exhibitors to settle personal scores with a leading distributor then it is a sad state of affairs for a nation whereself-interestseems to prevail over larger considerations.