Pathan pulling crowds in Himachal Theatres 

Amid nation-wide protest by the right wing organization on the 4th day of release of Sharukh Khan and Deepika Padukone’s Pathan film drawing crowd as it was screened in all the major theatre of Himachal Pradesh. Arun Kumar who watched the ‘Pathan’ at SRS Cinemas Tutikandi ISBT Shimla said that the house was booked to its full capacity on Friday. He said that he enjoyed the Pathan along with his family members which wad released in ISBT and Shahi Cinema in Shimla. In others theatres of the state Pathan has been screened in Dharmshala and Palampur Cinema halls also recorded good footfalls during last three days. With the change in power in the state government there is minor voices in against the screening of film as call of Protest draw negligible response in the state. In a major development the state left affiliated Student Federation of India decided to screened BBC documentary on Modi on Godhara riots today at Himachal Pradesh University campus after the government of India curbed its screening in the country enacting emergency clause to allow its release in India. The BBC documentary is already available on Social media platform however Government of India has announced to ban it. Social media platform didn’t responded to the directions of union government and with screening of documentary at many universities campus including JNU and Hyderabad University. In non -BJP ruled states, there is hardly any response on the call of such pro-rightest Protest on both films. In last years Assembly Election Congress government got thumping majority in Himachal Pradesh. New Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu termed this victory a major defeat of pro-Hindu Political outfit despite state have around 97 percent Hindu population. Rahul Gandhi Bharat Jodo Yatra also entered in Himachal Pradesh which crossed Indora Assembly Constituency and Nadaun Assembly. Interestingly The Rahul Gandhi Yatra was organized in religious polarized Assembly Constituency Indora as riots also broke out among minority and majority community few years ago on a land dispute.