Ujjain: Brahmastra stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt along with director Ayan Mukherjee faced backlash and protest at the Mahakaleshwar Temple in connection with a comment he made in 2011.
According to reports, the star cast arrived at the Mahakaleshwar Temple to take blessings ahead of the release of their film “Brahmastra Part-1: Shiva”. During the visit, Bajrang Dal members staged a protest outside the temple due to a comment.
The reports further added that protests were around a 2011 comment he allegedly made where he said that he likes to eat beef. The old video has led to trolling and trends against the upcoming film.
Bajrang Dal members held black flags and placards at the Mahakaleshwar Temple as a sign of protest.
Ankit Jindal, Bajrang Dal coordinator in a statement said that “We won’t allow Alia and Ranbir to enter the temple, he said that eating beef is a good thing, Bajrang dal won’t let anyone with this thinking, enter the Baba Mahakal Temple.”
He further added that “We were protesting peacefully with black flags, but the police started beating our workers, which is unacceptable.”
Talking about the incident, police officer OP Mishra added that the protesters were asked to stay behind the barricades due to VIP movement.
The film is set to release on September 9 in theatres. The film will release in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.