Threats of violence fail to deter the Muslim megastar’s fans
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskThe scene in question comes early in “Pathaan”, a spy thriller so over-the-top it makes Hollywood’s “Mission: Impossible” series seem like gritty realism. For weeks “Pathaan” and its lead man, Shah Rukh Khan, had received extremist threats because of it.
Both Shah Rukh Khan and Ms Padukone are favourite targets of Hindu nationalists—he on account of being Muslim and preaching the need for interfaith tolerance, she for having supported some student protesters in 2020 that the Hindu right disliked. But they are also favourites of India’s film-loving public. And it thronged to cinemas over the long Republic Day weekend, January 26th-29th, helping “Pathaan” to smash box-office records by taking in over 6.25bn rupees in its first week.
Perhaps recognising that the confected row was making his party look silly, Narendra Modi, the prime minister, had by that point askedleaders to stop making “unnecessary comments [about films] that would overshadow the hard work we do”. The’s hate-filled ideology may have a lock on the ballot box; but at the box office, “King Khan”’s message of love and fraternity still reigns.
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