Director
Ayan
Mukherjee
has
said
that
his
close
friend
Actor
Ranbir
Kapoor
is
worried
about
the
controversy
surrounding
the
release
of
his
upcoming
romantic
drama
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil.
Owing
to
its
casting
of
Pakistani
actor
Fawad
Khan,
the
movie
has
drawn
ire
of
Maharashtra
Navnirman
Sena
which
has
threatened
to
stall
its
release
in
theatres,
slated
during
Diwali
on
October
28.
"Ranbir
is
tensed,
everyone
is
worried
about
how
things
are
unfolding.
He
is
hoping
for
the
best," Ayan
told
reporters
here
at
the
opening
of
18th
Jio
MAMI
Mumbai
International
Film
Festival.
Actress
Richa
Chaddha
also
voiced
her
support
for
the
Karan
Johar-directed
film.
"If
one
film
could
finish
terrorism,
we
could
have
banned
many
other
films
earlier,"
she
said
at
the
event.
Union
Home
Minister
Rajnath
Singh
today
extended
the
Centre's
support
to
makers
of
the
movie
and
assured
security
to
exhibitors
amid
threats
by
MNS.
Ae
Dil
Hai
Mushkil
has
been
in
the
eye
of
controversy
since
the
Uri
attack
last
month,
following
which
various
sectors
have
been
demanding
a
ban
on
Pakistani
artistes
from
working
in
India.
Last
week,
Cinema
Owners
Exhibitors
Association
of
India
announced
it
would
not
release
movies
featuring
Pakistani
artistes
in
four
states
of
Maharashtra,
Goa,
Gujarat
and
Karnataka