Protesters
from
a
local
gymnasium
blackened
actor
Emraan
Hashmi"s
face
on
the
posters
of
his
latest
film
Dil
Toh
Baccha
Hai
Ji
and
burnt
his
effigy,
this
week.
A
group
of
gym
instructors
took
the
management
of
the
Smruti
Cinema
in
Nagpur
city
by
surprise,
when
they
barged
into
the
theatre
premises
and
began
blackening
Emraan"s
face
on
the
posters
of
the
recently
released
romantic
comedy,
directed
by
the
award-winning
Madhur
Bhandarkar.
It
took
the
bystanders
and
the
management
a
while
to
realize
that
they
were
upset
about
the
portrayal
of
the
actor"s
character
as
a
gym
instructor
in
the
movie.
“The
protesters
claimed
that
Emraan
was
shown
in
bad
light
and
that
his
portions
should
be
deleted," informed
the
theatre"s
owner
Akshaye
Rathi,
who
refused
to
relent
to
their
demands,
even
as
they
resorted
to
violence,
pulling
down
posters
and
burning
them
along
with
an
effigy
of
Emraan
Hashmi.
This
fierce
form
of
protest
was
surprising,
as
the
actor
has
been
popular
in
the
region
and
many
of
his
films
have
fared
well
in
central
India
territories
in
the
recent
past.
It
can
be
noted
that
a
few
months
ago,
Emraan
had
enjoyed
a
massive
fan
following
at
the
same
theatre,
when
he
visited
it
to
promote
his
movie
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai.