Two film-related events scheduled for Wednesday here were cancelled due to the Maharashtra shutdown called by some Dalit parties.
“Due to Maharashtra bandh on Wednesday, we have decided to push our My Birthday Song trailer release to tomorrow January 4, 2018. Thank you,” tweeted the movie’s producer and actor Sanjay Suri.
Due to #MaharashtraBandh today we have decided to push our #MyBirthdaySongTrailer release to tomorrow 4th Jan ‘2018 Thank you.
— sanjay suri (@sanjaysuri) January 3, 2018
Even a song launch event for Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety was cancelled “owing to the current situation in the city”.
Angry Dalits staged rail, road blockades and took out processions in Mumbai and agitations in different parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday to protest against violence in Pune a day ago which left one youth dead. They called for a state-wide shutdown on Wednesday.