Summary Over 250 people were gathered to watch Nawazuddin perform in the Ram Leela show.
MUZAFFARNAGAR (Web Desk / Dunya News) - Critically acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui was forced out of a stage drama ‘Ram Leela’ after Indian extremist party Shiv Sena’s protest.
According to Indian Express, Shiv Sena district head Mukesh Sharma approached police and asked the committee to drop Nawazuddin from participating in the show.
“Our objection is with his name as well as the person. For over 50 years, no Muslim has been a part of the production. Why should this be allowed now? We went to the police and our members went around town to spread the word and urge people to stop this,” he says.
Damodar Prasad Sharma, president of the Ram Leela Committee said, “A few members of the Shiv Sena didn’t want a Muslim man to play a character in Ram Leela. Then the police told us that we should not let Nawazuddin participate and, if at all we do, and there is a problem during the show, we will have to take responsibility. We were not ready for that, there were just too many people in the audience and we couldn’t have controlled the crowds in case of a ruckus.”
Over 250 people were gathered to watch Nawazuddin perform in the Ram Leela show in Muzaffarnagar’s Budhana tehsil but were struck with disappointment when they heard of the actor’s dismissal.
