New Delhi: Senior Indian Army officials and veterans were “upset” over the force being dragged into “politics” over films after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) demanded that producers of movies employing Pakistani actors pay Rs.5 core to an army welfare fund. The controversy erupted after Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil ran into a storm of protests led by MNS because Pakistani actor Fawad Khan has a role in it. We would want people to contribute on their own rather than under any coercion,” a senior army official said. He said the army is “upset” over being dragged into this politics. It is wrong to drag the force into politics,” another army official said.

Source: Mint October 22, 2016 16:18 UTC