The happiest Indians on October 22 were Karan Johar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray. A crisis got averted as the Producers' Guild led by Mukesh Bhatt agreed to not hire Pakistani artists, ever, for their films, a decision which appeased the MNS. And finally, the MNS got what they wanted - Pakistani artists banned, an easy victory achieved through through intimidation and populism. In a closed-door meeting on October 22, Maha CM Devendra Fadnavis basically brokered a truce between Karan Johar and the producers, and Raj Thackeray. At one point, the man supported the indefinite ban on Pakistani artists by the Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA).

Source: India Today October 23, 2016 07:02 UTC