The Bollywood actor, Ranbir Kapoor appreciated the superstar, Shah Rukh Khan by praising him for standing up against Shiv Sena at the time of releasing ‘My Name Is Khan.” 

Shiv Sena had asked that King Khan apologize for his comments favoring insertion of Pakistani players in the IPL and threatened to stop ‘MNIK’s release.
Ranbir said,” I think Shah Rukh was absolutely correct; he did not bow down to anyone. He was not wrong in his belief and did not felt sorry to anyone. I would like to believe that I would have stood up against the Thackerays if something like that would have happened to me”. 

Ranbir had also faced such situation with MNS and Raj Thackeray at the time of release of his movie ‘Wake Up Sid’ for using the word ‘Bombay’ instead of ‘Mumbai’ in the film. Demanding a halt to all these political hurdles, he said,” We used the word ‘Bombay’ in the film and the MNS party opposed that. But the film is fiction and this is a part of somebody’s vision. I so many times say Bombay and not Mumbai and because I’ve grown up with the word.” He also added,” Yes, it is hounding; it is something which needs to be seized. I don’t know how to stop it as there is a lot of power which is involved and I am too small to stand up against such power.”
 

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