After Sanjay Leela Bhansali ’s ‘ Padmavati ’, Salman Khan ’s ‘ Tiger Zinda Hai ’ is now in the radar of controversies. Though Salman’s film is not postponed or completely pulled out of the theatres, it has something to do with political party, MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena). We know, whenever Bhai’s films releases, the entire cinema houses across the country become his kingdom. Salman’s films get the maximum slots during the prime time, but we feel it will not happen this time at least not in Mumbai and Maharashtra. MNS chief, Raj Thackeray and other workers of the party have ordered cum threatened the cinema owners to not to give the maximum slots to ‘ Tiger Zinda Hai ’. Well, there are no personal issues here; the political party has a genuine reason behind it as they want the regional (Marathi) films should also get an equal opportunity to do a fair share of a business.

In an interview with a leading daily, a spokesperson of the party said, "It's not threat. We want Marathi films to be screened at prime time as they don't get enough time slots. Why should regional films bear the loss? There's nothing wrong in promoting Marathi culture. Cineplex owners have to abide by our demand; you can take it as a threat.”

The pre-bookings of TZH has already started and is doing pretty well, directed by Ali Abbas Zafar , the film also stars Katrina Kaif and will hit the big screens on 22 December.