A Bollywood film featuring superstar Shah Rukh Khan has opened amid tight security in a few multiplexes in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay). More than 1,800 people have been arrested at protests not in favor of My Name is Khan, which will be shown at 63 venues.Khan angered the hard line Hindu party, Shiv Sena, by saying he regretted that rejection Pakistani cricketers had been picked for next month's Indian Premier League (IPL). Two small cinemas have previously been attacked in Mumbai and posters burned.
More than 30 multiplexes in the city were showing the film on Friday - mostly to packed houses. At the Inox multiplex in south Mumbai all the evening shows are sold out.
Himanshu Roy, a joint commissioner of police, said about 150 Shiv Sena followers had hurled stones and tried to force their way into a few theatres, but had been beaten back. Police ready 49 arrests, he told The Associated Press. King Khan has thanked his fans via the Twitter website for turning out in such big numbers to see the film.
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