Narmada bachao Andolan
May 24 2006, Nishtha

While extending support to the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Aamir Khan may not have imagined the price that his movie ‘Fanaa’ would have to pay for it in Gujarat.

The associations of cinema and multiplexes in Gujarat have decided to cancel the screening...

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