Hundreds of people were evacuated from Cineworld Cinema, Wolverhampton on Sunday 19th April 2015, at 5:30pm, as 50 protestors turned up, protesting against the screening of the film, Nanak Shah Fakir.
The police were called and the cinema was cleared and closed after the protestors made their way to the auditorium where the film was being screened. The protestors were Sikh campaigners. They sat on the floor, shouting and refusing to move until the cinema agreed to stop the screening of the film.
The film has been banned in many parts of India and many cinemas in the UK refused to show the film, fearing that it may offend religious sentiments.
The protest derived from the portrayal of the Sikh Guru and other religious figures in human form. This is considered as a sacrilegious infringement of religious belief by many Sikhs.
Bosses at Cineworld apologised to customers and also offered full refunds to those affected.
Cineworld revealed that following the incident, they have no plans of screening this movie in the future. Advertising posters of the film have also been taken off from the cinema's walls.
