A Home Department spokesman in Lucknow said the decision to ban the screening of the film, starring Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan, had been taken to maintain law and order, the Times of India reported.
Rajput organisation "Kshetriya Mahasabha" had protested the screening of the film on the day it was released in local cinema halls alleging the filmmaker had distorted history, which has hurt their sentiments.
Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2008
