Salman Khan’s ‘the Da-Bangg Tour in Nepal’ canceled

KATHMANDU, March 2: Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan’s the Da-Bangg Tour, which was scheduled to take place in Kathmandu on March 10, has been called off citing ‘special reasons’, according to sources.

Other Bollywood stars Sonakshi Sinha, Kriti Sanon, Prabhudheva, Daisy Shah, Meet Bros and Maniesh Paul were scheduled to join Salman at Tundikhel, Kathmandu.

The organizers Sohail Khan Entertainments and JA Events, and the partner organizer from Nepal, ODC Entertainment on January 19 had jointly organized a press conference in Kathmandu to confirm Khan’s arrival.

However, Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplav’- lead CPN-Maoist, a splinter of CPN (Maoist Center) last week had demanded cancellation of the show and called all the nationalist forces to unite and oppose against the even saying it amounts to ‘expansion of cultural intervention on Nepali soil’.

Some top Nepalese artists and 110 other singers and dancers from Bollywood were also expected to be part of the show. An audience of 30,000 was expected to attend the show while the tickets were priced from Rs 3,000 to 30,000.

The organizers said that the the Da-Bangg Tour has been postponed until mid-April. About Rs 100 million out of estimated 150 million budget has already been spent for the organizing the show, according to the organizers. They also said that those who have already bought the tickets can can use the same tickets for the program to be held in the new date. However, new date has not been fixed yet.

It has been understood that the organizers are preparing to hold a formal press meet to announce the postponing of the Tour.

The tour, which kicked off last year, has already entertained several cities around the world, including Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, London and Birmingham.