Kantara, They Call Him OG screenings cancelled in Canada after arson, shooting
A movie theatre in Ontario, Canada, has pulled the plug on several Indian film screenings after being targeted in two violent attacks within a week. Film.ca Cinemas, located in Oakville, was first hit by an attempted arson and then by a shooting, prompting authorities and the theatre itself to take precautionary measures. The theatre had been showing South Asian films, including Rishab Shetty’s Kantara: A Legend Chapter 1 and Pawan Kalyan’s They Call Him OG. Following the incidents, both films have now been withdrawn from the lineup. What happened? The first attack took place on September 25, when two suspects carrying red jerrycans tried to set the theatre entrance on fire around 5:20 am. While the fire was contained to the exterior and caused only moderate damage, security footage revealed a chilling sequence of events: a grey SUV circling the premises multiple times, followed by two masked individuals pouring liquid at the doors before igniting it. Just a week later, on October 2,...