Indore, Feb 16: A day after the historical epic - Jodha Akbar was released all-over the country on Friday, the film met with stiff protest from the Kshatriya community here on Saturday when a large number of the community people under the banner of the Akhil Bharatiya Kshtriya Mahasabha indulged in rampage at the Velocity multiplex where the film Jodha Akbar was being screened. In this regard, the city police have arrested eight persons including two females for creating ruckus at the multiplex.

The incident occurred at around 12 pm when a large number of the Kshatriya community people gathered in front of Velocity multiplex, demanding stoppage of the screening of Ashutosh Gowarikor's historical movie - Jodha Akbar. While raising slogans against screening of this film, the community people also pelted stones and broke open its glasses.

Justifying their agitation, the community people alleged that the film Jodha Akbar presented a distortion of the historical facts. In the film, Jodha had been described as wife of the king Akbar which was wrong. The unruly situation at the multiplex was however, brought under control with the arrival of large posse of police force there. As many as eight persons were arrested by the city police for causing disturbances.

The film Jodha-Akbar, directed by the film `Lagaan' fame director Ashutosh Gowarikar, based on the love life of the Moughal king Akbar, had been courting controversies, well before it was released all-over the country on Friday. Voice of protest that the film received from across the country, particularly on the relationship between Jodha Bai, (the role played by the silver screen goddess Aishwarya Rai Bachhan) and the king Akbar the great (the role of which was enacted by the Bollywood's Stallin, Hrithik Roshan) had generated immense enthusiasm among the people here and it was reflected from the packed houses at all the multiplexes and single screen threaters in the where the film is being screened.