Members of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan Fan Club gathered to stage a protest against the Shiv Sena party in Kolkata.

The actor is under fire from the Sena for backing Pakistani players in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The fans of SRK were holding placards with words condemning Shiv Sena.

The fan club members of SRK staged this protest-demo outside Menaka, the theatre in South Kolkata, which will screen his upcoming flick 'My name is Khan'.

The members raised slogans against Shiv Sena

Rinav Das, a member of the Fan Club, said that Sena was trying to damage the popularity of Khan by branding him as a traitor since he spoke in favour of inclusion of Pakistan cricketers in the IPL tournament.

Das said, “For the last couple of years Shiv Sena has treated Shah Rukh as a traitor. He is a person, who has given so much to the film industry, in fact to the whole humanity. And this Shiv Sena who (which) just needs issues, they have done it with cricketers, they have done it with other film actors and now their target is Shah Rukh Khan because he is number one."

He added by saying, "I can bet you for sure that this is just for sheer popularity, and he will be number one and no community can bring any difference between us. We understand that he has done nothing wrong."