Will India allow the Sena's zealous arbiters of culture to block those movies too?

CNN: BURNED BY HOME FIRES

The knives were given away at an event held in Mumbai on the birthday of Bal Thackeray, Shiv Sena's late leader.

BBC: India Shiv Sena party gives knives to women for protection

But over the years, Mr Thackeray's sheen appeared to have lost some of its lustre and the law of diminishing returns seemed to have caught up with Shiv Sena's narrow, exclusivist politics.

BBC: The legacy of Bal Thackeray