evidence: Beating back boycott calls, the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Pathaan recorded a bumper opening and the colour of Deepika Padukone’s bikini, which courted controversy for allegedly "hurting Hindu sentiments", continued to be a part of the movie, putting all speculations to rest that it would be removed by filmmakers in the final cut. The film was released on Wednesday on 5,000 screens across India. A sequence in the ‘Besharam Rang’ song showing Padukone in a saffron bikini led to protests across India for allegedly hurting "Hindu sentiments". Protestors found the song objectionable over the use of saffron and green colour bikinis in the song. [...] The controversy was first triggered after Madhya Pradesh home minister Narottam Mishra objected to the song ‘Besharam Rang’, claiming that it hurt religious sentiments of the Hindu community. Mishra said that "the way saffron and green colours have been used" in the costumes used in the song is objectionable.