A Taliban-like dress code at the KMC-owned Star Theatre drove a birthday girl, wearing a dress that barely revealed her knees, to tears with the hall staff labelling it 'drishtikotu' or obscene.<br /><br />It was only when her outraged father intervened that she was allowed in. Neither KMC, nor Artage—the private firm managing the heritage theatre—had any reservations about screening Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Happy New Year' in which heroines gyrate to songs in skimpy dresses. After waiting for three days for an apology, the father filed a complaint with the state women's commission on Friday.<br /><br />On October 28, the Class XI student, her father and younger brother went for the movie to celebrate her turning 17. She looked natty in a black-and-white floral print dress. The trio was about to enter the theatre when a female security guard asked the girl to step aside. "I thought I was being taken for frisking. But they took me to a ticket clerk's cubicle. He looked at my dress, pointed to the notice that read shorts aren't allowed and told me it was 'drishtikotu'. I felt so humiliated that I ran out crying," she recounted.<br /><br /><br /><br />For More information on this news visit : http://www.newsx.com/<br />Connect with us on Social platform at : http://www.facebook.com/newsxonline<br />Subscribe to our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/newsxlive
