Screening of John Abraham's Shootout at Wadala was cancelled at several theatres in Ludhiana, Moga, Jalandhar, Bathinda, Amritsar and Moga on Sunday after an outfit called Bhartiya Valmiki Dharam Samaj complained that certain dialogues of the movie have offended the community. "We have already sent legal notices to producer of the film, Ekta Kapoor, and director Sanjay Gupta. They should think twice before saying anything against Valmikiji. These dialogues could have serious repercussions in whole nation," said Laxman Dravid, National Director of the outfit. Reportedly, there are two dialogues in the movie which have offended the community.

"In one dialogue, an actor has used wrong language for Valmikiji by saying har chor valmiki nahi hota and in other dialogue John Abraham says Eklavya ne angutha dia tha, main poora haath de dunga. Once these are censored, we have no objection to the movie," said Deepak Hans, President of Dr Ambedkar Ekta Mission. Sources said shows were cancelled on orders of Police Commissioner Ishwar Singh and DC Rahul Tewari.