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Jaspal Bhatti invites butcher for negative-cutting ceremony of his Punjabi-Hindi film

For the negative-cutting ceremony of his Punjabi-Hindi film, comedian-director Jaspal Bhatti's chief guest was a butcher. His name: Shah Nawaz. The film's: Mahaul Theek Hai.

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