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Hindus' boycott call of "The Love Guru" leads to its failure at box office

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Washington, Aug. 6 -- Acclaimed Hindu and Indo-American leader, Rajan Zed, today announced that the UK-wide boycott call of Hindus against Hollywood movie "The Love Guru" for lampooning Hinduism has been very effective, contributing to its blunt failure at the box office.

Zed, who is the president of Universal Society of Hinduism and who spearheaded the protest movement against the movie starting in March, stated that although various issues contributed to its failure, but the boycott was one of the major factors.

According to reports, many Hindus as well as non-Hindus have been shunning this movie in UK, where it was ...

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