Bangladeshi actor Shakib Khan is facing a boycott of his movies after he led protests against the screening of Salman Khan's new Bollywood blockbuster Wanted.

Indian films have been banned in the mainly Muslim nation of Bangladesh since a war between in the two countries in the 1960s, but the order was recently lifted in a bid to give struggling cinemas a major financial boost.

Salman Khan's new crime thriller became the first Hindi film to be shown in the country in decades when it was released over the weekend (24-25Jan15), but Wanted was met with fervent protests outsides cinemas showing the film, and strikes among actors and crew workers in Dhallywood, the Bangladeshi movie industry.

Shakib Khan, who is one of Bangladesh's top movie stars, joined a number of marches, and his involvement in the protests has now sparked a boycott of his films by cinema chain bosses.

Saiful Islam Chowdhury, president of the Bangladesh Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association, has confirmed bosses of around 350 Bangladeshi cinemas "have decided not to show any films by Shakib Khan", adding, "It's unfortunate that Shakib Khan... and other actors and directors have used violence to try to prevent us from showing Hindi films."

Shakib Khan has previously explained he is protesting against the screening of Indian films in a bid to protect the Bangladeshi film industry, insisting local productions would not be able to compete with big budget Bollywood blockbusters.