Thursday 21 May 2015

Nishikant Dubey: Bollywood Movies That Were Banned In Pakistan

1. The Dirty Picture


If a movie releases with an 'A' certificate in India, chances are high the same movie might not see the light of the day in Pakistan, ever. So when Vidya Balan portrayed Indian sex siren Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, it was too much to handle for the Pakistani censor board and the movie was outrightly termed bold and vulgar and got banned in Pakistan


2. Tere Bin Laden

This time around, Pakistan banned a Bollywood movie starring their own export to India, singer-actor Ali ZafarTere Bin Laden was banned in Pakistan because it dealt with the controversial issue of slain Al-Qaeda head Osama Bin Laden and hit them where it hurts the most.
The light-hearted movie was accused of containing vulgar and objectionable dialogues, abuses and derogatory remarks and was also labelled as anti-law enforcing agencies of Pakistan. The censor board in Pakistan felt that the movie could give extremists a false idea and could lead to riots and attacks, hence the movie was banned in Pakistan.

3. Khiladi 786

Akshay Kumar may be the undisputed Khiladi of Bollywood but Pakistan wouldn't buy his Khiladiofferings, especially if presented with number '786'. So when Khiladi 786's poster was launched in Pakistan, it immediately led to the banning of the film because of the religious significance of numerals '786' among Muslims. Considered very sacred to Islam, the usage of the number in a comedy film was deemed to be hurtful for Islamic sentiments and therefore led to a ban on the promo and eventually the complete film got scrapped in Pakistan.

4. Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Jab Tak Hai Jaan saw Shah Rukh Khan play an army officer in the Indian Army’s bomb disposal squad. And where there is Indian army in a Bollywood movie, trouble is not far away in Pakistan. The Yash Chopra film was snapped off in Pakistan as soon as the trailers hit the TV screens. The movie got banned owing to certain dialogues which hinted at the Pak army. However, it took Yash Chopra to use some clout to finally make his movie see the light of day in Pakistan.

5. Chennai Express 

Shah Rukh Khan might rule the hearts of people in the kingdom across the border, but that didn't stop distributors and exhibitors in Pakistan from banning his latest train ride, Chennai Express to halt at any station in Pakistan. Shah Rukh's movie was scheduled to release on the festival of Eid along with 4 Pakistani films - Josh, Ishq Khuda, War and Mera Naam Afridi. However, keeping the interest of Lollywood in mind, the movie was banned from releasing on Eid and was scheduled for a different date of release.
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