LAHORE: Rishi Kapoor’s upcoming film Mulk’s trailer has been banned inPakistan.
No distributor is likely to import and present it to Central Board for FilmCensors for clearance.
“Members of Central Board for film censors did not approve the trailer ofMulk as its content flout the Censorship of Film Code, 1980.”
The film, however, has yet to be imported and presented for censors.
Director Anubhav Sinha took to twitter to write an open letter to Pakistaniaudience after hearing about his film’s ban.
He wrote: “Dear Citizens of Pakistan, I say dear citizens of Pakistan atthe risk of being called an anti-national by some losers back home. I don’tcare.”
He continued, “I remember the day the trailer came out many in India andalso many in Pakistan wrote against it. Some in India thought it was proMuslim and some in Pakistan thought it stereotyped Muslims. Contradictorybut true. I kept insisting the film was about LOVE. Love amongst Hindus andMuslims. Now the word is out. The press has seen it and the audience in theUAE too has seen it.”
“It is not pro Muslim or Anti Muslim. Pro Pakistan or Anti Pakistan. It isabout love that all of us as individuals should have, amongst us. It isabout You. It is about Me. You have Hindus as a minority in your countryand we have Muslims as a minority in ours. We all must work towardscoexisting in peace and harmony,” Anubhav said.