Mumbai: The recent release movie of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar ‘Baby’ had been banned in Pakistan.
Pakistani newspaper Dawn said, “Censor boards in Islamabad and Karachi have decided to ban the film because it portrays a negative image of Muslims and the negative characters in the film also have Muslim names.”
Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Baby’ which is about an Indian spy on a mission to catch a dreaded terrorist is ban by the Pakistan censor board.
All CDs and DVDs of the film have also been banned in Islamabad. A representative of the film’s distributor, Everready Pictures informed the paper that the film has been banned in Pakistan.
The film stars famed Pakistani TV drama actor Mikaal Zulfiqar as well as Rasheed Naz, who played the villainous cleric in Shoaib Mansoor’s ‘Khuda Ke Liye’.
The film had been directed by Neeray Pandey. He had earlier said that the film was not “anti-Pakistan” or “anti-Islam”.
While talking to a paper, Pandey said, “I feel people can be wrong but a religion or a nation can’t be wrong. And we are cognisant of it. We have three Pakistani actors in the film. There is no Pakistan bashing and there is no jingoism towards a particular country or religion. The core DNA of the film is fighting against terrorism …”
Bureau Report
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