Riteish Deshmukh And Pulkit Samrat Starrer BANGISTAN Banned In UAE
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Thursday, 6th Aug 2015, 4:52 PM IST After getting banned in Pakistan, Karan Anshuman’s ‘Bangistan’ starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat has been banned in UAE. Not just in Pakistan and UAE, even Singapore is refusing to release the movie. The producer of the film Ritesh Sidhwani says, "I'm shocked, Dubai is a large market and this decision will affect us." On 26th July, Pakistan had banned the movie. However, Ritesh was prepared to go there, with the team of the film and screen the movie to the authorities. But they were not interested in extending an invitation to him and his team. Ritesh said, "There is a certain backdrop to the content and the film certification boards need to watch the film in totality. Why make a hue and cry when there is nothing negative in the film? The only people who might be offended by the film are the terrorists." Talking about CBFC of India, the producer said, "We only hear negative things about our Censor Board and Pahlaj Nihalani but I salute them for their balanced and progressive decision. They viewed the film objectively and cleared it certain that it does not provoke violence, hurt religious sentiments or instigate terrorism." The movie is also facing backlash from a group which calls itself the Hindu Legal Cell. The secretary of the group, a certain Prashant Patel, has issued a letter to the CBFC asking for a stay on the release of the film. The group is objecting to a Hindu being portrayed as a terrorist. The letter also mentioned an objectionable scene in which Pulkit is dressed up as the Hindu God, Hanuman, and later doing terrorist activities. "Before we planned the release, we had several focus group screenings for different religious groups across different cities. No one raised any objections. On the contrary, the film imparts an important, positive message to the youth of today," Ritesh said. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |