The ban on the screening of Bollywood movies was lifted by Pakistan recently. Post the lift, the local distributors requested for the screening of Aamir Khan’s blockbuster hit Dangal, also starring Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sanya Malhotra.
Aamir Khan and his team were okay with the release of the film in the neighbouring country. However, according to reports, the Pakistan censor board apparently has problems with two particular scenes in the film.
“When the film went to the Pakistan censor board, they were fine with it except for two particular scenes towards the end — one in which the Indian flag is shown and another in which the Indian national anthem is played after Geeta Phogat (played by Fatima Sana Shaikh) wins the gold medal. The Pakistan censors wanted the scenes to be edited out before they gave Dangal the green signal.”
Both the scenes are towards the climax of the film. While one shows the Indian Flag, the other has Indian National Anthem playing in the background.
According to the report, the censor board wanted both the scenes edited out of the film before release. Aamir was apparently surprised by this request, especially since the movie doesn’t portray extreme patriotism.
So he decided to bear the loss and hence denied the release of the movie in Pakistan.
Good decision by Mr.Perfectionist.
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