The Pakistan censor board wanted the scenes with the Indian flag and national anthem to be snipped, but Aamir Khan put his foot down.
Bilateral ties with Pakistan may be strained post the Uri attack in September last year, but our neighbour’s love for Bollywood is untarnished. In spite of the huge popularity of our films across the border, Aamir Khan will not release his Dangal in Pakistan. The actor’s spokesperson confirmed the news to India Today Television and said that the decision to not screen Dangal in Pakistan was taken early last week.
When Pakistani distributors approached Aamir, he was happy to release the film in Pakistan, until their censor board made some demands of their own. The Pakistan censor board wanted the scene with the Indian flag and the national anthem to be snipped from Dangal, but Aamir put his foot down. He could not see why the scenes should be removed, given that the film had no reference to Pakistan and the scenes were not jingoistic, but an essential part of the script.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Dangal is the story of Haryanvi wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat, and his strugle to train his daughters Geeta Phogat and Babita Kumari to become world-champions in the sport, amidst opposition from a patriarchal society.
