‘Phantom’ gets banned in Pakistan, nothing surprising though!

“Phantom” which has Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif has made it to the news prior to its release.

In the petition filed in the Lahore High Court on August 8, Hafiz Saeed’s advocate AK Dogar alleged that “there is a direct threat to the life of the petitioner (Saeed) and his associates emanating from the content of the trailer of the film“. The government’s legal counsel said that since no one had asked for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the government for the release of the movie, the petition was “useless”.

But beyond the choreographed mayhem of the film’s imagined, perfectly coiffed Indian spies, the movie’s premise lays bare the anger still felt over the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people, including six Americans, as well as tensions between the two nuclear-armed rival countries.

Before according permission to any movie, he said, it is also ensured whether the film being imported is against the ideology or interest of Pakistan. She says, “My personal opinion is I understand the sentiment so I can understand the reasons for it. But the film is not anti-Pakistan in any way”.

U.S. and Indian authorities blame the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Mumbai assault. The internationally designated terrorist who was the brains behind the 26/11 attacks felt that this movie would mislead the residents of Pakistan.

The man accused of masterminding the 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai has succeeded in persuading a court to ban a Bollywood spy thriller in Pakistan on the basis that it would damage his reputation.

Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson for Hafiz Saeed and Jamaat-ud-Daw, applauded Thursday’s court ruling.

The video further quotes Kabir Khan and Saif Ali Khan saying “they will work on exposing Indian atrocities in Gujarat and Kashmir”.