Tiger Zinda Hai is the most awaited film of 2017. However, Salman-Katrina fans across the border in Pakistan could be quite disappointed with this piece of news. As per reports, the audience in Pakistan will not be watching their favourite pair in action. Reason? Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif’s Tiger Zinda Hai has not cleared by CBFC.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Censor (CBFC) Mobasher Hasan said, “Tiger Zinda Hai has been refused the NOC, citing the same reason as the first installment of the franchise: The image of Pakistan and its law enforcement agencies has been compromised.”
Standing instructions have been issued to the Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting, and the National History and Literary Heritage
division to not grant a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for the film. CBFC Pakistan had even banned the release Ek Tha Tiger in
2012. Muhammed Ashraf Gondal, the Vice-Chairman of the CBFC said that the
Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif-starrer had hit at Pakistan’s security agencies and
was problematic for public screening in Pakistan.
“We have strict criteria due to which films that have themes that touch on anti-terrorism and are against Pakistan’s national institutions or security agencies ultimately have to be censored because they are against national interest,” he said about the second Indian film to be banned that year, the first being Saif Ali Khan starrer Agent Vinod.
“Ek Tha Tiger has several themes referring to Pakistan’s agencies, which were deemed problematic; thus, leading to the ban of the film,” said Gondal.
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