Padmaavat Gets Barred From Release In Malaysia! Read Details
Padmaavat gets barred from release in Malaysia as the Censor Board feels it might hurt religious sentiments of the people in the country. Padmaavat starring Deepika, Ranveer & Shahid released in India
Padmaavat
now
BANNED
in
Malaysia
due
to
Sensitivities
of
Islam
|
FilmiBeat
Controversial
Bollywood
movie
Padmaavat,
which
has
released
in
India
after
a
struggle,
is
now
barred
from
opening
in
cinemas
in
Malaysia
over
concerns
regarding
"sensitivities
of
Islam".
Malaysia's
National
Film
Censorship
Board
(LPF)
has
barred
filmmaker
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Padmaavat
from
getting
released
in
the
country.
LPF
chairman
Mohd
Zamberi
Abdul
Aziz
said
in
a
statement
that
the
storyline
of
the
film
itself
is
of
grave
concern
as
"Malaysia
is
a
Muslim-majority
country",
reports
variety.com.
"The
storyline
of
the
film
touches
on
the
sensitivities
of
Islam.
That
in
itself
is
a
matter
of
grave
concern
in
Malaysia,
a
Muslim-majority
country,"
Aziz
said.
Based
on
16th
century
poet
Malik
Muhammad
Jayasi's
poem
Padmavat,
the
film
was
caught
in
a
row
in
India
after
protests
from
a
Rajput
outfit
Shri
Rajput
Karni
Sena
over
allegations
that
the
movie
distorts
historical
facts
and
dents
the
pride
of
the
Rajput
community.
The
film
was
eventually
released
in
India
on
January
25.
Post-release,
the
film
has
had
mixed
reviews.
It
has
been
criticised
by
some
sections
for
glorifying
not
just
Jauhar
and
also
for
showing
Alauddin
Khilji
as
a
demon-like
figure.
The
distributor
in
Malaysia
is
expected
to
appeal
the
LPF
decision
to
a
separately
constituted
Film
Appeals
Committee
on
Tuesday.
Malaysia
has
a
history
of
banning
movies
that
are
widely
distributed
elsewhere
in
the
world.
Last
year,
it
banned
Disney's
Beauty
and
the
Beast
because
of
its
gay
moment,
before
relenting
and
allowing
it
a
PG13
certificate.
The
country
also
prosecuted
filmmaker
Lena
Hendry
last
year,
for
holding
a
private
screening
of
a
documentary
No
Fire
Zone:
The
Killing
Fields
of
Sri
Lanka.
Rights
advocacy
groups
say
that
Malaysia's
censorship
laws
are
used
in
an
arbitrary
fashion,
and
that
they
are
stunting
Malaysian
filmmaking,
which
is
losing
market
share
and
is
increasingly
focused
on
genre
titles,
variety.com
said.