Padmaavat Allowed To Release In Pakistan Without Any Hassle!
Pakistan allows Padmaavat to release without any hassle & the Censor Board has given a 'U' certificate. While allowing the film to release, the CBFC chief said they aren't biased in arts & Creativity.
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
epic
drama
Padmaavat
was
on
Wednesday
cleared
for
release
in
Pakistan,
said
the
censor
board's
top
official.
"Padmaavat
has
been
declared
fit
for
public
exhibition
in
the
cinema
houses
without
any
excision
by
Central
Board
of
Film
Censors
(CBFC)," Mobashir
Hasan
told
IANS
via
social
media
from
Islamabad.
The
movie
has
been
given
'U'
certification.
According
to
some
distributors
in
Pakistan,
there
were
apprehensions
over
the
movie
given
the
negative
portrayal
of
Alauddin
Khilji.
Asked
about
it,
Hasan
said,
"CBFC
isn't
biased
in
arts,
creativity
and
healthy
entertainment."
He
said
that
for
the
film's
certification,
the
CBFC
co-opted
Professor
Waqar
Ali
Shah,
Chairman,
Department
of
History,
Quaid-e-Azam
University
as
per
rules.
"A
co-opted
member
has
no
voting
rights.
They
are
for
expert
opinion,"
Hasan
explained.
Padmaavat
is
set
for
a
worldwide
release
on
Thursday.
Satish
Reddy,
Chairman,
Eveready
Group
of
Companies,
a
key
film
distributor
in
Pakistan,
told
IANS
that
Padmaavat
should
have
a
"very
strong"
response
in
its
first
week.
In
India,
the
film's
makers
have
had
a
long
struggle
in
getting
it
to
theaters
as
some
Rajput
outfits
have
been
up
against
its
release
over
alleged
historical
inaccuracies.
Shri
Rajput
Karni
Sena
activists
have
been
staging
violent
protests
across
some
parts
of
the
country
to
stop
the
film's
release.
Originally
titled
Padmavati,
the
movie's
makers
were
asked
to
make
five
modifications
-
including
title
change,
the
addition
of
two
disclaimers
and
some
alterations
in
a
song
-
before
it
got
a
U/A
certificate.
With
Deepika
Padukone
as
brave
Rani
Padmavati,
Ranveer
Singh
as
menacing
Alauddin
Khilji
and
Shahid
Kapoor
as
the
proud
king
Maharawal
Ratan
Singh,
the
movie
-
backed
by
Viacom18
Motion
Pictures
and
Bhansali
Productions
-
sets
out
to
tell
a
tale
of
Rajput
valour
and
sacrifice.
The
film,
replete
with
Bhansali's
trademark
grandeur,
is
based
on
the
16th
century
poet
Malik
Muhammad
Jayasi's
famed
poem
Padmavat.