Actor
Kangana
Ranaut,
who
advocated
the
destruction
of
Pakistan
after
the
Pulwama
attack,
has
suggested
Indian
films
could
be
stopped
from
releasing
in
the
neighbouring
country
in
future.
The
actor,
in
the
eye
of
the
proverbial
storm
for
her
controversial
remarks
after
the
February
14
attack
on
a
CRPF
convoy
in
Pulwama
in
which
40
soldiers
were
killed,
also
indicated
that
releasing
films
in
Pakistan
is
not
a
'significant
statement'.
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Kangana's
film
Manikarnika:
The
Queen
of
Jhansi
opened
in
Pakistani
theatres
on
January
25,
the
same
day
it
released
in
India.
Asked
about
the
movie's
release
in
the
neighbouring
country,
the
actor
told
reporters
Sunday
night,
"When
a
film
is
distributed,
they
have
the
digital
copy.
(But)
You
can
stop
future
releases."
"To
get
it
back
from
them,
we
will
have
to
send
the
army,
which
we
had
sent
by
air.
But
they
didn't
get
my
DCP
back,"
she
quipped
in
an
apparent
reference
to
Indian
Air
Force's
air
strike
on
a
Jaish-e-Mohammad
terror
camp
in
Balakot
in
Pakistan's
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa
province
on
February
26.
Kangana
had
also
come
down
heavily
on
actor
Shabana
Azmi
and
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar,
who
cancelled
their
trip
to
Karachi
for
a
tribute
to
Kaifi
Azmi,
and
questioned
their
decision
to
organise
the
event
"in
the
first
place
when
Pakistani
artistes
have
been
banned
after
Uri
attacks".
She
also
said
she
would
take
the
same
route
with
the
films
she
produces
in
future,
adding
"It's
not
that
it
(Pakistan)
is
a
very
big
territory.
It's
almost
insignificant".
Questioned
on
her
remarks
on
Shabana
Azmi
and
Javed
Akhtar,
the
actor
said
the
film's
release
in
Pakistan
was
in
accordance
with
the
distribution
and
trade
network
and
she
had
no
say
in
the
matter.
"The
distribution
and
the
trade
was
going
like
that...
Obviously,
I
am
not
the
minister
in-charge
of
the
trade
of
how
things
are
happening
in
the
country.
But
if
you
ask
me,
the
sentiment
of
the
country
is
very
important,
of
the
jawan
families.
"Is
it
(not
releasing
Indian
films
in
Pakistan)
significant
statement?
No.
These
are
just
small
steps.
But
if
that's
all
we
can
do,
we
should."
In
the
wake
of
Pulwama
attack,
the
makers
of
films
such
as
Total
Dhamaal,
Luka
Chuppi,
Arjun
Patiala,
Notebook
and
Kabir
Singh
announced
they
would
not
be
screening
their
movies
the
neighbouring
country.
Following
the
Balakot
air
strike,
Pakistan
government
called
for
a
ban
on
Indian
content,
including
films
and
'made-in-India
advertisements' in
the
country.
Credits
-
PTI