Excel Entertainment head Ritesh Sidhwani’s comic satire Bangistan, starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat, has been banned in Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (UAE). The film hits the theatres on Friday.
Sidhwani shared this news on his Twitter account:
#Bangistan banned in #pakistan #UAE I’m now told may be #Singapore as well. Can the censor boards in these countries give us a written 1/2
— Ritesh Sidhwani (@ritesh_sid) August 5, 2015
Explanation clearly specifying what did they find offensive in our film..I’m Shocked as to how they have missed the message in #Bangistan
— Ritesh Sidhwani (@ritesh_sid) August 5, 2015
Directed by debut director Karan Anshuman, the film is about two suicide bombers, Hafeez Bin Ali Ishwarchand Sharma and Allah Rakha Khan Praveen Chaturvedi, who are assigned an explosive mission. The film was shot extensively in Poland and Ladakh.
