‘Mardaani’ not to release in Pakistan

Rani Mukerji’s release ‘Mardaani’ will not be releasing in Pakistan.

According to reports, the Pakistani Censor board and Yash Raj films have not agreed on various terms.

“When Pakistan�۪s Censor Board saw the film, they gave it an A certificate. Besides that, they also asked for several changes to be made; they asked for around seven cuts and demanded that certain scenes be blurred. The film�۪s creative team felt that this was robbing the film of its essence. They didn�۪t want these changes to distort the film�۪s message and dilute it. As a result, they have not agreed to the cuts and the film will not release in Pakistan,” Mid-Day reported a source explaining.

As the film deals with the issue of female trafficking, the makers wanted to to keep the film as raw as they could, and by cutting some of the films major scenes out which put this across jeopardised ��the initial message of the film.

When��Rehmat K Fazli, Pakistani distributor was contacted he went onto confirm ,”Yes, it is the film�۪s adult content that got in the way. There were too many deletions for any sane person to accept it. So it was rejected for public exhibition.”

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