Shabana Azmi on ‘Neerja’: “Not shown Pakistan in bad light”

Shabana Azmi has defended her next release ‘Neerja’ and is confident that it will be cleared for release in Pakistan, amid reports that the film has been banned there.

At an event, she told reporters, ���The film is yet to be seen by the selection committee. So, we are waiting for their reaction and we are absolutely confident that once they watch the film they will have no problem with it.”

��ω�_ Neerja was awarded the Ashok Chakra by Indian government, a medal by Pakistan and a citation by the US government. There is no way that we will tell a story in which a girl was awarded by Pakistani government and show the country in poor light. I�۪m really confident that when they will watch the film, they will realise their apprehensions were completely misfounded.�۝

‘Neerja’ releases this weekend.