Akshay Kumar's upcoming new film Baby likely to be banned after SBFC's suggested several edits in the movie. PHOTO: AFP
The film had already generated a lot of controversy in Pakistan prior to its release due to mentions of Ajmal Kasab within the movie. Despite this Akshay Kumar, the lead actor of the film had earlier clarified in an interview with the Hindustan Times that Baby is not an anti-Pakistani film saying, “Terrorism has no religion, and we believe that religion and country are two different things.”
Baby tells the story of an Indian security agent Ajay Rajput (Kumar) who is part of the temporary security agency, Baby. While on a mission in Turkey Ajay Rajput discovers that a terrorist organisation has planned a series of attacks on Indian soil. The security agent then along with other members of the temporary security agency, Baby is tasked with the responsibility of foiling these terrorist attacks and ensuring the safety of his homeland.
Though the likelihood of Baby not being screened in the country has only been expressed by the SBFC so far there is a possibility that other independent censor boards shall follow suit as well.
Given that Sindh is home to one of the largest cinema-going audience of the country, it is possible that distributors might choose not to screen the film in the country given the heavy editing that was recommended by the censor board which has deemed it useless for screening purposes. In the past there have been instances of a movie being selectively banned within the country but still being regions like Sindh.
One notable example is that of Ragini MMS 2 which had been banned in the province of Punjab due to its questionable content after Usman Peerzada, Deputy Chairman of the Punjab Censor Board termed the movie as “pornography”. But after several edits the film was approved by the SBFC and CBFC, respectively for screening.
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Published in The Express Tribune, January 24th, 2015.
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I use to watch indian movies, as movies from neighbouring country, then I realised that they have no respect for Pakistan, they breed hegemony among its people, overly obsessed by 1947 partition, always trying to stab on Pakistan's back, opting for proxy war so I stopped as my motherland is most honorable to me. I agree terrorism has no religion but all characters are named & dressed as muslim in almost all indian movies..why there is no movies on massacre of Gujrat and Golden Temple, Brutality of hindu extremists on Christians, Sikhs, stranded Bebgalis, etc.
Rasheed Naz acting is very original and impressing! Otherwise the movie is a routine Bollywood exaggeration, one man with a pistol conquering a whole army!
Good. Appreciate this effort by Pakistani Censor board. Good to see that some Govt. agency is still doing its job.
Why don't they make a movie on samjotha express disaster by Hindu extremists? Surely terrorism has no religion.
These movies put a paranoia in average people and further incites already emotional ones to get involved in violence against people, Muslims in this case. In times where Indian Muslims already are going through a rough patch, movies like this only further help instigate the process.
But then again, when you have govt. officials that openly give sermons and announce they would get rid if minorities by 20**, then I guess you can't really stop puppets and manipulated goofs to turn back to humanity.