'Tiger Zinda Hai' struggles to get a NOC certificate from Pakistan's CBFC
| Dec 14, 2017, 10:35 IST
If you're a Salman Khan or Katrina Kaif fan then you are probably eagerly awaiting their next, 'Tiger Zinda Hai' and the good news is that the film has been cleared by the Indian Censor Board however, the film is yet struggling to get a NOC certificate from Pakistan's CBFC since Chairman Mobasher Hasan told a leading news agency that the film has been refused certification.
"’Tiger Zinda Hai’ has been refused the NOC, citing the same reason as the first instalment of the franchise. The image of Pakistan and its law enforcement agencies has been compromised," said Mobasher Hasan and the distributors of the film in the country are clearly unhappy with this decision. One of the distributors in Pakistan, Sulaiman S. Lalani, told a leading news agency, "Our preferred option was that 'Tiger Zinda Hai' should have been allowed for import, presented to censor board, and if any objectionable material was found against the interests of Pakistan/ Islam, exhibition of the film shouldn't have been allowed then." He added, "In fact, if there was anything against the national interests of Pakistan in the film, we ourselves wouldn't have sought the exhibition but this could have been done only after preview of the film."
In the meanwhile, 'Tiger Zinda Hai' is slated to release on the 22nd of December, 2017.
"’Tiger Zinda Hai’ has been refused the NOC, citing the same reason as the first instalment of the franchise. The image of Pakistan and its law enforcement agencies has been compromised," said Mobasher Hasan and the distributors of the film in the country are clearly unhappy with this decision. One of the distributors in Pakistan, Sulaiman S. Lalani, told a leading news agency, "Our preferred option was that 'Tiger Zinda Hai' should have been allowed for import, presented to censor board, and if any objectionable material was found against the interests of Pakistan/ Islam, exhibition of the film shouldn't have been allowed then." He added, "In fact, if there was anything against the national interests of Pakistan in the film, we ourselves wouldn't have sought the exhibition but this could have been done only after preview of the film."
In the meanwhile, 'Tiger Zinda Hai' is slated to release on the 22nd of December, 2017.