List of films banned in Pakistan

Pakistani banned films from India in 1962, with restrictions tightened in 1979 when Muhammad Zia ul-Haq implemented an Islamization agenda and an even stricter censorship code.[1] A ban on Indian films and media (which was not always strictly enforced) was lifted in 2006, with the compromise that cinemas in Pakistan must equally share screening time between Indian and Pakistani films.[2][3]

List 2016

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2016 M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story India IN Bollywood was banned because of MNS threat that they will not allow Pakistani Actors to release their Movies in Bollywood
2016 Dishoom India IN Bollywood was banned because the movie talks about an Indian cricketer getting kidnapped before India and pak match and that cause the country to think it is against Pakistan.[4]
2016 Maalik Pakistan PK Lollywood was banned because influential people are afraid of accountability.[5][6]
2016 Neerja India IN Bollywood was banned by Pakistan for allegedly showing the country in bad light, a fact denied by Sonam Kapoor, who portrays slain flight attendant Neerja Bhanot in the film.[7]
2016 Ambarsariya India IN Bollywood was banned in Pakistan due to direct references to Indian intelligence agency RAW inside the movie.[8]

List 2015

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2015 Calendar Girls India IN Bollywood was banned by Pakistan due to objection in one of the dialogue in the film.[9][10]
2015 Phantom India IN Bollywood was demanded to be banned by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa.[11] Phantom is about 26/11 attacks based on book Mumbai Avengers by Hussain Zaidi.[12] Lahore High Court banned movie on 20 August 2015[13] as federal government wanted petition by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to be dismissed due to its uselessness and the government doesn't wanted to be involved unnecessarily because no one in Pakistan asked for NOC to screen the film.[14][15] LHC judge Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan asked the government that what it could do to stop the movie CDs from being sold in market after ban.[16]
2015 Baby India IN Bollywood a Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar and based on Terrorism in India was banned in Pakistan.[17]
2015 Bangistan India IN Bollywood a film about two suicide bombers was banned by the Pakistan's Central Board of Film Censors.[18]

List 2014

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2014 Haider India IN Bollywood was banned as it depicts Kashmir insurgency, a sensitive issue in country.[19]
2014 Noah Movie United States US Hollywood was banned due to the portrayal of Prophet Noah by an Actor.[20]

List 2013

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag India IN Bollywood a film based on life of athlete Milkha Singh was banned in Pakistan.[21]
2013 Raanjhanaa India IN Bollywood Banned because the film portrays an image of a Muslim girl (played by Sonam Kapoor) falling in love with a Hindu man and having an affair with him.[22]

List 2012

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2012 Khiladi 786 India IN Bollywood was renamed as Khiladi for release[23] but promos and ads of the film were banned in Pakistan.[24]
2012 Ek Tha Tiger India IN Bollywood was banned because ISI agent role was depicted by Katrina Kaif's character.[25]

List 2011

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2011 The Dirty Picture India IN Bollywood was banned by authorities.[28] However, it was later cleared for release only a week after the Indian premiere.[29]
2011 Delhi Belly India IN Bollywood was not allowed to be screened by the censor board.[30]

List 2010

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2010 Lahore India IN Bollywood was banned as censor board objected to some dialogues and scenes of film.[31]
2010 Tere Bin Laden India IN Bollywood was banned in Pakistan fearing the title could be misconstrued by Islamist extremists as reason for attack.[32][33]

List 2006

Date Movie Name Country Film Industry The Reason Banned
2006 The Da Vinci Code United States US Hollywood was banned due to protest by the Christian community in Pakistan.[34]

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan restricts screening of films from India". LA Times.
  2. ↑ Nyay Bhushan. "Pakistani High Court Bans Screening of Indian Films, TV Shows". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Pakistan petition seeking ban on Bollywood films withdrawn". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Dishoom banned in Pakistan,Varun Dhawan upset with the decision". The Indian Express. 30 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Maalik". Banned at the Dunya News. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Maalik". Banned at the BBC Urdu. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  7. ↑ Desk, Entertainment (25 February 2016). "Sonam Kapoor simply can't get over 'Neerja' ban in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  8. ↑ "Indian Punjabi film banned in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  9. ↑ banned, Bollywood ‘Calendar Girls’ (24 September 2015). "Bollywood 'Calendar Girls' banned in Pakistan". The News Tribe. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Dedhia, Sonil (24 September 2015). "Pakistan's Ministry of Culture refuses No Objection Certificate to Calendar Girls". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Controversial: Government issued notice over screening of 'anti-Pakistan' film". The Express Tribune. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  12. ↑ IANS (11 August 2015). "No surprise if 'Phantom' gets banned in Pakistan: Saif Ali Khan". english. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "'Anti-Pakistan movie': LHC bans screening of Indian film Phantom". The Express Tribune. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  14. ↑ "Accepting Hafiz Saeed's plea, LHC bans Phantom in Pakistan". Daily Pakistan Global. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "LHC stops screening of Saif's 'Phantom' in Pakistan on Saeed's plea". STAFF REPORT. 20 August 2015.
  16. ↑ "Phantom banned in Pakistan: Hafiz Saeed wins yet again : Bollywood, News". India Today. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  17. ↑ "Bollywood 'shocked' over Pakistan's ban on 'Baby'".
  18. ↑ Mahmood, Rafay (6 August 2015). "Bangistan gets a 'complete ban' by central censor board". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "India's Haider might not see the light of day in Pakistan".
  20. ↑ "4. Noah".
  21. ↑ "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag banned in Pakistan".
  22. ↑ "Pakistan Film Censor Board has banned "Raanjhanaa"". The Times of India. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
  23. ↑ "Khiladi 786 renamed Khiladi for release in Pakistan".
  24. ↑ "Akshay Kumar's Khiladi 786 promos banned by Pakistan Censor Board".
  25. ↑ "Ek Tha Tiger". ban at the tribune.com.pk.
  26. ↑ "ISI Chief Pasha on why Agent Vinod was banned in Pakistan: How dare they show ISI as the good guys?".
  27. ↑ "Agent Vinod banned from Pakistani cinemas".
  28. ↑ "THE DIRTY BALAN STARRER "THE DIRTY PICTURE" BANNED BY PAKISTAN!". playtv.com.pk.
  29. ↑ "The Dirty Picture cleared for release in Pakistan - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. Retrieved 2015-12-01.
  30. ↑ "'Delhi Belly' denied public exhibition license in Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  31. ↑ "Bollywood's 'Lahore' banned in Pakistan".
  32. ↑ "'Tere Bin Laden,' Indian Film With Osama Lookalike, Banned In Pakistan". The Huffington Post.
  33. ↑ "Pakistan bans India Osama Bin Laden comedy". BBC.
  34. ↑ "Pakistan bans Da Vinci Code film".
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