After a lot of controversy, Salman Khan-Kareena Kapoor’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan released in Pakistan. Though the film is doing well in the neighbouring country,Fakhr-e-Alam, Chairman of Pakistan Censor Board has reportedly received threats for certifying Indian films. After BB released in Pakistan, Fakr tweeted about the film but this hasn’t gone down too well with a few people. He received hate tweets after which he posted on Twitter, “Well NOW I am getting LIFE threats….i guess every Pakistani who is buying tickets is also a traitor then (sic).”
According to a source, “A few people are not happy with the Censor Board’s decision to allow screening of Bajrangi Bhaijaan in Pakistan as they believe it has anti-Pak overtones. So, they have been targeting Alam on various platforms and branding him a traitor.” Another source while defending the Pakistani Censor chief said, “Alam is just doing his job and people should understand that. There’s nothing in the film that will hurt people’s sentiments here. In fact, people have loved that film here. Akshay Kumar’s ‘Baby’ was banned because it had an anti-Pakistan story.”
While talking about this whole issue, a Pakistani producer said, “It is a random threat from a random Twitter handle, but the Censor Board has asked cinema owners to tighten security. Such mischievous elements are present in every country; there is no particular organisation or political party that has taken offence to the screening of Indian films. The Censor Board panel includes people from our Army and they had approved theatrical exhibition of Bajrangi Bhaijaan here. Had there been any anti-Pak message in the film, it wouldn’t have been certified in the first place.”
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