Pakistan Bans Akshay Kumar's "Baby"

Akshay Kumar starrer

Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Baby’ which is
about an Indian spy on a mission to catch
a dreaded terrorist is ban by the Pakistan
censor board.
“Censor boards in Islamabad and Karachi
have decided to ban the film because it
portrays a negative image of Muslims and
the negative characters in the film also
have Muslim names,” the Dawn
newspaper said.
All CDs and DVDs of the film have also
been banned in Islamabad. A
representative of the film’s distributor,
Everready Pictures informed the paper
that the film has been banned in
Pakistan.
Although, the film was set to release on
January 23 across Pakistan, cinemas in
Karachi had removed it from their
websites leading to speculations about its
imminent screening.
The film stars famed Pakistani TV drama
actor Mikaal Zulfiqar as well as Rasheed
Naz, who played the villainous cleric in
Shoaib Mansoor’s ‘Khuda Ke Liye’.
Earlier, director Neeray Pandey was
quoted as saying that the film was not

“anti-Pakistan” or “anti-Islam”.

The board routinely bans films deemed to
have ‘anti-Pakistan’ themes. In the past,
the local censor board banned ‘Ek Tha
Tiger’ that featured an Inter-Services
Intelligence (ISI) agent.