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DOSTANA BANNED IN PAKISTAN

November 15th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

Amir Mir
Saturday, November 15, 2008 03:31 IST

Objectionable homosexuality in film is punishable with death across the border

ISLAMABAD: The Lahore high court has banned the screening of Bollywood flick Dostana across Pakistan, saying it has some highly objectionable “gay content”.

A single bench of the high court passed the order on Friday on a writ petition filed by Khuram Khan. The court held that the movie propagates homosexuality, which is not only illegal in Islamic Republic of Pakistan but also considered a crime punishable by whipping, imprisonment, or even death.

The petitioner maintained that Dostana promotes gay marriage which is prohibited in Islam and all other religions. Gay marriage is an atrocious and obscene act, more likely to be performed by someone of unsound nature, the petitioner said. Islam says a Muslim should neither commit obscene acts nor indulge in their propagation, he added. “Allah tells us in the Qur’an that He created everything in pairs.”

The petitioner then argued that Karan Johar’s Dostana highlights the gay theme and the Pakistan Film Censor Board should not allow its screening, as being sought by the film’s distributor in Pakistan.

The Lahore high court subsequently directed the chairman of Pakistan Film Censor Board not to allow screening of the film and furnish the transcript of Dostana before the court at the next hearing of the case.

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1206570

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There Are 6 Responses So Far. »

  1. Comment by don on 15 November 2008:

    now YRF may think about not releasing RNBDJ in Pakistan
    but i hope they do.
    :(

  2. Comment by don on 15 November 2008:

    this seems to me a stay order
    it may start screening later.
    but i hope YRF release RNBDJ here

  3. Comment by prince on 15 November 2008:

    Don…….RNBDJ such kind of a movie which u can watch with family.I mean there is no bad element in it,so i don’t think there ll b any problem for YRF to release it there.

  4. Comment by don on 15 November 2008:

    are its not about the content dude
    its about YRF policy…they may back out because Dostana was their distribution

  5. Comment by aamair on 15 November 2008:

    don….

    dont worry rnbdj will release in pakistan

  6. Comment by jtippu on 15 November 2008:

    very good and obvious step by the pakistan government. in fact there was no doubt that it would be banned.
    RNBDJ will surely release in pakistan, it is a family movie. i m really looking forward for it. on the other hand with dostana bollywood is expanding its limits. the number of good family movies is already decreasing rapidly with time and now they are bringing in movies on gays relationship and so on. i really hope bollywood stay true to their culture.

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