Cinema censorship in Pakistan

Our special feature - Nadeem Farooq Paracha looks back at Pakistani films (including some in Bengali ) that were banned in the past. Some were later allowed to be released. Most of these films entailed political comment which angered the successive regimes. Pakistani artists have always challenged status quo or satirised it even in the mainstream commercial genre.


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