{"id":214697,"date":"2019-01-04T06:31:42","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T06:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=214697"},"modified":"2019-01-04T06:40:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T06:40:26","slug":"these-are-all-the-pakistani-films-that-got-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/these-are-all-the-pakistani-films-that-got-banned\/","title":{"rendered":"These Are All the Pakistani Films that Got Banned"},"content":{"rendered":"

With all the hype surrounding\u00a0The Legend of Maula Jutt,<\/em>\u00a0it kinda makes you wonder how the original became a classic. That almost may have never happened if military dictator General Zia had continued the ban on the film.<\/p>\n

While most Pakistani films that got banned in the country were due to political reasons, Maula Jutt<\/em> was an exception to this trend. It got banned because the authorities feared that the film was inciting rebellion in rural Punjab.<\/p>\n

Every other Pakistani film that got banned in those early days had to do with their subtle emphasis on socialist ideals to straight up political satire. Its safe to say that Pakistan’s film scene has greatly suffered due to censorship and political repression.<\/p>\n

In the end, people still find a way to access them, The Blood of Hussain\u00a0<\/em>(1980) to name an example. These banned movies usually got copied thanks to the VHS phenomenon in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

Pakistani movies that got banned<\/h4>\n

Below is a list of Pakistani movies that were banned in the country throughout its history. The video was compiled by Nadeem Farooq Paracha, a noted Pakistani journalist and cultural critic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Sr #<\/strong><\/td>\nBanned Films<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nJago Hua Sawera (1959)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nKartar Singh (1959)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJibon Theke Neya (1970)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nInsaan Aur Ghadha (1973)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nThe Blood of Hussain (1980)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMela (1981)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nMaula Jutt (1980)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMaalik (2016)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You can watch the whole thing here:<\/p>\n\n

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