‘Bangistan’ will not release in UAE

Bangistan, starring Riteish Deshmukh, Pulkit Samrat and Jacqueline Fernandez, will not release in the UAE, distributors for the film have told tabloid!.

Ramesh Jashnani, of Al Nisr Cinema Film, the UAE distributors for the Karan Anshuman directed film, said Bangistan was found to be “hurting Muslim sentiments”.

Bangistan is a comedy about two blundering terrorists on a mission to change the world. Suicide bombers Hafeez Bin Ali/Ishwarchand Sharma (Deshmukh) and Allah Rakha Khan/Praveen Chaturvedi (Samrat) are sent on an explosive mission but realise that it’s foolish to die and kill other people.

Last month, Pakistan banned the film. Co-producer Ritesh Sidhwani then approached the Pakistan High Commission to clarify that the film was not “anti-Pakistan” but merely a comedy and not to judge the film by the trailer alone.

The film was slated for release in the UAE on July 30 but had been moved back by a week.