Pakistan Twitterati furious over PadMan ban
PadMan
Pakistan's Censor Board has reportedly banned the movie saying it goes against the country's culture and tradition
The Twitterati in Pakistan are furious about the movie being banned.News reports on Saturday said the country's Censor Board had refused to clear the movie.
The board reportedly said the movie was against the country's culture and tradition.
A number of people have slammed the decision:
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Government wrote on its official Twitter handle, "The decision to issue a NOC by the Ministry of Information Broadcasting National History and Literary Heritage is yet to be taken on the release of a foreign feature film "Padman" as the film has not yet been previewed by the Central Board of Film Censors."
Pakistani filmmaker Syed Noor, reacting to the incident, said that "not only PadMan but I think even Padmaavat should not have been released as it portrays Muslims in a very negative light", PTI reported.
Directed by R Balki, PadMan is a biographical comedy-drama based on the life of a social activist Arunachalam Muruganantham of Tamil Nadu.
Muruganantham invented a low-cost, sanitary pad-making machine and is credited with generating awareness about menstrual hygiene in rural India.
PadMan was released in India on February 9.