A hard-hitting Bollywood film about the sensitive issue of life in Indian Kashmir has been banned in a number of Gulf states, its makers said.
Five states -- the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman -- will not show "Lamhaa" (The Moment), which claims to tell the true story behind violence in the Muslim-majority region.
"We got the film cleared from the Indian government and there was nothing objectionable," director Rahul Dholakia said. "But the Gulf film authorities didn't feel so. I am extremely disappointed." More...
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