Pakistan Censor Board Bans Padman

Islamabad, Feb 12: Bollywood Super Star Akshay Kumar-starrer female hygiene drama "PadMan" has been denied a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for release in Pakistan, Chairman of the Central Board of Film Censors, Pakistan claimed.

PadMan is based on the real-life story of Arunachalam Muruganantham’s journey to make affordable sanitary napkins. A section of the media claimed earlier that it has been banned in Pakistan due to its sensitive subject.



Pakistan censor board chief Mobashir Hasan, on the other hand, said that the decision on NOC was yet to be taken as the film had not yet been "pre-viewed by the Central Board of Film Censors."

Hasan posted a statement on his Twitter account, which read, "The decision to issue an 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 pre-viewed by the ... Censors."