List of films banned in Pakistan

Pakistani banned films from India in 1962, with restrictions tightened in 1979 when Muhammad Zia ul-Haq implemented an Islamization agenda and an even stricter censorship code.^[1] A ban on Indian films and media (which was not always strictly enforced) was lifted in 2006, with the compromise that cinemas in Pakistan must equally share screening time between Indian and Pakistani films.^[2][3]

List 2016

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2016	M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story	IN	Bollywood	was banned because of MNS threat that they will not allow Pakistani Actors to release their Movies in Bollywood
2016	Dishoom	IN	Bollywood	was banned because the movie talks about an Indian cricketer getting kidnapped before India and pak match and that cause the country to think it is against Pakistan.[4]
2016	Maalik	PK	Lollywood	was banned because influential people are afraid of accountability.[5][6]
2016	Neerja	IN	Bollywood	was banned by Pakistan for allegedly showing the country in bad light, a fact denied by Sonam Kapoor, who portrays slain flight attendant Neerja Bhanot in the film.[7]
2016	Ambarsariya	IN	Bollywood	was banned in Pakistan due to direct references to Indian intelligence agency RAW inside the movie.[8]

List 2015

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2015	Calendar Girls	IN	Bollywood	was banned by Pakistan due to objection in one of the dialogue in the film.[9][10]
2015	Phantom	IN	Bollywood	was demanded to be banned by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed's Jamaat-ud-Dawa.[11] Phantom is about 26/11 attacks based on book Mumbai Avengers by Hussain Zaidi.[12] Lahore High Court banned movie on 20 August 2015[13] as federal government wanted petition by Hafiz Muhammad Saeed to be dismissed due to its uselessness and the government doesn't wanted to be involved unnecessarily because no one in Pakistan asked for NOC to screen the film.[14][15] LHC judge Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan asked the government that what it could do to stop the movie CDs from being sold in market after ban.[16]
2015	Baby	IN	Bollywood	a Bollywood film starring Akshay Kumar and based on Terrorism in India was banned in Pakistan.[17]
2015	Bangistan	IN	Bollywood	a film about two suicide bombers was banned by the Pakistan's Central Board of Film Censors.[18]

List 2014

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2014	Haider	IN	Bollywood	was banned as it depicts Kashmir insurgency, a sensitive issue in country.[19]
2014	Noah Movie	US	Hollywood	was banned due to the portrayal of Prophet Noah by an Actor.[20]

List 2013

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2013	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	IN	Bollywood	a film based on life of athlete Milkha Singh was banned in Pakistan.[21]
2013	Raanjhanaa	IN	Bollywood	Banned because the film portrays an image of a Muslim girl (played by Sonam Kapoor) falling in love with a Hindu man and having an affair with him.[22]

List 2012

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2012	Khiladi 786	IN	Bollywood	was renamed as Khiladi for release[23] but promos and ads of the film were banned in Pakistan.[24]
2012	Ek Tha Tiger	IN	Bollywood	was banned because ISI agent role was depicted by Katrina Kaif's character.[25]

• 2012: Agent Vinod was banned as it was against ISI spy agency.^[26][27]

List 2011

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2011	The Dirty Picture	IN	Bollywood	was banned by authorities.[28] However, it was later cleared for release only a week after the Indian premiere.[29]
2011	Delhi Belly	IN	Bollywood	was not allowed to be screened by the censor board.[30]

List 2010

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2010	Lahore	IN	Bollywood	was banned as censor board objected to some dialogues and scenes of film.[31]
2010	Tere Bin Laden	IN	Bollywood	was banned in Pakistan fearing the title could be misconstrued by Islamist extremists as reason for attack.[32][33]

List 2006

Date	Movie Name	Country	Film Industry	The Reason Banned
2006	The Da Vinci Code	US	Hollywood	was banned due to protest by the Christian community in Pakistan.[34]

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