The release of Fawad Khan’s Pakistani blockbuster ‘The Legend of Maula Jat’ has been postponed in India

Poster of ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ | Photo credit: @bilal_lashari/Instagram

Pakistani Blockbuster The Legend of Maula JattThe Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan starrer, will not release in the Indian state of Punjab on Wednesday as previously announced, the film’s distribution arm confirmed on Tuesday.

Nadeem Mandviwala said PTI An Indian ministry has obtained a stay from the court against the film’s release.

He said that although he held the exclusive distribution rights of the film in Pakistan, he knew that the international rights holding company Zee India had collaborated to make the film’s release possible in Punjab, India.

“Unfortunately its release has been postponed again and nobody can do anything until the court gives its decision,” Mandviwala said.

Mandviwala, one of Pakistan’s leading distributors, exhibitors and cinema owners, said that whenever the film is released in India, it will be a big step for the industry in Pakistan.

“The quality and effort put into the making of the film and its brilliant cast, I am sure, Mola is confused It will be a big blow to Indian Punjab,” he added.

Since the announcement of the film’s release in Punjab, India, there has been resistance from some parties, politicians and others, and Mandiwala felt that this is why the authorities concerned went to court.

On 18 September, the film’s director Bilal Lashari announced that the film would be released in the Indian state of Punjab by Zee Studios in association with Zindagi, bringing Fawad back to the Indian audience with his latest show. look up.

After the Pulwama incident in 2019, India banned the export of Indian films to Pakistan, and the Pakistani government banned screening of Indian films in the country in a tit-for-tat response.

The last Pakistani film released in India was in 2011 bowl Starring Humaima Malik and Atif Aslam.

The ban hit the Pakistani film industry badly as distributors and owners of multiplexes and single-screen cinemas relied heavily on Bollywood films before the ban, and several earned millions for the Indian film industry after doing well in Pakistan.

When it was released two years ago, The Legend of Maula Jatt Record business for a Pakistani film, grossing around Rs 400 crore in the domestic and international markets.