After the Lamhaa premiere was cancelled in Kashmir, the film’s release has been banned in West Asia, says producer Bunty Walia, who is extremely upset with the decision.
“Lamhaa has been banned in the West Asia. According to the censors there, it is a highly objectionable and controversial subject. The Indian government passed it, I don’t know why they have refused to let is screen in their countries,” Walia told IANS on the phone from Mumbai. The film, based on violence and terrorism in the Valley, was due for release in West Asia on Thursday. But now the producer isn’t too sure about it even though the film’s distributor PVR Pictures is in talks with the censors there.
“There are no scenes that they want me to remove from the film,” he said. They have outrightly refused to screen Lamhaa,” said Walia. The film was to be premiered in Kashmir, but was cancelled because the producer didn’t want to be “insensitive” to the sentiments of the people living there.
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Tony Curtis hospitalised
Toronto: Veteran actor Tony Curtis has been admitted to a hospital after suffering an asthma attack at an art exhibition.
The 85-year-old, still remembered for his role in Some Like it Hot, was showing his paintings in Henderson, Nevada last week when he was taken ill, reports torontosun.com. According to the sources, Curtis has not yet been released from hospital but is in a stable condition.
—IANS