Performing artist Mahira Khan’s troubled film Verna as of late hit the screens to blended audits.
The film was at first not cleared for release as a result of the film’s plot – assault of a lady by a senator’s child – which was hammered by the Pakistani Censor Board. Since the film has released, Mahira Khan, who plays an assault survivor in film, shared what she says is the disclaimer appeared before the film starts.
It peruses, “Everything in this film is imaginary. Imaginary because the reality is too bitter to be told or shown. Events shown in this film are jokes compared to what has actually been happening in countries like ours.” It isn’t known whether the disclaimer underneath really shows before the film or if Mahira shared it to feature the grieved situation.
In either case, the point Mahira needed to make was made with this Instagram post:
Many Instagramers praised Mahira’s bold move and said: “This thing was necessary.” But there were also those, who did not appreciate “the disclaimer” (and also the film) and said: “Nothing is happening in our country. Other countries have much worse situations. If you don’t like it here… just go wherever you want to go… just leave my country.”
Some positive comments were the slap to negative one’s.
nitially, Pakistan’s Central Board of Film Censors took time to review the Verna while he provincial censor boards, which operate independently in Pakistan’s Sindh, Punjab and other area did not issue any certificate for the screening. A member of the Punjab Censor Board told news agency PTI that they had found several objectionable scenes in the film. “Firstly, it shows a governor’s son involved in a rape case – which was the biggest objection. Secondly, it includes many bold dialogues and scenes. The general plot of the movie revolves around rape, which we consider to be unacceptable,” he was quoted as saying.
But Verna released as per schedule on November 17.