LAHORE – Pakistan’s film censor board has cleared the release of Shamoon Abbasi’s upcoming film ‘Durj’.
Durj is an upcoming mystery thriller film, written and directed by Shamoon Abbasi and produced by Dodi khan.
The film stars Shamoon Abbasi, Sherry Shah, Maira Khan, Dodi Khan, Nouman Javaid and Hafeez Ali. It is the story of a woman searching for her missing husband that had been killed for hunger by the kidnapper. “Some of the really graphic scenes have been removed for obvious reasons, other than that the film is good to go,” said censor board official.
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Though Durj’s release (on October 10) was postponed in the Gulf countries, according to recent reports, the film had its international release in the US, UK, Canada, Norway and Denmark – on October 11 and received a 3-minute standing ovation at the exclusive screening held in Bradford Cineworld London, UK.
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Earlier this month, Shamoon Abbasi shared that Durj is neither vulgar nor it is anti-state or anti-religion. It simply depicts the subject of mental illness in some people who tend to go to extremes to commit crimes like cannibalism.”
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