‘Barbie’ neither banned, nor playing in cinemas across Punjab

In a wierd flip of occasions, information of the extremely anticipated Barbie movie being banned in Punjab has been circulating on-line. A tweet claimed that the Punjab Movie Censor Board withheld the NOC (No Objection Certificates) for the film, citing “objectionable” content material.

The announcement, that shortly gained traction on Twitter, states, “Barbie has been banned in Pakistan’s Punjab area for displaying pro-LGBTQ content material. Punjab censor board has withheld NOC for the film until ‘objectionable’ content material is eliminated.”

A easy Google search may also present that main Lahore cinemas akin to Cue Cinemas, Cine Star, and Common Cinemas should not screening the movie, additional fueling such speculations. In the meantime, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is being screened in any respect the theatres talked about, resulting in questions and confusion amongst moviegoers concerning the Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-starrer.

“Wait, what? I simply booked my tickets,” tweeted a person. “Hope they ban Oppenheimer for ‘nudity’ too,” one other voiced their frustration.

To get readability on the matter, The Categorical Tribune reached out to Vasay Chaudhary, the vice-chairman of the Punjab Movie Censor Board. Nonetheless, Chaudhry didn’t reply until the submitting of this report. Sources, albeit, instructed The Categorical Tribune that Barbie shouldn’t be “banned” in Punjab and the Punjab Movie Censor Board even issued an NOC for it yesterday.

In response to sources, the board demanded that 4 phrases be beeped or excised in some way earlier than the movie opens for public screening and this did not sit effectively with HKC Leisure, the native distributors of Barbie in Pakistan. Upon reaching out, their native consultant didn’t return The Categorical Tribune’s calls, nor reply to messages. The corporate CEO Hammad Chaudhry was additionally unreachable until the submitting of this report.

The movie is working efficiently in Sindh and Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT).

It is a growing story.