Barbie Movie is not banned in Punjab

Barbie Movie is not banned in Punjab!

In a strange turn of events, ‘Barbie’ is neither banned, nor playing in cinemas across Punjab!

Speculations spread like wildfires the other day over a tweet claiming that Barbie Moviebeen banned in Pakistan’s Punjab region for showing pro-LGBTQ content and Punjab censor board has withheld NOC for the movie unless ‘objectionable’ content is removed.

However, that’s not the case.

According to the sources, Barbie is not “banned” in Punjab and the Punjab Film Censor Board even issued an NOC for it yesterday.

The release of the anticipated Barbie Movie is facing a delay not a ban in Punjab.

The “Barbie” film’s release was delayed in Pakistan’s Punjab province over “objectionable content”, officials claimed on Friday.

“There will be a full review of the film, and it will be censored where deemed necessary,” Farrukh Mahmood, secretary of the Punjab Film Censor Board, told AFP.

He said that the fantasy-comedy film, which stars Margot Robbie as the famous doll and Ryan Gosling as her boyfriend Ken, will be cleared for screening once the review and censoring process is complete.

Foreign films in Pakistan need to be cleared by provincial boards that censor anything deemed a violation of the country’s social and cultural values.