{"id":8646,"date":"2008-11-20T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T12:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/11\/20\/karans-dostana-runs-into-trouble-in-pakistan\/"},"modified":"2016-01-07T15:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-07T15:40:07","slug":"karans-dostana-runs-into-trouble-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/20\/karans-dostana-runs-into-trouble-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Karans\u2019 \u2018Dostana\u2019 runs into trouble in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Films \u2018gay theme\u2019 proves sticking point<\/h3>\n
KARAN Johar\u2019s gay buddy movie Dostana has run into trouble in Pakistan.<\/strong> \"\"<\/div>\n

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Despite receiving rave reviews from critics and fans alike, the film isn\u2019t going down too well within neighbouring Pakistan. <\/div>\n

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And the sticking point? Well it doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out it\u2019s all to do with the gay-themed plot between actors John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan.<\/div>\n

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According to a number of reports the High Court in Lahore slapped a ban on the film after a petitioner claimed the film \u2018propagates homosexuality\u2019.<\/div>\n

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The judge ordered that the Pakistan Film censor Board block any screenings of the film while the case is on-going. <\/div>\n

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The film has been hailed for its albeit light-hearted attempt at dealing with homosexuality. <\/div>\n

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While the two main Bollywood hunks \u2013 Abraham and Bachchan \u2013 do not portray actual gay lovers on-screen (they pretend to be gay to get close to female lead Priyanka Chopra), they do share a comical kiss.<\/div>\n

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“Dostana<\/em> is a fun way to pave the way eventually for a Bollywood Brokeback Mountain<\/em>-type film,” producer Karan Johar said.<\/div>\n

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“I’m asked if our actors can do ‘Brokeback Mountain’. Well, Abhishek and John have done ‘Dostana’. It’s an equally brave film. It’s very brave of Abhishek and John to put themselves into this gay situation and not be embarrassed or be self-conscious. They’ve given 300 percent of themselves without flinching,” Karan added. <\/div>\n

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Films \u2018gay theme\u2019 proves sticking point KARAN Johar\u2019s gay buddy movie Dostana has run into trouble in Pakistan. Despite receiving rave reviews from critics and fans alike, the film isn\u2019t going down too well within neighbouring Pakistan. And the sticking point? Well it doesn\u2019t take a genius to figure out it\u2019s all to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}