Ashir Azeem’s action thriller Maalik, which was banned all across Pakistan, leading to a classic ‘freedom of expression’ vs ‘state control’ debate nationally, is now set to release worldwide.
The movie is set to release in the Middle East, United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.
Talking about the release, Ashir Azeem says that the global release of the film wasn’t pre-planned but since the judgment is reserved for the court case so the production team decided to go ahead with the international release.
Earlier, in APRIL, three weeks after the Ashir Azeem’s directorial ‘Maalik’ premiered at theatres across Pakistan, the federal information ministry and the Sindh government has slapped a ban on the film.
The Federal Information Ministry slapped a countrywide ban on “Maalik” on the subject of militancy, projecting politicians in poor light and glorifying the military.
The film created controversy by showing excessive extremist violence and depicting some similarities with the killing of government officials.
The ban came a day after Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah stopped the screening of the movie but later revoked it after criticism.
‘Maalik’, a political-military thriller film shows the struggle of a man in Pakistan’s elite Special Forces whose life gets entangled with politics.
While the Sindh High Court has had the final word in Pakistan, the movie is now set to make waves globally.
