• Friday, March 29, 2024

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Jamil Dehlavi to revisit early film career in BFI event

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING AN ASIAN director will be showing his film which was famously banned in Pakistan at an event in central London this weekend. Jamil Dehlavi fled to the UK after his film The Blood of Hussain was banned by then president General Zia ul-Haq after he seized power in a military coup in 1977. The film depicted a fictional revolt, which Pakistan’s military leader believed did not portray him in a favourable light. Recalling the events as a “traumatic” chapter in his life, Dehlavi said he was forced to give up his passport and eventually came to Britain.…

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