India's Most Wanted will not release in Dubai, confirms Raj Kumar Gupta. Reason? A dialogue on terrorists

Arjun Kapoor's India's Most Wanted won't release in Dubai. UAE Censor Board has stalled the release of the film in Dubai after they found a dialogue objectionable.

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India's Most Wanted will not release in Dubai, confirms Raj Kumar Gupta. Reason? A dialogue on terrorists
India's Most Wanted release banned in Dubai.

Arjun Kapoor is making his debut in thriller genre with Raj Kumar Gupta's India's Most Wanted, but his fans in Dubai are in for some bad news. Because Arjun's much-awaited film will not release in Dubai.

According to a report in a website, UAE Censor Board has decided to not release India's Most Wanted owing to an objectionable dialogue. The report further suggests that one of the dialogues in the film refers to Dubai as a hub of terrorists, and this hasn't gone down to well with the Censor Board.

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"In India's Most Wanted there is a dialogue that says most terrorists are based either in Pakistan or Dubai, and it was this reference that didn’t go down too well with the censors there. Had this dialogue been deleted the film would be permitted to release, but the makers of the film did not budge and hence it will not release," a source told the website.

Later, director Raj Kumar Gupta confirmed the news saying that he was in no mood to do away with the dialogue in the film.

"Yes, the film will not release in Dubai. There were some issues which could not be sorted and hence this decision. The said dialogue is there in the film and it is a factual one based on the research that has been conducted. So we did not want to do away with the dialogue and decided on retaining it in the film even if it entailed a non-release in Dubai," said the filmmaker.

India's Most Wanted revolves around 5 unsung heroes who decide to go on a coveted mission, that too, without any weapons. Arjun Kapoor essays the role of an Intelligence Officer who heads a four-member team to hunt a deadly terrorist, a character rumoured to be based on Yasin Bhatkal.

The film is set to release in India on May 24.

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