Akshay Kumar starrer Bellbottom banned in Saudi Arabia Qatar and Kuwait due to content not fit for exhibition
A source informed Bollywood Hungama The second half of Bellbottom shows the hijackers taking the aircraft to Dubai from Lahore. As per the actual incident that took place in 1984 U.A.E Defence Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum had personally handled the situation and it was the U.A.E authorities who had nabbed the hijackers. In Bellbottom Indian officials including the character played by Akshay Kumar, are shown as heroes of the episode. They also keep the U.A.E Defence Minister in dark about their operation. So theres a strong possibility that the Censor Board in the Middle Eastern countries must have taken objection to it and hence banned it.However reports on August 19 suggested that the Censor Board of U.A.E the country is supposedly shown in a bad light, might approve and pass the film for exhibition. IBased on true events the film also stars Vaani Kapoor Huma Qureshi and Lara Dutta and is directed by Ranjit M Tewari.