‘Dhurandhar’ banned in all Gulf countries

It’s anti-terrorism, not anti-Pak, says Aditya Dhar

xAditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has been banned in all the Gulf countries. The collective ban has been imposed as it is being viewed as an anti-Pakistan film. The film’s director, Aditya Dhar, however, insists that Dhurandhar is not anti-Pakistan but anti-terrorism.

“I personally know families of martyred soldiers,” he says. “When their bodies are brought back, I’ve seen the grief. It is indescribable. People making insensitive comments on social media have never experienced the hurt and the grief. It’s time the government makes one year of Army life mandatory for every male child in India. This is the only way we can sensitize every Indian to the discipline and sacrifice that Army life entails. We have to let them know we are not a weak nati