Mumbai: Ranveer Singh’s latest Aditya Dhar movie, Dhurandhar, is making waves in India but has hit a roadblock internationally. The Dhurandhar movie has been banned across six Gulf countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, reportedly due to its anti-Pakistan narrative.

This marks another instance of Indian films with cross-border themes facing strict scrutiny in the Middle East.

Other Bollywood films faced Gulf restrictions

This is not the first time a Bollywood film has faced bans in the Middle East. Earlier, several high-profile movies—including Fighter, Sky Force, The Diplomat, Article 370, Tiger 3, and The Kashmir Files—encountered similar restrictions across parts of the Gulf. In some cases, such as Fighter, the film was initially released in the UAE but w

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