The Central Board of Film Censors, Islamabad, Punjab and
Sindh collectively failed to notice the errant National Flag of Pakistan in the
movie Daal Chawal
Pitiful! All the three Censor Boards
of Pakistan have issued a green light to cinemas across Pakistan, to run the
official trailer of upcoming feature film Daal Chawal, produced to honor the
martyrs of police force in Punjab.
Shocking and disappointing to see
that the funeral scene of three police martyrs in the movie, set to release on
the 4th October, 2019, shows the flag-draped coffins, with a flawed
design, coincidentally, in all the three national flags. The crescent, one of
the foremost symbols, in the green and white flag of Pakistan, is pointed in
the wrong direction, which makes the whole flag controversial.
The national flag represents the
pride of a nation and sparks the patriotic fervor among the countrymen.
Surprisingly, the film Daal Chawal, which has been filmed in the premises of
the Punjab Safe Cities Authority, Qurban Lines, Lahore, in the watchful
presence of the Punjab government’s law-enforcing authorities, no one bothered
to spot the inglorious blunder.
The Daal Chawal movie has displayed the
Pakistani flags, in multiple times, in trailer and so it would be in the full-version
movie, with a crescent, that is, in an utterly misleading direction, which is a
wrong and sorrowful depiction, of the most prominent emblem of the nation.
Unfortunately, the members of all
the Censor Boards, Islamabad, Punjab and Sindh, grossly neglected the botched
flag, in the official trailer, and even in the feature-length film, which is
eight days away, from its release date.
The disregard for the national flag,
in a movie that was meant to pay tribute to the martyrs of Punjab police, not
only exposes the lack of professionalism but also speaks volumes about the insensitive
attitude of the filmmakers, at the same time, it also warrants an investigation
into the matter of national significance, especially when the Pakistani nation
needs to unite under one banner.
All the Censor Boards, issuing go
ahead certificates to the movie, Daal Chawal must take action to revoke the
permission of exhibition, until the producers Akbar Nasir Khan and Syed Asad
Ali apologize for their culpable action on behalf of the Fun Club Production,
and come up with the actual, dignified and majestic national flag of Pakistan.
The Pakistan government should use
its authority to remove the official trailer of Daal Chawal from the social
media and Internet, so that it may not misrepresent the national identity at
home and abroad.
(Flag of the Crescent and
Star)
Comments
Post a Comment