The illegal screening of the latest Bollywood blockbuster Pathaan in Karachi has drawn a huge crowd after the event was advertised on social media.

Since February 2019, no Indian film has officially been released in Pakistan.

Shah Rukh Khan’s latest movie is breaking box office records at the box office.

The screening of the film was organised on the Facebook page called “Firework Events”, in which it was informed that on February 4, a public screening of the Indian film is being organized at Plot No. 34C, First Floor, Khayaban Shahbaz.

The page announced that all tickets were sold for February 4.

The ticket price of the movie, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham, alongside Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana, were set at Rs 900.

When contacted by Aaj News on the given number, a woman, who did not reveal her name, said that earlier they were organising the screening of the film, but an NGO and some people had an issue due to which the program was cancelled.

“We were doing the screening at our home,” she said. “Arrangements were being made for a few families and some outsiders. We also spoke to the censor board several times in this regard and they had no objection to screening it inside the house.”

On the other hand, a report said that the Sindh Board of Film Censors (SBFC) took notice of the illegal screening.

Chairman SBFC Khalid Bin Shaheen said, ‘Section 4 (10) of Sindh Motion Pictures Act 2011 regulates public or private exhibition of film and no any can exhibit film without certification by Board’.

“It is, therefore, an appropriate exhibition of the film ‘Pathaan’ that should immediately be cancelled,” he added.

If anyone violates the aforementioned Act, he will be punished under section 18(1) which reads without lawful authority, any film which has not been certified by the board cannot be exhibited, altered, or tempered, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine which may Rs 100,000 or with both. In case of a continuing offense, a further fine may extend to Rs 10,000 for each day during which the offense continues.