Vani Kapore, Fawad Khan's film Abir edited faces boycott calls after the attack in Pahalgam, announces Film Federation Ban | Mint

The actors Vaani Kapoor and Fawad Khan are in front of the internet for their upcoming film Abir gula. The film is Pakistani actor Fawad Khan’s long -awaited return to Bollywood. Prior to the release in India, many people demand for a boycott of the film and the Pakistani actors, as the nation still mourns the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam region. Abir gula is facing the setback -hashtag ‘boycott abir gula’ on X, formerly Twitter. In response to the film, a user wrote on the micro-blog website: ‘This movie shouldn’t get a single audience in theaters! Bycott such actors. We have always gifted their greed for work and money as a nation. They stand with everything but nation in the name of art! Bycott #abirgulaal. ‘ “Fawad Khan is planning to make his Bollywood -Comeback with Abir Gulaal, and release on May 9, 2025. But let’s get really – why are Pakistani artists still welcome in the Indian cinema while our soldiers are tortured at the borders and innocent lives that are lost? A Fawad Khan film is about to release in India, something always happens between India and Pakistan. The last time it was the Pulwama attack during the release of ADHM and this time it is the abir gula when Pahalgam attack occurred yesterday, “another added. Someone also posted: Pahalgam expanded. Gutted. Devastate. My prayers are with the families. “Previously, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) warned that it would not allow the release of the film in Maharashtra due to lead actor Fawad Khan, who came from Pakistan. The film will be released worldwide on May 9. announced a ban on all Pakistani artists, as before. Terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (late)-specific a religious community targeted, which reflects the abomination of the Pulwama attack on February 14, 2019, which claimed the lives of 40 CRPF staff. National interest and solidarity. First published: 23 Apr 2025, 23:23 IST