8 Indian Movies Which Initially Found No Distributors Before Their Release

India is the 7th largest country in the world and the 2nd largest in terms of population. Such a vast geography and the number of people also mean that the country is full of theatre screens. There are approximately 8000-10000 film-screens in India and they all are the platforms where films in different languages are displayed.

The country is full of diversity, culture, and religions and sometimes it becomes very difficult for a film to make its way to the theatres as they land in multiple controversies. Sometimes, these controversies are about the inclusion of sex-scenes, references to religious/caste groups or about the portrayal of a historical/fictional character of national importance, which ends up hurting the sentiments of multiple communities. The distributors also try to avoid buying the rights for these films. Here are 8 Indian films which initially found no distributors:

Padmaavat: Due to several violent protests, the distributors of states of Rajasthan, MP, Gujarat, and Haryana refused to release the film.

Fanaa: The Aamir Khan starrer landed in a hot soup after the actor supported the Narmada Bachao Andolan. The State Government and the distributors decided not to release the film in Gujarat. 

Spyder: The Mahesh Babu starrer initially found no takers even after lowering its price numerous times in the USA as his previous releases were big flops in the country. 

Kaala: The upcoming Rajinikanth starrer is finding it increasingly difficult to find any takers in the Telegu industry as the makers and producers are quoting an astronomical amount for the films. The distributors are saying that the returns are not expected to be this high. 

Sarbjit: The Randeep Hooda-Aishwarya Rai starrer found no distributors in Pakistan as the film was termed anti-Pakistan. 

332 Mumbai to India: The indie film did not find any takers in its home state of Patna and distributors did not release the film.

Parzania: The film was based on Gujarat riots and the distributors refused to show the film in Gujarat.

Children of War: Veteran actor Farooq Sheikh's last film Children of War was based on the 1971 liberation of Bangladesh and the riots that happened during then. The film created a lot of controversies and the distributors initially avoided the film.