5 Films That Were Released In India But Banned Were Banned Abroad

Bollywood has a huge following in overseas markets as well. With the increasing number of multiplex screens all over the world and the ever growing popularity of Indian cinema abroad, Bollywood enjoys a huge popularity and in some countries, it's even popular than Hollywood Movies. Stars like SRK, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan etc. enjoy a huge fan following abroad even more than Hollywood actors.

India's censor board is known to create controversies every year when films showing adult content, controversial incidents and topics face heat from different sections of the society and the board forces the filmmakers to either edit the film or simply bans it. While these films don't face many issues abroad and are released smoothly. Still, there are films which face the reverse fate. Here are 5 Bollywood films that were released in India but banned abroad:

Oh My God: The film starring Paresh Rawal and Akshay Kumar in the lead courted controversies upon its release and was banned in many middle-eastern countries for hurting the religious sentiments. UAE famously banned the film.

The Dirty Picture: The film starring Vidya Balan, Tusshar Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead was banned in Kuwait for being too sexual and too much skin show.

Delhi Belly: Excessive swearing and a number of other issues led to the film being banned in Nepal. The country had also banned Akshay Kumar's Chandni Chowk To China earlier for hurting the sentiments of Nepalese community.

Bombay: The Mani Ratnam directorial was a highly controversial film on its release and many violent incidents took place at the time of the release of the film. The film was banned in Singapore for igniting the religious tensions.

Fiza: The film controversies in many places and was banned in Malaysia as the government banned the film stating a Muslim cannot be a terrorist.