Diljit
Dosanjh
with
Hania
Aamir
in
Sardaarji
3.
Just
a
few
days
after
the
release
of
his
OTT
film,
Detective
Sherdil,
Diljit
Dosanjh
announced
the
release
of
his
new
Punjabi
film,
Sardaarji
3.
But
we
won’t
get
to
watch
it.
The
film,
which
sees
him
opposite
Pakistani
actress
Hania
Aamir,
will
release
only
overseas,
not
in
India.
Diljit’s
movies
are
usually
given
a
warm
welcome
but,
this
time,
netizens
seem
quite
upset
with
him
pairing
up
with
a
Pakistani
actor.
Sardaarji
3
is
the
second
film,
post
the
Pahalgam
attack
and
Operation
Sindoor,
that
sees
a
Pakistani
actor
act
in
an
Indian
film.
The
first
was
Fawad
Khan’s
Abir
Gulal,
which
was
slated
to
release
on
May
9.
Though
there
was
no
official
statement
by
the
Government
of
India
or
the
Union
ministry
of
information
and
broadcasting
about
banning
films
starring
Pakistani
artistes,
the
Federation
of
Western
India
Cine
Employees
(FWICE)
has
refused
to
release
any
film
starring
Pakistani
artistes
in
India.
FWICE
represents
a
wide
range
of
film
industry
workers,
including
technicians,
artists
and
other
professionals
dedicated
to
safeguarding
the
interests
and
rights
of
its
members.
This
ban
on
Pakistani
artists
has
been
in
effect
since
the
Pulwama
attack
in
2019
when
40
Indian
Central
Reserve
Police
Force
soldiers
were
martyred.
Sardaarji
3,
which
also
stars
Neeru
Bajwa,
will
release
overseas
on
June
27.
Photograph
curated
by
Satish
Bodas/Rediff
