Neeru ne film release se pehle he Hania ko unfollow kr diya aur Sardaar Ji 3 ke promos bhi hata diye.
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India-Pakistan tensions ke darmiyan Sardaar Ji 3 film ek nayi controversy ka markaz ban gayi hai. Canadian-Indian actress Neeru Bajwa ne apni Pakistani co-star Hania Aamir ko Instagram se unfollow kar diya aur film ke promos bhi delete kar diye. Yeh move film ke India release cancel hone aur right-wing backlash ke bawajood aaya hai. Producer ne confirm kiya ke release cancel karna hukoomati pressure nahi, balke ehtiyaat thi. Film ab international markets mein release ho rahi hai.
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India aur Pakistan ke darmiyan barhne wali tensions ka asar ab dobara film industry tak aa gaya hai — aur is dafa focus hai Punjabi-language horror-comedy Sardaar Ji 3 par, jisme Neeru Bajwa aur Pakistani actress Hania Aamir ne kaam kiya.
Social media platforms — Reddit aur Instagram — ne notice kiya ke Neeru ne apni co-star Hania Aamir ko Instagram se unfollow kar diya hai. Saath hi, unhone apne profile se Sardaar Ji 3 ke saare promotional posts bhi delete kar diye — sirf kuch ghanton pehle jab film international release ke liye tayar thi.
Film boycott aur backlash ka context
Yeh move tab samne aayi jab India mein kuch nationalist aur right-wing groups ne Hania ki inclusion par film boycott ki calls dena shuru ki. Unka kehna tha ke ek Pakistani actress ka Indian production mein kaam karna “national sentiment undermine” karta hai — khaaskar jab ke is saal Pahalgam mein ek deadly attack ke baad diplomatic tensions already high hain.
Gunbir Singh Sidhu, jo ke film ke producer hain, ne clarify kiya ke India mein release cancel karna kisi hukoomati ban ya restriction ka nateeja nahi tha. “Government of India ki taraf se koi ban nahi tha,” unka kehna tha. “Lekin halat ki sensitivity ko dekhte hue humne trailer ya promotions India mein nahi kiye.”
Diljit Singh par bhi pressure
Film ke lead actor Diljit Dosanjh bhi backlash ka shikar hue hain. Film Federation of Western Indian Cinema (FWIC) ne hatta ke unka passport cancel karne ki demand kar di — keh kar ke unka project se jura rehna “national loyalty” ke khilaaf hai.
Lekin yeh demand artistic circles mein criticize hui. Kai civil society organisations aur artists ne kaha ke yeh move freedom of expression aur creative collaboration pe attack hai.
International release jaari, including Pakistan
Controversy ke bawajood, director Amar Hundal ki Sardaar Ji 3 apne international rollout pe qaim hai — aur Pakistan, UK, Canada jaise regions mein jahan Punjabi-speaking diaspora major audience hai, wahan film release ho rahi hai.
Yeh film Hania Aamir ka Indian Punjabi cinema mein debut bhi mark karti hai.
Diljit ka Hania ke liye positive note
BBC Asian Network ke Haroon Rashid ke sath aik interview mein, Diljit ne Hania ke professionalism ko appreciate kiya.
“My experience with Hania was very good,” unhone kaha. “She was professional when we were working… We didn’t have that much time together though.”
Unhone yeh bhi kaha ke jab film shoot hui thi (February 2024), political halat normal the.
“When we shot this film, everything was fine. But a lot of big things are not in our hands.”
Sardaar Ji 3 ab ek cinematic project se zyada, ek cultural flashpoint ban chuki hai — jahan cinema, politics, aur public sentiment takra rahe hain. Hania aur Neeru ke silence ke bawajood, unka digital distance khud apni kahani keh raha hai.
