‘Any country should be proud to have a film like Joyland’ Fatima Bhutto says

Joyland, written by Saim Sadiq, helmed by ALL CAPS and Sarmad Khoosat Films was to be released in Pakistan on November 18th, when all of a sudden, a smear campaign was run against the film on Twitter as a result of which, Pakistan Censorship Board cancelled the release of the film.

Right after the notification, well-known authors and actors came out in support of the film. Earlier, it was Sarwat Gillani and Osman Khalid Butt, later yesterday, Fatima Bhutto, author of Songs of Blood and Swords tweeted against the ban. She said no one was forcing anyone to watch anything and any country should be proud to have a film like Joyland.

Netizens are in favor of Joyland release. For last two days, #ReleaseJoyland have been trending on Twitter. 

Joyland is a film that symbolizes the struggles of transgender people. International media calls it A profoundly moving film that might just make a difference. It has love, death and emotions all wrapped in one. Earlier in October, Malala Yousufzai joined the film as an executive producer.