Phantom film ban: Medical charity MSF takes legal action against the Bollywood filmmaker.

After Pakistan's ban on Indian producer and director Kabir Khan's Bollywood movie Phantom, the film is now in legal trouble with Médecins Sans Frontières‎ over the Katrina Kaif's character. MSF says the movie, and British-Indian actress Kaif's character, misrepresents the medical group and could pose risks to its aid workers deployed in conflict zones.

Phantom is an action thriller, released on 28 August, that features Kaif and Saif Ali Khan. Kaif plays an MSF aid worker who helps a disgraced Indian soldier, played by Khan, to assassinate Pakistani militants accused of carrying out the 2008 Mumbai bombings.

In an interview to The Times Of India, Kaif was quoted as saying, "NGO workers have ties with local fanatical groups" in war-torn regions, without mentioning that many aid groups maintain strict neutrality in order to do their work safely. In the film, her character is seen firing a pistol and rifle in two different scenes.

MSF has released a statement saying that it was "disturbed" by Phantom's content, saying it had not been consulted over the content of the film and was not associated with it in any way. The humanitarian agency said that it has "a strict no guns policy" in all its clinics and did not employ armed guards, adding that "None of our staff would ever carry a gun. Any portrayal that suggests otherwise is dangerous, misleading and wrong."


By Richa Barua.
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