Toronto:
Veteran Indian actor Pankaj Kapoor's eagerly awaited directorial debut Mausam was pulled from the Toronto film festival line-up, a day before it was to premiere.
Organisers said in a statement they were informed by the studio that the film had not received regulatory approvals in India in time to screen the film this week in Toronto.
"We ran into a delay getting approvals from the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Board of Film Certification in India," producer Sheetal Talwar said.
Today, Shahid Kapoor is in Delhi to show preview the film before officers and heads of the Indian Air Force, hoping to get their approval for an action sequence the IAF had objected to, earlier. "Going to IAF tomorrow in Delhi to show them Mausam ... Fingers crossed and hoping for the best..," the actor tweeted last night.
Certification from the Censor Board was received yesterday as Shahid Kapoor tweeted: "MAUSAM finally got its censor certificate last night ....... Watching it now with family in a bit."
Three screenings today, tomorrow and Friday in Toronto as well as a press conference with world media were cancelled at the last minute yesterday, September 13.
In the film, Kapoor's son Shahid plays an Indian Air Force pilot from Punjab whose love for a woman from Kashmir (Sonam Kapoor) is thwarted by their differences - he is Hindu, she is Muslim.
Organisers said in a statement they were informed by the studio that the film had not received regulatory approvals in India in time to screen the film this week in Toronto.
"We ran into a delay getting approvals from the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Board of Film Certification in India," producer Sheetal Talwar said.
Today, Shahid Kapoor is in Delhi to show preview the film before officers and heads of the Indian Air Force, hoping to get their approval for an action sequence the IAF had objected to, earlier. "Going to IAF tomorrow in Delhi to show them Mausam ... Fingers crossed and hoping for the best..," the actor tweeted last night.
Certification from the Censor Board was received yesterday as Shahid Kapoor tweeted: "MAUSAM finally got its censor certificate last night ....... Watching it now with family in a bit."
Three screenings today, tomorrow and Friday in Toronto as well as a press conference with world media were cancelled at the last minute yesterday, September 13.
In the film, Kapoor's son Shahid plays an Indian Air Force pilot from Punjab whose love for a woman from Kashmir (Sonam Kapoor) is thwarted by their differences - he is Hindu, she is Muslim.
