Phantom Bollywood film
Phantom the Bollywood film which was released on 28th August 2015, is in danger of facing legal action from an International aid charity. The story of a aid worker who help a disgraced Indian Soldier to assassinate Pakistani extremists accused of orchestrating the horrific Mumbai bombings in 2008.
The movie shows the aid worker firing pistols and rifles as the many aspects of the fictitious agency in the film called Medicine international, are equivocally similar to the humanitarian organization Medicins Sans Frontieres – even though the charity was completely unaware of the Hindi film.
An MSF Spokesperson said “Such blurring of the storylines between fact and fiction can have real consequences for our ability to work in difficult places where our access depends on people trusting that we are neutral impartial and independent organization, we have a strict non-guns policy in all our clinics and does not hire armed guards”.
Phantom is a political thriller that unfolds across various countries around the world. Daniyal goes from India to Europe, America and the Middle East, on a journey to seek justice. However, in a mission like this, Daniyal discovers there is always a price to pay. Phantom and Indian spy film directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and Siddarth Roy Kapur, starring British born Indian actress Katrina Kaif and Saif Ali Khan son of former Indian Cricket captain Nawab of Patuadi and Bolloywood film actress Sharmila Tagore. The screenplay of the film has been written in coordination with author Hussian Zaidi’s book Mumbai Avengers on the aftermath of 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
Phantom begins with a car chase in Chicago. Some filming was done in Beirut, Lebanon, the populous area of Khandaq al-Ghameeq, and the mountainous areas of Kfardebian, with the latter two representing Syria. The shoot of the film required a recreation of a Syrian refugee camp, which involved almost 400 locals to act as rebel militias. The sets of the film were so realistic that many people in the area believed actual militia groups had set up camp, and the Lebanese army began circling planes over the set. However the confusion was cleared after the first day. There are also action sequences shot in Kashmir near Pahalgam hill station and ski resort in Gulmarg involving a blast sequence in the peak of winter, when the entire valley was covered in a 10-foot blanket of snow. Also there are scenes filmed in a small town in Malerkotla, Punjab where the area was recreated to resemble a Pakistani marketplace. The entire area was dressed up to look authentic, complete with Urdu hoarding, posters and flags. There are also scenes from London near the Houses of Parliament on the banks of River Thames, Charing Cross Station, the Oval cricket ground in Lambeth and Ealing Road in Wembley and In Vancouver Canada including the centre of West Hastings and Thurlow streets involved several high speed chase sequences. The film was completed in Mumbai, with scenes from the city’s eastern ferry wharf, near the Gateway of India and Filmistan Studios in the suburb of Goregaon including a underwater action sequence played by Saif Ali Khan and Karina Kaif,
The film is already banned in Pakistan,