NEW DELHI: India has blocked the release of “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” a film about the killing of a five-year-old Palestinian girl by Israeli forces, the movie’s distributor told AFP on Saturday.
The Oscar-nominated docudrama by French-Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania recounts the real-life death of Hind Rajab in Gaza last year as her family attempted to flee during Israel’s war with Hamas.
Manoj Nandwana of Jai Viratra Entertainment, the film’s Indian distributor, said a member of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) told him that the film’s theatrical release would “hamper India’s relations with Israel.”
A child walks near a car where the body of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, 6, who begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, was found along with the bodies of five of her family members as two ambulance workers who had gone to save her were killed, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, February 10, 2024. (REUTERS)
“After screening it for the board it was clear to me that they would not clear it for release in India,” Nandwana told AFP on Saturday, adding that he was not officially notified of the denial.
