In 2011, film exhibitors in Tamil Nadu banned a new film amid a row with neighbouring Kerala over a dam.

BBC: India's Tamil Nadu suspends Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam

The Film Exhibitor's Association in India's Tamil Nadu state has banned a new film amid an ongoing row with neighbouring Kerala over a dam.

BBC: Official poster of Dam999

Anyway, residents of areas where the film is banned can easily see it in cinemas in different authorities.

ECONOMIST: Censorship

In September, posters advertising the film were banned by the ASA, which ruled its images and text glamorised the use of guns.

BBC: Jolie gun film advert is banned

Kazakhstan's foreign minister thanked Borat the titular character of the controversial film once banned in the former Soviet republic for a massive boost in tourism.

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The film was banned for four years in Iran and Mr Bayzai, whose membership of the Baha'i faith makes him deeply suspect in the eyes of many Iranians, spent years in the wilderness.

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