An Emirati drama set in the underworld of street car racing in the UAE has been banned in Kuwait, producers have told Gulf News. Hajwala, which follows two teams of drifters who go head-to-head in an all-stakes race against each other, is scheduled to release in 37 screens across the Gulf on Thursday.
“We are very disappointed, especially because they haven’t event explained to us why they have not allowed the film to release,” said producer Ali Al Marzouqi of Dhabi Gulf Film. “This is a double standard since they allow similar Hollywood films to release without any problem, even if they don’t have any message. Our film has a very strong message.” [Source]
I’m guessing it got banned because Kuwait has a growing problem with street racing and they’re worried this film might encourage it. But Saudi have a bigger street racing problem and if the film isn’t banned there, I don’t understand why it would be banned here. You can watch the trailer on top, it’s basically a khaleeji version of Fast and Furious.
15 replies on “Emirati Street-racing Film Banned in Kuwait”
Fast and Furious*
Saudi Arabia doesn’t have official cinemas
+1
We do have cinemas in KAUST and Aramco,
Can the public go and watch movies there?
Yes, but put two lines under official.
Saudia have cinemass? well, that’s new..
If the Fast & Furious movies were never banned in Kuwait, whats the point of banning this movie? Is it because its in Arabic and has Arab characters?
Well…emirati made it that’s y its banned. If it was Hollywood or kuwaitiwood it would be hit
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Can u pls share the details of the one that u use….
Thanks
Third world countries…..
Love the trailer. Simply awesome.
They also banned Bilal, another Emirati produced movie.
it would have probably been banned in Saudi, if they had cinemas.