Insan Aur Gadha (1973)

Original title

Insaan Aur Gadha

Directed by

Syed Kamal

Genre

comedy

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

2h 11m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Pakistani government bans a comedy film after a donkey turned human gives a speech that the authorities find insulting. The film features a man who becomes a donkey and then back again as part of its silly plot.

satiricalcomicabsurdlightheartedwhimsicalpoliticalperiod-flavorcampy

What happens

Insan Aur Gadha (Man and Donkey) is a 1973 Pakistani Urdu satirical comedy film produced and directed by Kamal. The comedy actor Rangeela played the title role of a donkey-turned-human. The other lead cast included Nisho, Kamal, and Rozina. The central idea of the film was taken from Krishan Chandar's novel "Gadhay Ki Sarguzasht". After a few weeks of its release, Insan Aur Gadha was banned by the Bhutto Government due to a parody speech scene that the government did not like. "Publicly, the reason given for the ban was that the scene had ridiculed the (Pakistani) masses, by depicting them as a bunch of donkeys". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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