Phantom: Why was the actor who played Hafiz Saeed in the film kept underground?
Shahnawaz Pradhan, who portrays 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed in the film Phantom, is being kept underground for security reasons.
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Phantom, which also features Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif, has been banned in Pakistan reportedly by the Lahore high court after a petition was filed by Saeed. Therefore the makers of the film have taken precautionary measures, keeping the actor who is portraying Saeed, underground.
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"The security of all our actors is extremely important for us and now that his identity is revealed, there are precautionary measures being taken," the spokesperson of the film told IANS. The film is an adaptation of S.Hussain Zaidi's novel Mumbai Avengers. It is set five years after the attacks, when a retired army officer spearheads a covert mission to seek out and kill the terror masterminds.
Phantom was said to be an anti-Pakistan film but Saif Ali Khan in an interview to IndiaToday.insaid, "Phantom is a mix of fact and fiction. Everyone knows who is the mastermind behind the 26/11 attacks. The way Kasab was sent to Mumbai to open fire at innocent people at the railway station and hotels, similarly in the film, we dabble with the idea of sending a guy from India to kill the person behind the bomb blasts. That is where the fantasy lies. It is an unbiased film. Most of the people involved in making the film are Indian Muslims. Our position is very clear that we are Indians first."
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