EXCLUSIVE: Javed Iqbal: The Untold Story Of A Serial Killer, which was banned from screening just two days before its scheduled release in theaters across the country is set to premiere at the 2022 UK Asian Film Festival.
The premiere will take place on May 4 at London’s BFI Southbank. Javed Iqbal was originally supposed to be released in October, but the premiere was pushed to December 24 because it was still being cleared by the censor boards. The film’s release experienced yet another delay due to a rise in Covid-19 cases. The release date was rescheduled to January 28.
The movie, despite receiving censor approval, was barred to be screened across the country by the government’s Central Bureau of Film Censors, despite it initially. Produced by Javed Ahmed Kakepoto, the movie stars Yasir Hussain and Ayesha Omar in the leading roles.
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The movie is based on a notorious serial killer named Javed Iqbal, who confessed to police and media that he had abducted, sexually abused, and murdered more than 100 boys in Lahore between 1998 and 1999.
He was arrested and sentenced to death. However, just two years into his sentence, he allegedly committed suicide in his prison cell.
