India, Jan. 12 -- F ilmmaker and Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association (IMPPA) Vice President Ashoke Pandit recently drafted a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on behalf of the film body, urging intervention after the UAE banned director Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar. While the film body is still awaiting a response from the government, Ashoke spoke to us about the reason for reaching out to the PM. He says, "When India and UAE share good diplomatic relations and fighting terrorism is everyone's goal, we felt a little hurt that this film was banned by UAE." The 68-year-old adds, "They are a country that has no tolerance for terrorism and believes in discipline and culture. So we thought that we should appeal to our PM to intervene and request the Foreign Ministry to raise the issue." Addressing the issue in a larger context, Ashoke says, "It's not just about this film. We feel that when a film has been censored properly by the organisation and it is talking about terrorism and exposes Pakistan and their activities, we don't understand why they banned it." The film body believes that diplomatic ties should support cinema in cases like these. "Diplomatic relations should be used to ensure that our films are not banned across borders, especially in countries we are close to. As a country, we always support films from other nations, so we should expect the same in return," he concludes....