MUMBAI: ALT Entertainment‘s Vidya Balan-starrer The Dirty Picture has been banned in Qatar.

Confirming the same Balaji Motion Pictures CEP Tanuj Garg said, "Our distributors applied for a censorship certificate in Qatar and they received a notice saying that the movie can‘t be released there. The film is currently being screened in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and other Middle East countries, but it will not go to Qatar."

However, the filmmakers are upset and fail to understand what the authorities found objectionable in the film. "The film was supposed to release there either this week or the next, but we were informed that it has been deemed unsuitable for theatrical exhibition," Garg said.

According to Garg, Qatar is not a huge market. "It‘s not about the incremental revenue but it‘s very disheartening and unfortunate that we couldn‘t release the film there," he observed.