MUMBAI: Film theatres in Tajikistan will not show Sacha Baron Cohen‘s new comedy film The Dictator.
The Dictator, directed by Larry Charles, is the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed, says its promos.

The licensing department of state cinema and video company Tajikkino said that the film has not undergone mandatory licensing and censoring procedures. Therefore, cinema halls that show the film could be fined.
The film premiered on 17 May in other Central Asian countries and in Russia.

The Dictator has also been banned in Turkmenistan.