Napa dismisses rumour that Mahesh Bhatt's play 'Daddy' will be cancelled

E-Paper | May 04, 2026

Earlier today rumours circulated that Mahesh Bhatt was not sure he would go ahead with staging his play 'Daddy' at Napa's International Theatre Festival in Karachi, Pakistan.

Zee News India reported Bhatt saying: "There is an uncertainty over the staging of 'Daddy' in Pakistan. One of our theatre group has not been given visa to travel to Karachi for the festival. When I asked the host they said some bureaucratic procedure has resulted into this problem."

"My daughter and me are supposed to travel to Karachi for our play but if one of our own group from our country can't go, then we will also opt out. It is either all of us or no one," he added.

However, speaking to Dawn.com, festival director Zain Ahmed said that nothing had been confirmed, and that while some visas had been delayed, Napa was in touch with authorities to expedite the process.

"No information is final and visas are in process," said Ahmed.

Mahesh Bhatt is meant to travel to Pakistan with his daughter Pooja Bhatt to stage 'Daddy,' a theatrical adaptation of Mahesh Bhatt’s classic film of the same name which is a sensitive story of role reversals in a fairy tale of a princess and her father.

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Loimashar

Mar 14, 2015 05:31pm

Mahesh Bhat is a respected and unbiased person.

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Mar 14, 2015 10:38pm

@Loimashar you should write a poem in his respect then.

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Abbas Ali

Mar 14, 2015 10:49pm

All the government hurdles are in place, when somebody from India wants to travel to Karachi.

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wickedhindoo

Mar 15, 2015 07:32am

@Loimashar You can keep him then.

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wickedhindoo

Mar 15, 2015 07:33am

@Abbas Ali One way travel from India to Karachi should be encouraged.

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