John Abraham starrer Parmanu - The Story Of Pokhran, a Bollywood movie on India's nuclear test in 1998, will release across 300 screens in Pakistan, said director Abhishek Sharma on Friday. Asked if the movie will release in Pakistan, Sharma told the media, "We will be releasing in 300 screens in Pakistan and I think that says it all."

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Actor-producer John Abraham, who was also present during the interaction with media persons, insisted that "it is not an anti-Pakistan film in any way". John added, "Yes, we are (releasing the movie in Pakistan). This is not an anti-Pakistan film, it is a pro-India film. So, from the beginning, we were very clear that it is a film about India and we want to celebrate the story.

"If we start thinking about other markets, then we will be compromising on our film. Our intention was to tell the story and we do not want to deviate from that." At the trailer launch of the movie here on Friday — coinciding with the 20th anniversary of India’s nuclear test explosions at Pokhran — John told the media: “We are not here to throw mud on anybody’s face, we want to keep it clean. We want to keep the controversy aside. We are confident about the film and the subject that we have chosen.”

The film was in a lockdown after its initial co-producers JA Entertainment and KriArj Entertainment became at loggerheads. John had filed criminal cases against Prernaa Arora and her company KriArj Entertainment, for cheating, breach of trust, defamation and offences committed under the Information Technology Act.

The film features John Abraham, Diana Penty, Boman Irani, Vikas Khanna and Yogendra Tikku. After many struggles and controversies, the film written by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla will finally be released on May 25, 2018.