Last month a kerfuffle erupted in the world of South Asian cinema, when the international aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced that it was suing the producers of the Bollywood film Phantom. The thriller recounts how an aid worker (played by British-Indian actress Katrina Kaif) who works for "Medecine International", helps a disgraced Indian soldier track down the Pakistani militants who allegedly perpetrated the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. In the film, "Medicine International", with its red and white logo and "no guns" sticker, appears to be a stand-in for MSF, which also has a red and white emblem, and a no guns policy. MSF found out about the film and started legal action...
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