Veteran Indian actor Pankaj Kapur's eagerly awaited directorial debut "Mausam" was pulled from the Toronto film festival line-up on Tuesday, one day before it was to premiere.

Organisers said in a statement they were informed by the studio that the film had not received regulatory approvals in India in time to screen the film this week in Toronto.

"We ran into a delay getting approvals from the Indian Air Force and the Board of Film Certification in India," producer Sheetal Talwar said.