NEW DELHI: Pleased with the Indian army slamming the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, cinema owners in Pakistan said today they plan to lift their self-imposed ban on the screening of Indian films, the owner of a leading theatre told The Express Tribune.
“Indian Army’s statement is a good enough evidence for the change in perspective on the other side of the border. So is the release of Fawad Khan’s film in India,” said one cinema owner who attended a meeting of theatre owners held on Sunday.
The person quoted was referring to the film ‘Ae Dil hai Mushkil’, which stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. Mumbai police and Indian government officials assured the film’s director Karan Johar that his movie can be released safely.
Pakistani theatre owners had suspended screening Indian films after the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA), earlier this month, banned Pakistani artists and technicians from working in India. IMPPA’s decision followed last month’s cross border Uri terror attack that killed 19 soldiers.
The owner of a leading distribution company told The Express Tribune that resuming the screening of Indian films is something that had to be done because Pakistani “cinemas relied heavily on Bollywood movies for their revenue.”
A formal announcement of the lifting of the suspension on Indian films is expected later today, the Pakistani newspaper said.
Bureau Report
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