MNS asks Pak stars to leave India, says won’t allow ADHM and Raees release
8 years, 6 months ago

MNS asks Pak stars to leave India, says won’t allow ADHM and Raees release

Hindustan Times  

Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena gave a two-day ultimatum to Pakistani artistes and actors to leave India, failing which the party said it will force them out. The party also threatened that it won’t allow the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Raees in the country as the films feature Pakistani actors Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan, respectively. The party has also kick-started protests against Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hain Mushkil as it stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. Fawad Khan will be seen alongside Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai and Anushka Sharma in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil.

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Salman Khan on working with Pakistani artistes: Get permission, I'm ready
4 days, 21 hours ago

Salman Khan on working with Pakistani artistes: Get permission, I'm ready

India Today  

Actor Salman Khan is willing to work with Pakistani artistes if the Government of India grants them a visa and permission to work in the country. In 2016, Salman also defended Pakistani artistes working in India. The Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association issued a statement declaring that no new Indian films would be made with Pakistani artistes until hostilities between …

Pakistani actor Ali Zafar reveals why he can't collaborate with Shah Rukh Khan: 'Things might get difficult'
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistani actor Ali Zafar reveals why he can't collaborate with Shah Rukh Khan: 'Things might get difficult'

Firstpost  

Zafar added Khan wanted to collaborate with him for his 2018 film Zero but it couldn’t happen Pakistani actor Ali Zafar has worked in Hindi films like Tere Bin Laden, Mere Brother Ki Dulhan, Dear Zindagi, and Kill Dill. Many talents from the neighboring country like Mahira Khan, Fawad Khan, Atif Aslam, Ali Zafar, Javed Sheikh, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan …

Will Fawad Khan get back his shelved films after court lifts ban on Pak artists?
1 year, 5 months ago

Will Fawad Khan get back his shelved films after court lifts ban on Pak artists?

India TV News  

Bombay High Court recently, in a ground-breaking decision, allowed Pakistan artists such as Mahira Khan and Fawad Khan to work in Indian films and web shows. A few years back, when Pak artists including actors, singers, among others were exponentially working in Indian cinema, were busy with several upcoming projects. Soon after the URI Attack in 2016, all those projects …

Shah Rukh Khan's Raees director asks if it’s time Pakistani actors come back to Bollywood: 'Pak cricketers are here'
1 year, 6 months ago

Shah Rukh Khan's Raees director asks if it’s time Pakistani actors come back to Bollywood: 'Pak cricketers are here'

Firstpost  

After a gap of 7 years, Pakistani cricketers landed in India for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023. Filmmaker Rahul Dholakia, who directed Shah Rukh Khan starrer Raees asked since cricketers are in the country, can we expect Pakistani actors to make a comeback in Bollywood as he wrote on X, “Now that Pakistani cricketers are officially here, can we …

Raees director Rahul Dholakia asks if it’s time Pakistani actors came back to Bollywood: 'Pak cricketers are here'
1 year, 6 months ago

Raees director Rahul Dholakia asks if it’s time Pakistani actors came back to Bollywood: 'Pak cricketers are here'

Hindustan Times  

Pakistani cricketers landed in India on Wednesday for the first time in seven years. Rahul Dholakia on Pakistan cricketers' India visit He tweeted, "Now that Pakistani cricketers are officially here, can we also invite Pakistani actors to act in our films? At the time of the film’s release in 2017, Mahira Khan had said in an interview with Bollywood Hungama, …

Sanam Saeed recalls Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan ‘got brunt’ of India's ban on Pakistani artistes after 2016 Uri attack
2 years, 2 months ago

Sanam Saeed recalls Fawad Khan, Mahira Khan ‘got brunt’ of India's ban on Pakistani artistes after 2016 Uri attack

Hindustan Times  

Sanam Saeed has spoken about Pakistani artistes making fun of how Muslims are portrayed in Indian films, and how they are ‘highlighted as the enemy’. In a new interview, Sanam also talked about how India's ban on Pakistani artists after the 2016 Uri attack was ‘a rude awakening, a shock, confusion’ for them. Sanam Saeed recalled Fawad Khan and Mahira …

Sanam Saeed says whole of Pakistan 'grew up on Bollywood', but Indians don't know about Pakistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Sanam Saeed says whole of Pakistan 'grew up on Bollywood', but Indians don't know about Pakistan

Hindustan Times  

Pakistani actor Sanam Saeed has said that generations of the "whole of Pakistan" grew up on films and content from Bollywood and they know minute details about India, but Indians are not as exposed to the art and culture of Pakistan. Sanam found stardom after her TV show Zindagi Gulzar Hai opposite Fawad Khan aired in Pakistan in 2012. She …

Pakistan bans release of Indian films in the aftermath of Pulwama attack; what are they going to watch now?
6 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan bans release of Indian films in the aftermath of Pulwama attack; what are they going to watch now?

Firstpost  

Keeping in mind the developments of the past few days, Pakistan’s decision to impose a ban on the release of any Indian movie or content in their country was an expected response. The recent popularity of Zee’s Zindagi Channel that showed content produced in Pakistan and other countries such as Turkey, Greece amongst others dubbed in Hindi, might have made …

Sushant Singh on ban on Pakistani artistes post Pulwama Attack: How do we ban the already banned
6 years, 1 month ago

Sushant Singh on ban on Pakistani artistes post Pulwama Attack: How do we ban the already banned

India TV News  

Actor Sushant Singh, General Secretary of the Cine and TV Artistes Association, feels the government needs to take some hard decisions and solid steps to isolate Pakistan rather than simply look towards the Indian entertainment industry for a ban. Please wake up and look around, the film industry has not been working with Pakistani artistes since the Uri attack. "Post …

No Bollywood filmmaker or music company will work with Pakistani artistes: Ashoke Pandit
6 years, 1 month ago

No Bollywood filmmaker or music company will work with Pakistani artistes: Ashoke Pandit

India Today  

The dastardly attack on a security convoy in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday sent shockwaves across the nation. He also said that music companies will no longer sign contracts with Pakistani singers. Even music companies will stop working with Pakistani singers," Pandit told India Today Television. "If any filmmaker or music company does not listen to …

India should lift ban on Pakistani artistes, feels Shafqat Amanat Ali
6 years, 2 months ago

India should lift ban on Pakistani artistes, feels Shafqat Amanat Ali

India TV News  

Shafqat Amanat Ali, who is quite disappointed with India's ban on talents from Pakistan, feels that the entertainment industry is a soft target. Shafqat Amanat Ali feels it is high time India lifts the ban that prevents Pakistani artistes from performing in the country. In the same year, Pakistani film exhibitors and cinema owners had imposed a ban on the …

Onir on banning Pakistani actors in India: If Kartarpur can happen, why not cinema
6 years, 2 months ago

Onir on banning Pakistani actors in India: If Kartarpur can happen, why not cinema

India Today  

National Award-winning filmmaker Onir hopes the exchange of cinema talent between India and Pakistan resumes soon. In the same year, Pakistani film exhibitors and cinema owners had imposed a ban on the screening of Indian films in the country in the wake of heightened tensions with India over the September 18, 2016, Uri attack that left 19 Indian soldiers dead. …

Ban on Mulk in Pakistan ironic: Indian movies that dispel anti-Muslim stereotypes don't bode well with film censors across border
6 years, 7 months ago

Ban on Mulk in Pakistan ironic: Indian movies that dispel anti-Muslim stereotypes don't bode well with film censors across border

Firstpost  

That Mulk attempts to restore the honour of an Indian Muslim family accused of ‘treason and ties with the Pakistanis’ based on a true event, is precisely the reason why the ban on Mulk seems ironic and deplorable. Echoing the essential message well-embedded in this court-room drama, directed by Anubhav Sinha, another punch line that encapsulates the film’s key theme …

How Bollywood’s Curtain Call Became a Blessing in Disguise for Pak
7 years, 7 months ago

How Bollywood’s Curtain Call Became a Blessing in Disguise for Pak

The Quint  

Pakistan’s Bollywood dream was officially over the moment Indian Motion Pictures Producers Association put a ban on hiring Pakistani artistes for new projects. As an independent commentator, I was moved to see the likes of Fawad Khan and Mahira follow Gandhi’s guidelines – not respond to filth with filth. But, we never realised that such a gruesome burning of bridges …

Mahesh Bhatt bringing Pakistani artistes back to India?
8 years, 1 month ago

Mahesh Bhatt bringing Pakistani artistes back to India?

India TV News  

After the Uri attack, the BJP put a blanket ban on Pakistani artistes working in India. Speaking to a leading daily Imran Zahid, Delhi-based actor who will be working with Bhatt on his new project said that Bhatt has also approached Shafqat Amanat Ali and wanted Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Atif Aslam on board. On enquiring about the unofficial …

Pakistan bans Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ citing inappropriate content
8 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan bans Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ citing inappropriate content

Live Mint  

Islamabad: Pakistan has banned cinemas nationwide from screening blockbuster movie Raees starring famous Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, a censor official said on Tuesday, the latest media clampdown after last year’s spike in tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The movie has been highly anticipated in Pakistan, a nation of 190 million people where Bollywood’s elaborate song-and-dance sequences are wildly popular, as …

Pakistan bans Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees nationwide for having ‘inappropriate content’
8 years, 1 month ago

Pakistan bans Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees nationwide for having ‘inappropriate content’

Hindustan Times  

Pakistan has banned cinemas nationwide from screening an Indian blockbuster movie Raees starring famous Pakistani actor Mahira Khan, a censor official said on Tuesday, the latest media clampdown after last year’s spike in tension between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The movie has been highly anticipated in Pakistan, a nation of 190 million people where Bollywood’s elaborate song-and-dance sequences are wildly popular. …

Newsroom diaries 2016: Fawad Khan charmed Bollywood, but came with major political baggage
8 years, 3 months ago

Newsroom diaries 2016: Fawad Khan charmed Bollywood, but came with major political baggage

Firstpost  

Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of newsroom diaries by various members of the Firstpost team. Sample these: the world’s most popular movie star finally won an Oscar; drugs became symbolic with Punjab and Maria Sharapova, whereas Snapchat became symbolic with Tanmay Bhat; a rapist got his jail time reduced allegedly because he was a star swimmer …

India should welcome Pakistani artists and businessmen, says Shashi Tharoor
8 years, 4 months ago

India should welcome Pakistani artists and businessmen, says Shashi Tharoor

India TV News  

Criticising Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for the way he handled the ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ controversy, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said that he is in favour of inviting Pakistani artists, creative people and businessmen to boost bilateral ties. "We should welcome creative people, artistes and genuine businessmen to India," Tharoor said during a debate in the Tata …

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil row: Hindu groups protest against the film's screening in Madhya Pradesh
8 years, 5 months ago

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil row: Hindu groups protest against the film's screening in Madhya Pradesh

Firstpost  

Hindu groups held demonstrations against Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in many cities of Madhya Pradesh. Bhopal: Hindu groups held demonstrations against Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in many cities of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. Hindu groups are opposing the film as it features a Pakistani actor Fawad Khan in one important role. Since the Karan Johar directorial features Fawad Khan, calls …

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Protests erupt at screenings across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
8 years, 5 months ago

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Protests erupt at screenings across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

India Today  

Hindu right-wing organisations staged protests against the screening of Karan Johar's Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in theatres in Gwalior and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh and in some parts of Chhattisgarh as well. In Jabalpur, activists claiming allegiance to a little-known body called Hindu Sewa Parishad disrupted the show of the film at a multiplex located in Samdariya Mall. In Gwalior, …

‘Ae Dil...’ gets green signal, but B-Town bows to Raj over Rs 5-crore ‘penance’
8 years, 5 months ago

‘Ae Dil...’ gets green signal, but B-Town bows to Raj over Rs 5-crore ‘penance’

Hindustan Times  

Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil will release on schedule next week after Bollywood producers agreed not to hire Pakistani artistes in future, giving in to Maharashtra’s mercurial politician Raj Thackeray who had threatened to block the film. Indian writer-producer and director Karan Johar attends the ‘Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival’ Movie Mela for the upcoming Hindi film ‘Ae …

‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to release after producers agree to not cast Pakistani actors
8 years, 5 months ago

‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to release after producers agree to not cast Pakistani actors

Live Mint  

Mumbai: Under pressure from political and other outfits, Bollywood film producers on Saturday announced that they will not engage with Pakistani artistes, clearing decks for the smooth release of Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil as Maharashtra Navnirman Sena withdrew its threat to stall the screening. Johar, accompanied by Producers’ Guild president Mukesh Bhatt, met Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis …

‘No Pakistani artist would ever be allowed to work in India’: MNS after ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ victory
8 years, 5 months ago

‘No Pakistani artist would ever be allowed to work in India’: MNS after ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ victory

India TV News  

Upbeat over forcing producers of the film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ to pledge Rs.5 crore for the Army Welfare's Fund, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena today said that it will not allow any Pakkistani artist to work in Indian film industry in future. Explaining the party’s position on this matter, MNS leader Shalini Thackeray said that the Pakistani artists would not …

Raj Thackeray on ADHM release: 'Producers should give in writing that they won't cast Pak actors'
8 years, 5 months ago

Raj Thackeray on ADHM release: 'Producers should give in writing that they won't cast Pak actors'

Firstpost  

After MNS took down their demands for a ban on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, party chief Raj Thackeray said that they bowed down after the CM approached him for a compromise. After Maharashtra Navnirman Sena took down their demands for a ban on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, party chief Raj Thackeray spoke to the media saying that they bowed down …

Big relief for Karan Johar: 'Meeting with Maha CM Fadnavis on 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' was positive' says Mukesh Bhatt
8 years, 5 months ago

Big relief for Karan Johar: 'Meeting with Maha CM Fadnavis on 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' was positive' says Mukesh Bhatt

ABP News  

Producers who have signed Pakistani actors will have to pay Rs. 5 crore as 'penance' for army welfare Put special mention, before the movie paying homage to martyrs in the film Assurance of not working with Pakistani artists in the future MNS in a press briefing put forth 3 conditions on the release of the movie:Producers Guild President Mukesh Bhatt …

With Rs 5 crore ‘atonement', Raj Thackeray allows release of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' featuring Pak actor Fawad Khan
8 years, 5 months ago

With Rs 5 crore ‘atonement', Raj Thackeray allows release of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' featuring Pak actor Fawad Khan

India TV News  

Raj Thackeray led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena today allowed the release of Karan Johar’s forthcoming film ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ but said that all producers who employed Pakistani artists must pay Rs 5 crore each into the Indian Army's welfare fund as an ‘atonement’. Fadnavis convened a meeting on Saturday which was attended by Thackeray, Karan Johar and Film and Television …

Forget Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: This Diwali's blockbuster is MNS vs Mumbai Police
8 years, 5 months ago

Forget Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: This Diwali's blockbuster is MNS vs Mumbai Police

Firstpost  

After receiving direct orders from Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Mumbai Police commissioner Datta Padsalgikar is set to show the strength of the Mumbai Police and underline the fact that people can’t get away with whatever they want. At the same time, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has also called an urgent meeting of senior leaders …

ADHM row: Aamir Khan dodges question on banning Pakistni artists
8 years, 5 months ago

ADHM row: Aamir Khan dodges question on banning Pakistni artists

India TV News  

Taking a safe stand on the ongoing debate about banning the Pakistani artists in India and stalling the release of ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan chose to avoid the question on the controversy. Looks like Aamir has learnt a lesson from his intolerance controversy and chose to avoid any hullabaloo this time as this might have a …

Mukesh Bhatt meets Rajnath Singh for safe release of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'
8 years, 5 months ago

Mukesh Bhatt meets Rajnath Singh for safe release of 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'

ABP News  

New Delhi: Mukesh Bhatt, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, on Thursday here met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who assured them of a "great Diwali" with a safe and secure release of Karan Johar's "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" on October 28 -- two days before the festival of lights. As the head honcho of the …

Boycotting Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Art cannot be held hostage to India-Pakistan politics
8 years, 5 months ago

Boycotting Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: Art cannot be held hostage to India-Pakistan politics

Firstpost  

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was launched around the time our PM was busy making pit-stops at Nawaz Sharif’s farmhouse, exchanging shawls and assorted fruit baskets. What’s Karan Johar’s fault if he got swept away by the bon homie and cast Fawad Khan in his film? As Anurag Kashyap rightly pointed out, the film was launched around the time Indians were …

Raj Thackeray’s MNS continues protest against Karan Johar, says won’t allow release of his film 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'
8 years, 5 months ago

Raj Thackeray’s MNS continues protest against Karan Johar, says won’t allow release of his film 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil'

India TV News  

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, headed by Raj Thackeray, continued its protest against Karan Johar today and reiterated its resolve of not allowing the screening of his film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil" in single screen theatres and multiplexes. The Mumbai Police later detained four MNS film wing workers who were protesting outside the Metro cinema hall in South Mumbai, asking the management …

Karan Johar on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil row: 'Country comes first but ban is unfair to my crew'
8 years, 5 months ago

Karan Johar on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil row: 'Country comes first but ban is unfair to my crew'

Firstpost  

Karan Johar has finally broken his silence on the Pakistani actors ban, with regard to Fawad Khan in his upcoming film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. The climate and circumstances were different when I shot Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, in September to December last year. Karan Johar’s video, in which he can be seen almost groveling, comes as a response to …

Priyanka Chopra: Why are artistes always held responsible for political agendas?
8 years, 5 months ago

Priyanka Chopra: Why are artistes always held responsible for political agendas?

Firstpost  

Priyanka Chopra says as a “patriot”, she would go along with whatever the government decides on the issue. New York: In the wake of the spillover of recent tensions between India and Pakistan on Bollywood, actress Priyanka Chopra says as a “patriot”, she would go along with whatever the government decides on the issue. Talking about the ongoing tensions between …

Anurag Kashyap gets slammed for furthering false anti-Modi narrative on social media
8 years, 5 months ago

Anurag Kashyap gets slammed for furthering false anti-Modi narrative on social media

Op India  

“Don’t blame it on the sunshine. — Anurag Kashyap October 16, 2016 Social media users found these messages highly stupid and idiotic. But maybe I was wrong in supporting an empty, biased, hatemonger https://t.co/WKa87rDz4l — The Bad Doctor October 16, 2016 Idiot, PM has not asked for a ban or a boycott of Pakistani actors. Barking the wrong tree https://t.co/p9kNiPcbJg …

Boycott of Pakistani artistes: Calm down everyone, ban on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is not mandatory
8 years, 5 months ago

Boycott of Pakistani artistes: Calm down everyone, ban on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is not mandatory

Firstpost  

The decision to boycott Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is taken by 400 people of a community of cinema owners from only 3 Indian states, who in no way, represent the entire country. The Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India — members of whom are part of states like Gujarat, Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra and include both single screen and multiplex …

MHA signals soft approach, says no plan to ban Pakistan artists from working in India
8 years, 5 months ago

MHA signals soft approach, says no plan to ban Pakistan artists from working in India

India TV News  

Amid growing clamour for a ban on dealings with Pakistan, especially in the fields of art and cinema after the Uri attacks, the Ministry of Home Affairs today said that they were not considering a ban on artists from the neighbouring country, adding that the ministry will not stop issuing work visas to them. After the terror attack at an …

Twitterati on ban of films with Pakistani artistes: 'Creeping towards cultural Talibanisation'
8 years, 5 months ago

Twitterati on ban of films with Pakistani artistes: 'Creeping towards cultural Talibanisation'

Firstpost  

The Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India decided to impose a ban on screenings of films with any Pakistani artistes. https://t.co/4dbmMRFnJ1 — Abhinandan Sekhri October 14, 2016 So sections of Indian media grudgingly accepting that Pakistan's @dawn_com stood up to an authoritarian diktat. — Samit Basu October 14, 2016 This multi-pronged attack on @karanjohar's film is a sign of things …

MNS leader on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: 'If Karan Johar decides to release the film, I'll beat him up'
8 years, 5 months ago

MNS leader on Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: 'If Karan Johar decides to release the film, I'll beat him up'

Firstpost  

MNS leader Amey Khopkar on the ban on Pakistani artists and Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. It seems like Karan Kohar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is jinxed. MNS Leader Amey Khopkar allegedly said with a lot of emphasis, “If Karan Johar decides to release the film, I’ll beat him up.” He also said, “All single screen theaters have decided …

Ban on films with Pakistani artistes: Pahlaj Nihalani and Shyam Benegal weigh in
8 years, 5 months ago

Ban on films with Pakistani artistes: Pahlaj Nihalani and Shyam Benegal weigh in

Firstpost  

After COEAI decided to not screen films with Pakistani artistes or technicians in India, prominent members of the industry have opposing points to the decision and ban. After the The Cinema Owners Exhibitors Association of India decided to not screen films with Pakistani artistes or technicians in India, prominent members of the industry have opposing points to the decision and …

Fawad Khan, Shyam Benegal's names misused to promote 'Indo-Pak peace film'?
8 years, 5 months ago

Fawad Khan, Shyam Benegal's names misused to promote 'Indo-Pak peace film'?

Firstpost  

A man by the name of Harsh Narayan had been publicising the film, saying it would star Fawad Khan and be produced by Shyam Benegal, with Mahesh Bhatt as a creative adviser It seems there’s more to the film on “Indo-Pak peace” that was supposed to star Fawad Khan than meets the eye. Narayan, whose Facebook page says he works …

Ajay Devgn: Pakistani artistes are good, but we have to show solidarity with our soldiers
8 years, 5 months ago

Ajay Devgn: Pakistani artistes are good, but we have to show solidarity with our soldiers

Firstpost  

With his film Shivaay hurting towards its 28 October release date, Ajay Devgn has been in the news for his statements regarding the ban on Pakistani artistes working in India that has been imposed by industry bodies, and a few political parties. We should learn from them.” He added, “Country comes before money; if the country breaks into [trouble> what …

We should work with people from our country, says Farah Khan
8 years, 5 months ago

We should work with people from our country, says Farah Khan

India TV News  

Filmmaker Farah Khan has spoken in favour of the demand for ban on Pakistani artistes in Bollywood, saying India has enough talent. When asked for her views on Pakistani artistes working in Bollywood, Farah said at the Bridge Conclave here, "There are a handful and I suppose not even a handful, we are only talking about two and when they …

India-Pakistan ‘dosti’ in our films
8 years, 5 months ago

India-Pakistan ‘dosti’ in our films

Live Mint  

Fawadists are under attack. Most famously, in the 1990s, the Shiv Sena accused Dilip Kumar of being a Pakistani spy after he accepted that country’s highest honour, the Nishan-e-Imtiaz. Like the other two famous Nehruvian heroes, Dilip Kumar and Dev Anand, Kapoor had personal connections to what became Pakistan after Partition. In 2015, the exaggerated Hindu character played by Salman …

Cinema owners, distributors caught in the middle of fight between MNS and Pakistani artists
8 years, 5 months ago

Cinema owners, distributors caught in the middle of fight between MNS and Pakistani artists

Firstpost  

Cinema owners and distributors are caught in the middle between Film producers, with whom they have signed contracts, and MNS leaders who are firm on their stance of opposing all films with Pakistani artistes. Even as the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association delegation, led by its president TP Agarwal and other officials, met the Maharastra Navnirman Sena leaders yesterday seeking …

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Raees face uncertainty as MNS sticks to anti-Pakistani artistes stand
8 years, 5 months ago

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Raees face uncertainty as MNS sticks to anti-Pakistani artistes stand

Firstpost  

Uncertainty plagues the release of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dear Zindagi and Raees as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena refused to budge from its stand opposing the inclusion of Pakistani actors in them Mumbai: Uncertainty plagues the release of upcoming big banner multi-starrer films as the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena refused to budge from its stand opposing the inclusion of Pakistani actors …

Nation comes first: Sajid Khan, Riteish Deshmukh on banning Pakistani artists
8 years, 5 months ago

Nation comes first: Sajid Khan, Riteish Deshmukh on banning Pakistani artists

India TV News  

Nation comes first: Sajid Khan, Riteish Deshmukh on banning Pakistani artists Filmmaker Sajid Khan along with actor Riteish Deshmukh had voiced their opinions on the ongoing debate over banning Pakistani artists in India and said that the nation comes first for them. Indian Motion Pictures Producers Filmmaker Sajid Khan along with actor Riteish Deshmukh had voiced their opinions on the …

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Raees: Indian exhibitors mull ban on screening films with Pakistani actors
8 years, 5 months ago

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Raees: Indian exhibitors mull ban on screening films with Pakistani actors

Firstpost  

Could films starring Pakistani artistes — such as Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dear Zindagi and Raees — be refused screens in Indian theatres? Could films starring Pakistani artistes — such as Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Dear Zindagi and Raees — be refused screens in India? A report by Catch News suggests that this may be a possibility, with the Cinema …

Irrfan Khan refuses to comment on Pakistan artistes ban issue
8 years, 5 months ago

Irrfan Khan refuses to comment on Pakistan artistes ban issue

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Unlike his counterparts, Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan refrained from commenting over the ongoing controversy regarding the ban on Pakistani artistes from Indian film industry. It is an important question, but this is not the right time or platform to address the issue.” After the Uri attacks that saw 18 Indian soldiers losing their lives to terrorism, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena …

‘Pakistani actor should come and do a film in India,’ Radhika Apte on ban question
8 years, 5 months ago

‘Pakistani actor should come and do a film in India,’ Radhika Apte on ban question

India TV News  

Bollywood actress Radhika Apte, who is garnering limelight for her latest movie ‘Parched’, said that Pakistani artistes should not be banned from working in the Indian film industry. That’s my statement.” Notably, following the URI attack Raj Thackeray’s MNS had asked Pakistani artistes like Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan to leave India. Om Puri’s ‘insensitive’ comment on martyrs gets him …

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