Pakistani cinema owners all set to lift self-imposed ban on Indian films

[Uncle Q]

Pakistani cinema owners are all set to to lift the self-imposed ban on Indian films.


Speaking exclusively to The Express Tribune on Saturday, Chairman Film Exhibitors Association Zoraiz Lashari confirmed that cinema owners would begin screening Indian films across Pakistan from December 19 (Monday).


Pakistani cinema owners delay lifting ban on Indian films following Quetta attack
Cinema business has been hit immensely and all stakeholders felt it was the right time to begin screening Indian films. It was always a self imposed suspension, not a ban. So Ill be releasing Freaky Ali in our cinemas and other cinema owners will follow suit, said Lashari


Meanwhile, an owner of a film distributing company, requesting anonymity, said the move was to pave way for a big release by a private media group in the country.


A big media group and film exhibitors/distributors in India are trying to release Dungal in Pakistan. They are testing public sentiments and also the governments reaction by releasing Freaky Ali at CineStar cinema, he added.


He went on to add how stakeholders in India were also being hit by the move to by the self-imposed ban. We will first test waters with these unreleased films and then begin negotiations with Indian distributors to continue the import of movies into Pakistan, he added.


CineStar has already updated its cinema schedule to include Pink and Freaky Ali but a screening has yet to be held. The self-imposed ban came after the attack on Quetta Police Training College attack which killed at least 61 security personnel.

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1266363/pakistani-cinema-owners-set-lift-self-imposed-ban-indian-films/

 

[Aslan]

Indian films should be banned from Pakistan forever.Have the jahil Pakistanis nothing better to do other than watching Bollywood trash?.

 

[battery low]

[FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Kya kashmir main zulm khatm ho gya[/FONT]

 

[Sphere Manisfest]

Traitors for money. Hell for these dogies.

 

[khan_11]

i don't blame the owners of cinema's,they don't have a choice to attract the peoples, our public need to boycott this bloody indian crap they are our enemy we should boycott every thing and we also put the pressure on our panama money laundering network government to stop all trading with Afghanistan as well we had sacrificed so much for them but we as a nation paid very high price now the time has come we need to give them lesson we should think beyond the brotherhood.,

 

[aliahmad297622]

Bhagwan ki ashaaa sa Indian culture in pakistan , Pakistani culture left behind , be happy follow extremist without toilets country congrats

 

[abdullah.drs]

It was never self imposed.. General Asim Bajwa of ISPR gets transferred and screening of Indian Movies start.. Wow

 

[Sohail Shuja]

Pakistani cinemas lift ban on bollywood movies; a smart move at a right time?

PAKISTANI CINEMAS LIFT BAN ON BOLLYWOOD MOVIES; A SMART MOVE AT A RIGHT TIME?

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Monday, 19 December 2016 12:58


Cinemas in Pakistan will start screening Indian movies from December 19. The suspension that was in place will be lifted on December 19, confirmed Nadeem Mandviwala of Atrium cinemas.


Likely to pave the way for potential money-spinner Aamir Khans Dangal and Shah Rukh Khans Raees, Pakistani theatre owners are likely to lift their self-imposed ban on Indian films today.


We lifted the suspension as a cinema guild. We took this decision because we would like to support them (Indian cinemas) and expect them to support us, said Aadil Mandviwala, Director Mandviwala Entertainment. It takes two hands to clap, it does not matter if one hand is bigger or smaller. At the end of the day, its the clapping that counts. This is the message that we want India to hear, added Aadil, Dawn reported.


The cinema owners emphasised that it was a suspension, and not a ban, and explained that local businesses are quite heavily reliant on Indian cinema. Pakistan is the third-largest contributor to Bollywood revenue. The boycott was imposed after some Indian film-makers banned Pakistani actors from working in Bollywood films. The self-imposed suspension also reported to have led to a dramatic loss of revenue.

Atrium Cinemas has already added Bollywood movie Freaky Ali in their recent schedule.

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