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Nine Hindi films set to hit Bangladesh market in October
Gulf Times ? Qatar?s top-selling English daily newspaper - SriLanka/Bangladesh
By Mizan Rahman
Dhaka
Bangladeshs filmmakers and cultural activists have voiced grave concern over the fate of the countrys film industry as the distributors have finalised deals to import nine commercial Hindi films by the second week of October.
They said the unregulated import of Indian movies is opening up the avenues for cultural aggression by Bollywood, and it will push Bangladeshi commercial films towards an unequal competition with the much-developed film industry in India.
Secretary general of Bangladesh Motion Pictures Distributors Association (BMPDA) Mian Alauddin told newsmen in Dhaka yesterday that the distributors would be able to submit nine Hindi films to the censor board very soon as the films will arrive by the second week of October.
He said the nine Bollywood hits of both past and contemporary times are Sholay, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Don, Wanted, Three Idiots, Taare Jameen Par, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil to Pagal Hai and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Alauddin said this will be the second batch of movies coming from India, following the screening of three Bengali Indian movies that hit the Bangladeshi screens on December 23 last year. The government has also assured us of allowing more imports on a regular basis in the coming days and were hopeful of doing better business and reviving the movie houses, he added. The Indian films that have already been screened in movies houses are Jor, Bodla and Sangram. There were protests when the Commerce Ministry gave permission for the import. The Information Ministry also fought against the decision in the High Court (HC).
Although the HC gave its verdict in favour of the Information Ministry, it also gave another order to allow the screening of the three Indian movies already contracted by Bangladesh cinema hall owners in response to a writ petition filed by them.
Moshiuddin Shaker, director of the prominent movie Surja Dighal Bari, said, This is a fatal move for the countrys film industry. Itll lead to an unequal competition. On the other hand, launching of Indian commercial movies on the mega screen will bring forth severe cultural consequences.
Gulf Times ? Qatar?s top-selling English daily newspaper - SriLanka/Bangladesh
By Mizan Rahman
Dhaka
Bangladeshs filmmakers and cultural activists have voiced grave concern over the fate of the countrys film industry as the distributors have finalised deals to import nine commercial Hindi films by the second week of October.
They said the unregulated import of Indian movies is opening up the avenues for cultural aggression by Bollywood, and it will push Bangladeshi commercial films towards an unequal competition with the much-developed film industry in India.
Secretary general of Bangladesh Motion Pictures Distributors Association (BMPDA) Mian Alauddin told newsmen in Dhaka yesterday that the distributors would be able to submit nine Hindi films to the censor board very soon as the films will arrive by the second week of October.
He said the nine Bollywood hits of both past and contemporary times are Sholay, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Don, Wanted, Three Idiots, Taare Jameen Par, Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Dil to Pagal Hai and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Alauddin said this will be the second batch of movies coming from India, following the screening of three Bengali Indian movies that hit the Bangladeshi screens on December 23 last year. The government has also assured us of allowing more imports on a regular basis in the coming days and were hopeful of doing better business and reviving the movie houses, he added. The Indian films that have already been screened in movies houses are Jor, Bodla and Sangram. There were protests when the Commerce Ministry gave permission for the import. The Information Ministry also fought against the decision in the High Court (HC).
Although the HC gave its verdict in favour of the Information Ministry, it also gave another order to allow the screening of the three Indian movies already contracted by Bangladesh cinema hall owners in response to a writ petition filed by them.
Moshiuddin Shaker, director of the prominent movie Surja Dighal Bari, said, This is a fatal move for the countrys film industry. Itll lead to an unequal competition. On the other hand, launching of Indian commercial movies on the mega screen will bring forth severe cultural consequences.
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