Pakistan minister eyes Bollywood ban for Eid

[desiman]

Let him be man..let him enjoy rest his stay at def.pk.

remember "Never mud wrestle with a pig - you'll both get dirty, but the pig will love it,"

yup so true, sorry my bad, will leave him alone now. Lol what can I do, im getting bored at work so nothing else to do lol

 

[Jet Li]

yup so true, sorry my bad, will leave him alone now. Lol what can I do, im getting bored at work so nothing else to do lol

good choice, your attempts at behaving like stupid indian must have been easy. can you guess why?

 

[Raghu]

The only bigotry of high class or to say bharti class of bigotry we have seen today when stinking creatures from India were showing happiness over death of 155 Pakistani passengers in plan crash in Islamabad.

Rant me a break pls...

In such a situation no intelligent person will prefer watching flesh showing cemented with over-make up ugly actresses and ugly actors jumping here and there

ugly actresses and ugly actors are miliion times more popular than ur heavenly beautiful ones around the world and also in Pakistan itself .

ugly actresses and ugly actors???

Calling other people ugly is bad etiquette and tells upon ones upbringing.

 

[Jet Li]

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[marcos98]

Do not insult many parts of the world and world film industry by comparing Indian crap with world class Hollywood movies.

Pakistan's dilemma - Bollywood or bust?
By Usman Ghafoor
Lahore, Pakistan

Powerful figures in the Pakistan film industry are desperately trying to step up pressure on the government to allow screening of Indian movies in Pakistan.

They say this is the only way the country's comatose film industry can be revived.

The ban was imposed after the Indo-Pakistan war of 1965.

"The local film industry has proven itself to be completely unable to meet the demands of the local market," says studio owner and producer Shahzad Gul.

Mr Gul is one of the few producers who still comes up with an occasional hit.

The Film Producers Association (FPA) and the Cinema Owners Association (CAO) have been repeatedly requesting a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to press home the urgency of allowing local screening of Indian fare.

However, their last request was turned down recently on the grounds that this may not be the right time to raise the issue.

To some extent, the industry's urgency is driven by the possible release later this year of Indian epic Moghul-e-Azam.

Connections

Pakistan's information minister Sheikh Rashid told BBC News website that the government had given the "green light" to distributors for bringing Moghul-e-Azam to Pakistan.

He said a letter to the effect has been sent to Akbar Asif - the late producer's son who currently holds its screening rights.

"We have not yet decided the release date," he said.

"There are many things we need to look into before going ahead with it."

Pakistani film makers are looking to use this as a precedent to secure permission for bringing in other, newer movies.

"Mughal-e-Azam's screening has been allowed due to the personal efforts and influence of Akbar Asif," says CAO chairman Zoraiz Lashari.

"This won't change the situation in general."

'Bollywood-isation'

A Pakistani cinema
Cinemas are being converted into shopping malls
Industry watchers say the stake holders need to get their own act together before they can change the government's mind.

Some within the industry have for long argued that opening up Pakistani cinemas to Indian movies will result in a "complete Bollywood-isation" of Pakistan.

"Hasn't it already?" counters Shahzad Gul.

"Bollywood has already invaded our homes. Our cable networks air Indian films the very day they are released in India. Besides, we have easy access to all kinds of CDs and DVDs."

Mr Gul and others who support his contention point to the situation on the ground.

Pakistan had 1,300 cinema halls in the 1970s, feasting on an average annual production of around 300 movies.

In 2005, the CAO could count only 270 cinema halls across the country with most of the rest having been converted into gas stations, shopping malls or car showrooms.

Only 18 movies were produced in the country last year.

"It is not that we are particularly fond of Bollywood movies," says Zoraiz Lashari.

"But we must talk business. We need to feed the cinemas for 52 weeks a year and Pakistan is not producing enough. Our only survival is Indian movies, like it or not."

Hypocrisy

Hollywood isn't the answer either, he says. Besides being too expensive and running up against a language barrier, no Hollywood star can hope to command the following that the likes of Indian idols Aishwarya Rai or Shahrukh Khan do.

Those in the industry also point to the "hypocrisy" in Pakistan's policy. They argue that those well connected are already bringing in Indian movies.

Last month, select cinemas across Pakistan screened Bullet Ek Dhamaka, a movie featuring an all Indian cast. For the purposes of import, it was billed as a Bulgarian production.

Film makers say that the screening of Bullet has valuable lessons for Pakistan: despite having an Indian cast, it was a disaster at the box office.

"It shows that there is no reason to be scared of Bollywood,"says Mr Lashari. "Not everything made in India ends up being a blockbuster."

Mr Gul proposes that if at all any controls are needed, the government can limit the number of movies imported to Pakistan under some kind of quota system.

Any kind of an import formula can be drawn up, they say. What is important is to recognise the fact that Pakistani cinema is all but dead.

And few are willing to argue that it can be revived without help from across the border.

 

[Iggy]

Please go and read ToI comments sections under this sad news as well as read Indian forums.

Those who are terming death of hundreds of people as something a happy news are more than stinking

Well what about people dying in my country??This forum is good example for it..During a bomb blast,except some sane person i dont see many offer condolences to the victims..rather they will start with "India is reaping what is sow kind of theary"and you will be first one to jump with its RAW's inside job theary kind of nonsense with out even respecting the dead..so if you think stinking creatures from India were showing happiness over death of 155 Pakistani passengers in plan crash in Islamabad then there are stinking creature from Pakistan who is rejoiceing in every dead of Indians too..that include you too ..so get down from your moral high horse and think next time when you put some thing in the posts ..

 

[desiman]

Rant me a break pls...



ugly actresses and ugly actors are miliion times more popular than ur heavenly beautiful ones around the world and also in Pakistan itself .

ugly actresses and ugly actors???

Calling other people ugly is bad etiquette and tell upon ones upbringing.

maam , since u raised the issue of looks ,I saw ur profile pic on the google image and it was ordinary.

Please no personal attacks raghu, we are here to debate but not to insult anyone personally. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we are no one to comment about it. Sorry to Jana from my side, i dont agree to her opinions but i still like her lol

 

[thebrownguy]

The only bigotry of high class or to say bharti class of bigotry we have seen today when stinking creatures from India were showing happiness over death of 155 Pakistani passengers in plan crash in Islamabad.


In such a situation no intelligent person will prefer watching flesh showing cemented with over-make up ugly actresses and ugly actors jumping here and there.

God Jana!! Your bigorty has totally enveloped your soul. May god bless you! We all wish that you get well soon. Cause you seem pretty sick to me!!

 

[thebrownguy]

Remember "Never wrestle with a hindu - you will both get cow urine stained, but the hindu will love it."

Aahh, only if it was camel urine. You would have loved it !! Right?

 

[Spring Onion]

Auntieji,

Even if what you are saying is true then go and write in those forums who is stopping you PDF is not a bin where you bring all the frustrations and complaints.

grandpa you mean Indian newspaper and Indian forums are garbage bin where Indians bring all their frustration and bakwas



And yes PDF is not a garbage bin but many Indians come here to dump their mental garbage

No sane person will happy even on a single death.

Thats why i called all those insane Indians as stinking creatures who are showing their happiness over death of people in Airblue crash in Islamabad.

 

[Spring Onion]

Well what about people dying in my country??This forum is good example for it..During a bomb blast,except some sane person i dont see many offer condolences to the victims..rather they will start with "India is reaping what is sow kind of theary"and you will be first one to jump with its RAW's inside job theary kind of nonsense with out even respecting the dead..so if you think stinking creatures from India were showing happiness over death of 155 Pakistani passengers in plan crash in Islamabad then there are stinking creature from Pakistan who is rejoiceing in every dead of Indians too..that include you too ..so get down from your moral high horse and think next time when you put some thing in the posts ..

1. There are many blasts in Pakistan and even in my province and you would have seen me hardly paying condolences. So Not paying condolences is one thing and showing happiness is another. For if you do not say RIP that does not show that you are not sad.



Seiko check Pakistani newspaper, news portal and comments of Pakistanis or even of those on this forum

You will NOT find any happiness over death of people in any accident in India. Not even in case of Mumbai attacks anyone remarked that "its good to see Indians dead". I would have taken remarks of happiness about killing of Pakistan forces BUT showing glee over death of civilians in accidents. this is pathetic

 

[Dance]

1. There are many blasts in Pakistan and even in my province and you would have seen me hardly paying condolences. So Not paying condolences is one thing and showing happiness is another. For if you do not say RIP that does not show that you are not sad.



Seiko check Pakistani newspaper, news portal and comments of Pakistanis or even of those on this forum

You will NOT find any happiness over death of people in any accident in India. Not even in case of Mumbai attacks anyone remarked that "its good to see Indians dead". I would have taken remarks of happiness about killing of Pakistan forces BUT showing glee over death of civilians in accidents. this is pathetic

Very true, whenever a bomb blast happens or anything bad in general, read indian comments in like TOI comment sections/ indian forums and a lot of them will be happy or rejoicing over the fact. Patriot showed us disgusting comments that were posted on bharat ratshit on the airplane crash, you would never find comments like that on here

 

[Spring Onion]

Please no personal attacks raghu, we are here to debate but not to insult anyone personally. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and we are no one to comment about it. Sorry to Jana from my side, i dont agree to her opinions but i still like her lol

Raghu had proved to be more Un-civlised on Indian forum so i can expect anything from him


I wonder why he was so desperate to even Google me bwahahahahaha

 

[Jet Li]

Aahh, only if it was camel urine. You would have loved it !! Right?

Now this Bollywood actor told me that joke.

Internet sensation OVERNIGHT!

 

[Spring Onion]

Very true, whenever a bomb blast happens or anything bad in general, read indian comments in like TOI comment sections/ indian forums and a lot of them will be happy or rejoicing over the fact.

With tendency if they expect us to present them with flowers than its just very unfair.


I was shocked today to read their mentality. I would never side with India for anything BUT atleast for Humanity. They have proven they are not human at all

I can expect and accept any bad remark from them about our govt or policies BUT gleeing over deaths in accidents is

may God give them some humanity