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

[Shajida Khan]

Soon Fawaad Khan and other artists will be back in business in India as well and Indian movies will be running in Pakistan. Nothing wrong with it, btw. Indians also yelled for ban on Chinese products and then after 2 weeks ordered onePlus mobiles in record number. Thats how people of subcontinent roll.

 

[Lavrentiy]

Cyber patriots and jingoists should pool in money to compensate the cinema owners so that Indian movies are not displayed. Otherwise, they should keep their boycott of Bollywood to themselves.

I can bet my bottom dollars that some of these jingoists would be compelled by their wives, sisters or daughters to take to them to the Bollywood movies.

I am outside the country, other wise I too would have been ORDERED by my wife to get in the line and buy the tickets.

 

[jaunty]

so they have surrendered to money against love of country

In the last few years there have been a lot of improvement in theaters in Pakistan if I am not wrong which means that a lot of money has gone into it. But to run those screens at full capacity they need Indian films. Let's face it. Iranian, Turkish and Chinese films can never replace bollywood films when it comes to Pakistani audience. Without Indian films, slowly these cinemas would collapse which is not good for anyone including Pakistan's own film industry which has started to produce decent films again. The timing is due to aamir khan's Dangal's release which is expected to be a big blockbuster.

 

[Peregrine_Falcon]

Every Pakistani should atleast watch these movies to get an idea of Pakistani movies quality nowadays

 

[Kaniska]

Some of my observations about all these India and Pakistan actors and Movie industry related issue.

- Media and Entertainment never ever followed any boundary. And particularly in this age of Internet.At the time of US and Russia cold war, evern actors and actresses acted with each other media industry.
- Movie and Entertainment is a reflection social pulse as well as the aspiration of the social class. The reason Hindi movies finds audience in Pakistan is due to somewhat simillar social pulse and as well as aspiration of normal people.
- We might accept it or not, India and Russia are in best of thier terms in 1980. But that does not mean, Russian movies replaced Bollywood. Why?? Because we can be friends, but our social pulse are not simillar to each other.
- This is the same case with Pakistan..I was wondering, why not Pakistan people do not see dubbed Chines movies which are someway better quality that even Bollywood, Turkey,Iran too....Answer is simple. You can not bring political narrative to people's entertainment zone. It is like asking some one to watch a **** star and saying that do not watch White people **** movies just because they are anti Islam or they do not like us...It will never work.
- Movie and entertainment thrives on the freedom that a soceity provides to their movie industry...People do not go to watch movie watch sermons of religious scholars...So the more and more a society is restrictive, the less and less their movie industry will thrive. It is not about money alone to have a successful media indutry. If money would be the criteria then Arab nations could have the best movie industry in the world.

- Hollywood will always be the best movie industry due the freedom that allows its producers.
- Pakistan has talented actor,actresses and resources to be successful in movie industry..But is your society provided enough freedom to allow their produce movie at their will??? You accept it or not, our Meidia and movie industry is very much provided with enough freedom than Pakistan to have different narrative for a single issue.
- Who is your target market segment? Unless you create movie for a specific segment, then it will not be profitable. And as long as your target audiences are not big enough to have a critical mass, your industry will struggle to get enough support. And here does the Bollywood fills the gap in Pakistan...And again, it is not like, whole India follows bollywood..

- Some times i hear lot of discussion about Pakistan movies with respect to India movies...All those discussions are always filled with emotion rather than pragmatism...No one really address the issue and provide solution rather they always deamands from the viewers to stop watching Bollywood and watch Pakistan movies....This was never successful and will be never successful.

If Pakistan would have smart enough, they should have negotiated with Indian Gov with some trade off where Pakistan movies are allowed in Indian theater and in return Pakistan could offer some other kinds of benifits that India could not deny. Remember, if your media could reach to Indian house hold people, then it could change the dynamics of Inida and Pakistan relation...And somehow, Pakistan policy makers never felt any importance to deal on this issue with us, and India took advntage of it, created a generation of Pakistan people and market who can not avoid Bollywood movies...

Remember...you can dance with Shahrukh Khan or Amir Khan for being Muslim actors, if cruch times comes, for the sake of money, they will priotize of being Indian first than being Muslim first....

Every Pakistani should atleast watch these movies to get an idea of Pakistani movies quality nowadays

Dear friend...read my post that i just replied now...Pakistan always produced quality movies based on their current times....Quality is part of the success but it is not the only factor...You have to make your industry profitable so that it can be sustainable in long run. Find and create a market for your movies....If you do not like India, then start targetting people from other nations like Turkey and Iran etc....

 

[Lavrentiy]

In the last few years there have been a lot of improvement in theaters in Pakistan if I am not wrong which means that a lot of money has gone into it. But to run those screens at full capacity they need Indian films. Let's face it. Iranian, Turkish and Chinese films can never replace bollywood films when it comes to Pakistani audience. Without Indian films, slowly these cinemas would collapse which is not good for anyone including Pakistan's own film industry which has started to produce decent films again. The timing is due to aamir khan's Dangal's release which is expected to be a big blockbuster.

I have seen those horrible and dilapidated cinema houses in my childhood, when the Film industry was in its death bed. A lot of those cinemas were demolished and the real estate was employed in other commercial uses.

Now, quite a few decent cinemas with modern facilities and beautiful architecture have sprung up. It is vital that it is shielded from shallow nationalist paranoia. We only have a few avenues of entertainment left in the country.

 

[Peregrine_Falcon]

Cyber patriots and jingoists should pool in money to compensate the cinema owners so that Indian movies are not displayed. Otherwise, they should keep their boycott of Bollywood to themselves.

I can bet my bottom dollars that some of these jingoists would be compelled by their wives, sisters or daughters to take to them to the Bollywood movies.

I am outside the country, other wise I too would have been ORDERED by my wife to get in the line and buy the tickets.

So being a Pakistani (that's what you claim here) you are happy with the outflow of atleast $650 million from Pakistan to a country which's waging proxy wars over your country since it's creation.

Every family's not like your's i would say then that their wives,sisters or daughters will ask them for watching those vulgar,obscene and filthy Indian movies atleast in our culture.I don't know about your country's culture which's to our East it seems.

 

[Kaniska]

Cyber patriots and jingoists should pool in money to compensate the cinema owners so that Indian movies are not displayed. Otherwise, they should keep their boycott of Bollywood to themselves.

I can bet my bottom dollars that some of these jingoists would be compelled by their wives, sisters or daughters to take to them to the Bollywood movies.

I am outside the country, other wise I too would have been ORDERED by my wife to get in the line and buy the tickets.

Again, this situation is not for Pakistan only...It is in India too...If there is any good Hindi movie comes up, I never go to Oriya movie, rather for sake of familly, i have to go Hindi movie...

As i told earlier, entertainment does not like any boundary...

 

[Narcissist]

Owners are not to blame. Stupid citizens who can't spend time without Bollywood trash are at fault here.

 

[sherin616]

this is an old movie from a south Indian state 25 years old it explains the problems pak and Indians have in common
If you intend to watch Take each political parties in this movie as India and pak

Sub tittle
https://www.quora.com/Where-can-I-find-the-English-subtitles-for-the-Malayalam-movie-Sandesham

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Disgusting decision

 

[Sam.]

Soon Fawaad Khan and other artists will be back in business in India as well and Indian movies will be running in Pakistan. Nothing wrong with it, btw. Indians also yelled for ban on Chinese products and then after 2 weeks ordered onePlus mobiles in record number. Thats how people of subcontinent roll.

I just bought Redmi Note 3 and it's best phone in it's price range. Consumer buy the best buck for the money.

 

[Lavrentiy]

So being a Pakistani (that's what you claim here) you are happy with the outflow of atleast $650 million from Pakistan to a country which's waging proxy wars over your country since it's creation.

Every family's not like your's i would say then that their wives,sisters or daughters will ask them for watching those vulgar,obscene and filthy Indian movies atleast in our culture.I don't know about your country's culture which's to our East it seems.

You think that I am false flagger.

You are new here. Why don't you ask some senior members about me?

Ask Zibago for instance.

اگر میرے گھر کی خواتین انڈین موویاں دیکھنا چاہتی ہیں تو یہ آپ کا پرابلم نہیں ہے میرے بھائی۔ آپ ٹھیکیداری کرنا چھوڑ دیں۔ سکون میں رہیں گے۔

 

[Peregrine_Falcon]

You think that I am false flagger.

You are new here. Why don't you ask some senior members about me?

Ask Zibago for instance.

اگر میرے گھر کی خواتین انڈین موویاں دیکھنا چاہتی ہیں تو یہ آپ کا پرابلم نہیں ہے میرے بھائی۔ آپ ٹھیکیداری کرنا چھوڑ دیں۔ سکون میں رہیں گے۔

All your previous posts too depict opposite of what you claim to be.

 

[Parwez Khuri]

If some Pakistanis does not wanted to watch Bollywood movies. WE have very good options for them.

seriously GO for south indians movies. bollywood ko bhul jaougey. itna maja atta hain

Entertainment is Entertainment.