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Bollywood to help Pakistani Film Industry
The spate of recent Bollywood releases in Pakistan will in the long run help the revival of the Pakistani film industry, a leading distributor from the country has said.
“Indian cinema is playing a huge role in reviving the Pakistani film industry,” Hammad Chaudhry, marketing director of HKC Entertainment, which has distributed films like ‘Bride and […]
Pakistanis wants more Bollywood movies released in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani moviegoers are finding it hard to celebrate the government’s decision to allow screening of Indian films in the country as there are not enough cinema halls to meet the demands of the audience.
Read More..>>Lollywood celebrating 60th anniversary
LAHORE: The 60th anniversary of Pakistani film industry is to be marked by 60 days of celebrations, which will begin in the last week of the current month. The event is being organised by the Asian Cultural Association Pakistan at the Alhamra Cultural Complex, Gaddafi Stadium. The celebrations will include screenings of Pakistani films, an […]
Read More..>>Indian movies welcome in Pakistan
It took some time, but Pakistan is finally working to lift the 1965 ban on Indian movies. Cinema theatres in Pakistan are already screening Bollywood movies shot at third-country locations. Even these restrictions will go with Islamabad’s reported decision to permit import of 12 Indian films per year by local distributors. “A notification allowing imports is expected anytime,” said Pakistan Film Producers’ Association chairman Jamshed Zaffar. The numbers restriction will make up for the local film industry’s low output without putting its future at risk.
Read More..>>Percept Picture Company Bags Khuda Kay Liye for Indian Theatres
With the official release of Khuda Kay Liye from across the border in the Indian theatres next month after a gap of about four decades, Pakistan has opened the business avenues for the world’s one of the largest entertainment industry, but on a barter basis to protect its own industry from flooding of Indian films in Pakistani cinemas.
With the lifting of ban for exchange of films between the two countries, the Pakistan Government has allowed it with a condition that films will be strictly ‘exchanged’. This is, for each Hindi title released in Pakistan, an Urdu film will have to be exhibited in India.