'Dabanng' Banned In Pakistan; Won't Bag Eid Releas

Even as the world and its brother exults in the excitement of 'Dabangg' due for release on Eid, Pakistan will be sorely missing all the cine action of the Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha starrer.

Reportedly, 'Dabangg' will not find a September 10, 2010 release in Pakistan, since the Pak government has banned the screening of all Indian movies in the country. Additionally, the Pak government has also reportedly increased the entertainment tax on Indian movies from 35 per cent to 65 per cent.

Incidentally, Salman Khan's 'Wanted' was a huge winner at the Paki cine stakes, when it was last screened.

States Arbaaz Khan in a media chat, "The film is releasing all over and I have no problems if it does not release in Pakistan. We are overwhelmed by the response we have received in India during the promotion. We have made a good product and we're proud of it. The fate of the film finally rests with the audiences."

source: https://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/99690/Dabanng-Banned-In-Pakistan-Wont-Bag-Eid-Release.html

Becuase Pakistanis really enjoy watching these movies in the theaters. I remember during Golmaal Returns' release, the movie had taken a bumper opening in Pak.

I think in the end, politics should be separate from recreation and arts.

When will Pakistan and India learn...

i read another article which said pakistan film indsutry was a bit afraid.. of their movies wont work .. and they dont want bolly movies in theathers i will say Pakistan stop maing jat or gujar movies

pakistan has other major problems.... like the floods last month being the most pertinent one...

hardly makes a difference whether the movie releases there or not... it'll do well in India anyways, so the makers aren't really going to see any losses or anything...

all this banning movies from releasing is just politics... and it's a never ending cycle...!

No Indian movies in Pakistani cinemas on Eid
The Pakistani government has decided against allowing any new Indian film to be released in cinemas on Eid following demands from the local film industry.

Federal Minister for Culture Pir Aftab Shah Jillani said the decision had been taken to support the local film industry.

"If more Pakistani films are released, the industry might be able to sustain in Pakistan," he said.

After the ebb in cultural activities in the month of Ramadan, Eid is considered an occasion to revive it.

Indian films were banned in Pakistani cinemas after the 1965 war between both countries. After a gap of over 40 years, the government of former president, Gen Pervez Musharraf, allowed the screening of select Indian movies subject to the censor board's approval.

Bollywood movies have a huge fan following in Pakistan and pirated copies of these movies are readily available in local markets.

Coupled with the decline in local film industry, the government decided to allow films from across the industry.

However, local film producers and actors are generally not in favour of this decision.

They view the competition from Bollywood movies as a "killer blow" for the Pakistani film industry and have been advocating a ban on allowing Indian movies in local cinemas.

Addressing a press conference here, actress-turned-director Sangeeta, Mustafa Qureshi and several other artists favoured the ban imposed on Indian movies for the coming Eid.

They warned that the actors, producers, directors, writers and technicians involved with the film trade will be forced to take to the streets if any such move was allowed.

Five Pakistani movies, they informed, were ready for release during Eid and demanded the government to allow the local industry to flourish.

Cinema owners, however, have a different take on this as they consider Indian movies a big source of raking in revenues. The film exhibitors' association has said that they will take up the ban with the federal government and will try to get a relaxation.

The local industry does not produce enough movies and also lack in quality as compared to Indian movies, which makes it difficult to attract masses to the theatres, the cinema owners association argues.

About a dozen movies were made and released in Pakistan last year in different languages.

https://www.mid-day.com/news/2010/aug/27 ... on-Eid.htm

tell me about it...! and since when has the Pakistan government cared about the general public...?! i feel bad for all the people who are suffering there... unfortunately, i don't think that anything is going to change... too much corruption...!