Ban on Bollywood actors starring in Pak movies lifted
PTI
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Pakistanis will now get to see Bollywood hearthrobs in local flicks with the government amending an Act facilitating the hiring of Indian movie stars and technicians. The Ministry of Culture has amended the Film Rules Act which hitherto barred the hiring of Indian actors.
"Basically it stopped us from taking in Indian actors. It was introduced along with the Censorship of Film Rules 1980," Chairman of the Pakistan Film Producers Association Saeed Rizvi was quoted as saying in Daily Times.
It would also enable Pakistani film makers to jointly produce films with their Indian counterparts. The notification amending the Act was issued on June 5. The restrictive clause was a legislative order, which stopped filmmakers from proceeding towards Indian frontiers with possible ventures for the industry, he said.
The Pakistan film industry has welcomed the change of rule as a silent but a significant gesture to revive the dying Pakistan film industry.
Ever since the peace process began in 2004, Pakistan film industry has demonstrated considerable enthusiasm to forge links as nearly two thirds of cinema halls in the country have closed shop due to failure of the industry to produce commercially viable films.
A number of Pakistani films stars like Zeba Bakhtiar and Meera have acted in Indian films.
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