Pakistani cinemas to resume screening Indian movies
Posted Dec 18, 2016 10:22:58 AM.
Last Updated Dec 18, 2016 11:00:11 AM.
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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani cinema owners will resume the screening of Indian movies after a two-month self-imposed ban linked to the Kashmir conflict.
Nadeem Mandliwala, a board member of the Pakistan Film Exhibitors Association, said Sunday that the group wanted to “lodge a protest” and felt that the message had been sent. He said the decision to boycott the films came in response to a similar move by the Indian film industry.
Tensions have soared in recent months over Kashmir, a divided Himalayan territory claimed by both nuclear-armed rivals. But despite the decades-old rivalry, Pakistanis flock to Bollywood films, and several Pakistani musicians and artists help make them.