Pakistani film worlds build bridges in Ne

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KATHMANDU: It could be a script straight out of
Bollywood. But actually it is being penned by Pakistan's film world, and in Nepal.

Veteran Pakistani director Iqbal Kashmiri is in Kathmandu to shoot his new venture "Jan Lewa", which will be made in Urdu and Nepalese and released in both Pakistan and Nepal.

The film is unusual in that it is dominated by a pair of heroines.

When a man, who has two wives and families in Nepal and Pakistan, gets killed, his daughter in Pakistan, played by upcoming Pakistani actress Sana, comes to Nepal in search of the killer and meets her Nepalese sister.

For the role of the Nepalese daughter, the Lahore-based director has cast the number one heroine in Nepal's film industry - Neeruta Singh, who is of Indian origin.

Though the doe-eyed Neeruta is firmly ensconced in Nepal today, she hails from north Bengal in India.

The veteran director, who has over 100 films with some of them very popular in Pakistan like "Ghar Kab Aoge", "Jo Dar Gaye Wo Mar Gayega" and "Ziddi", hopes to release the film in November during the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr.

"I chose Neeruta because she is a good actress and because now she is part and parcel of the Nepalese film industry," Kashmiri told IANS.
"We regard her as a Nepalese actress.
In mid-September, a second Pakistani producer, Rashid Khwabji, is coming to Kathmandu to shoot a big budget extravaganza. He is said to be hiring over 50 dancers from Bollywood for his venture.

"The best dancers are from Mumbai," said Kashmiri. "Since he can't take them to Pakistan, he has chosen to shoot the song sequences in Nepal."

The meeting of the Pakistani and Indian film industries in Kathmandu is a boost for Nepal, whose image could take another beating in the eye of the world with Maoist insurgents breaking off a truce with the government and beginning a fresh spate of violence.

Kashmiri says business gets precedence over safety concerns.

"We have to get dates from the actors and actresses at least six month in advance," he said. "Agreements have been signed and venues booked. Ceasefire or no ceasefire, we have to go ahead with our schedule."