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Cinemas to get Bollywood permission in three months

By Anjum Gill

LAHORE: Federal Additional Secretary for Culture Zafar Ahmed said on Tuesday that Pakistani cinemas were likely to be given permission to screen Indian films in three months.

“A summary about the screening of Indian films in Pakistan is to be sent to the cabinet within a couple of days with comments from four different ministries,” Mr Ahmed told journalists at a seminar. He said the Culture Ministry had prepared a favourable summary and sent it for comments to the information, foreign affairs and interior ministries.

Mr Ahmed said the demands of the cinemas owners would be met if they upgraded facilities and security at their theatres. He said the Indian films would be subject to censorship.

Pakistani cinemas have spent a long time trying to convince the government that screening Indian movies is the only solution to the low audiences at cinemas. They have threatened to close down cinemas over the unavailability of Pakistani films. Quite a few cinemas have already been closed and several have been converted into theatres.


Posted on 7/7/2004 4:35:39 AM

ahan

Posted on 7/7/2004 12:21:50 PM

awesome man this is gr88888888888 news shabby u need help my son like other pakistanies ur also afraid quality product

Posted on 7/7/2004 4:56:42 PM

charizmatic:
awesome man this is gr88888888888 news shabby u need help my son like other pakistanies ur also afraid quality product



no ur the one who needs help beta.

im not afraid of quality sh*t product, i just dnt want our audience to see anti- pak, anti islam films which teach people about hindus and always have the heros as hindus and villains as muslims and i dnt want them to fool our audience by showing countrys like uk and usa and saying its india while they show afganistan and iraq as pakistan.

so baby u need help.

Posted on 7/8/2004 6:38:13 PM

shaby:
charizmatic:
awesome man this is gr88888888888 news shabby u need help my son like other pakistanies ur also afraid quality product



no ur the one who needs help beta.

im not afraid of quality sh*t product, i just dnt want our audience to see anti- pak, anti islam films which teach people about hindus and always have the heros as hindus and villains as muslims and i dnt want them to fool our audience by showing countrys like uk and usa and saying its india while they show afganistan and iraq as pakistan.

so baby u need help.
well not all film are like that..come to the fact yaar!

Posted on 7/8/2004 7:20:47 PM

paki lion:
shaby:
charizmatic:
awesome man this is gr88888888888 news shabby u need help my son like other pakistanies ur also afraid quality product



no ur the one who needs help beta.

im not afraid of quality sh*t product, i just dnt want our audience to see anti- pak, anti islam films which teach people about hindus and always have the heros as hindus and villains as muslims and i dnt want them to fool our audience by showing countrys like uk and usa and saying its india while they show afganistan and iraq as pakistan.

so baby u need help.
well not all film are like that..come to the fact yaar!




all films do have muslims as villains and hindus as heros.

and why show we show there films when they are against us.

Posted on 7/8/2004 11:51:03 PM

then go to those cinema owners and give them a decent enough job cuz they r suffering not we okie

Posted on 7/9/2004 4:07:43 PM

charizmatic:
then go to those cinema owners and give them a decent enough job cuz they r suffering not we okie


not caring about the cinema owners who are making money, lil but still money. wat about the 80 million homeless people, u care about the cinema owners more them then who arnt making sh*t, wat a DICKHEAD.

Posted on 7/9/2004 6:50:45 PM

we are talking abt lollywood and cinema owners so it would be better if u restrict ur self to the topic we are not talking abt homeless peoples and all that.

Posted on 7/9/2004 6:59:32 PM

charizmatic:
we are talking abt lollywood and cinema owners so it would be better if u restrict ur self to the topic we are not talking abt homeless peoples and all that.



yea so restrict your self to lollwywood idiot and stop talking about cinema owners wealth.

Posted on 7/9/2004 10:08:24 PM

u know pakistan is not gona show anti-pak/islam movies
but they will show movies like main hoon na or hum tum
n in that case this news is a good news...

Posted on 7/10/2004 12:15:45 AM

mr shabby mind ur language first i don wanna mess wid u ok other wise i do have some pleasent words for u

Posted on 7/10/2004 11:25:04 AM

charizmatic:
mr shabby mind ur language first i don wanna mess wid u ok other wise i do have some pleasent words for u


im ready to take you on nut case.

Posted on 7/10/2004 5:40:27 PM

yaar this man is manner less and hopeless as well.

Posted on 7/10/2004 9:53:04 PM

mr shabby u were warned earlier by the moderators but i think that was'nt enuff.

Posted on 7/11/2004 3:56:31 PM

be cool guyzz
whats the big deal...
the problem is only about ind movies.. so its good news for the people who see the ind movies and bad for who don't...
the one who wanna see can see and one who don't they don't have too
so be cool guys..
we're here to enjoy our selves with intresting stuff not to fight on them

Posted on 7/13/2004 2:14:11 AM

Shaby is right; why must we show Indoostani Films?

I mean look people; when we show there films, it's basically telling our people we suck. Even though the people know it already, the Government shouldn't support it and admit to it. That brings down moral and at a times like this who would want too? A booming economy, people are getting jobs, literacy among women is increasing and best of all Jinnah The Movie is releasing on DVD in the UK.

What about our country? We're basically selling ourselves out! Why must we? They laugh at us thinking we worship them. Is that the kind of image you want? What about our soverignty? What good will this do? It will basically tell people in Pakistan oh who cares we're all the same. No we're not the same; I'm a Pakistani and a guy living in Dehli is an Indian. We're not the same; again we're selling ourselves out.

Worse though what about the children that watch that crap; they will grow up thinking Pakistan can't do anything. What will that do to there development as they grow? These aren't stupid question's by any strech; every country talks about the things I have just mentioned. We have banned there TV Channels and I say we should ban there films. There isn't a point; people will say there will be compeition? Huh yeah right; they'll be so brainwashed into watching that garbage, they won't even bother with the Pakistani films.

That's why I get so mad when people say "so what?". There are a lot of reason's why there films shouldn't be shown here and I've only introduced a few main concerns. People wake up! You talk about Cinema Owners loosing money; that's a filthy excuse just to get them to show there films and it's a flat out lie! They've been loosing money because of cable nothing else; why bother going to the cinema when you have cable.

People please wake up and look at the bigger picture. This isn't doing us or our younger/upcoming generation any good.

Posted on 7/13/2004 3:03:25 AM

Why did nobody respond?

Posted on 7/15/2004 6:54:59 PM

chrizmatic is a waste of bindian time man.

Posted on 7/15/2004 9:37:58 PM

shahrukh khan:
T.O_Raptorz_2.0:
Shaby is right; why must we show Indoostani Films?

I mean look people; when we show there films, it's basically telling our people we suck. Even though the people know it already, the Government shouldn't support it and admit to it. That brings down moral and at a times like this who would want too? A booming economy, people are getting jobs, literacy among women is increasing and best of all Jinnah The Movie is releasing on DVD in the UK.

What about our country? We're basically selling ourselves out! Why must we? They laugh at us thinking we worship them. Is that the kind of image you want? What about our soverignty? What good will this do? It will basically tell people in Pakistan oh who cares we're all the same. No we're not the same; I'm a Pakistani and a guy living in Dehli is an Indian. We're not the same; again we're selling ourselves out.

Worse though what about the children that watch that crap; they will grow up thinking Pakistan can't do anything. What will that do to there development as they grow? These aren't stupid question's by any strech; every country talks about the things I have just mentioned. We have banned there TV Channels and I say we should ban there films. There isn't a point; people will say there will be compeition? Huh yeah right; they'll be so brainwashed into watching that garbage, they won't even bother with the Pakistani films.

That's why I get so mad when people say "so what?". There are a lot of reason's why there films shouldn't be shown here and I've only introduced a few main concerns. People wake up! You talk about Cinema Owners loosing money; that's a filthy excuse just to get them to show there films and it's a flat out lie! They've been loosing money because of cable nothing else; why bother going to the cinema when you have cable.

People please wake up and look at the bigger picture. This isn't doing us or our younger/upcoming generation any good.


dont create a mess here plz...thanx


How am I creating a mess; if your going to show garbage films in our country your gonna have some who agree and some who don't. You should allow for a wide spectrum of opinions, not the ones of only 5% of the population who bother with these hollywood rip offs.

Those are prefectly legitimate questions I have asked; too my surprise nobody responded which proves just how much of a bad idea it is to show there trash in our country.


Posted on 7/16/2004 12:09:49 AM

shaby:
chrizmatic is a waste of bindian time man.


Sellouts Shaby; that's all they ever were and ever will be but who cares. What good have they done for our country latley? Nothing; there is America living like "Kings"!

Posted on 7/16/2004 12:12:51 AM

""I mean look people; when we show there ......."""

Well I have no trouble with anything like that but with booming economy? creating jobs? hmm whats country are u talking about. Most of educated peeps with no approach are still jobless in Pakistan.
ANd Jinnah WHAT A CRAP MOVIE about such a great man .


""Worse though what about the children that watch .......""

Damn man every Paki Child already watches every Indian movie ever made lol. So forget that point.Hmm every home have indian TV channels also. so what r u talking about.ANd no kid doesnt even bothers about Paki movies any ways.

SO either they should BAN the indian movies on the Video/Cds etc or else let that cinema owners show it because morality isnt the issue here nay more.

Posted on 7/19/2004 4:48:36 AM

Yea and for that MODERATORS!! Well if one cant PUT HIS?HER point of view on the boards here then whats the Point of the boards. Are they just for making sily faces or says Hi, lol etc . Come on guys there should be some flexibility here.

Posted on 7/19/2004 4:50:30 AM

That's the point; every kid watches it. Read what I wrote and then you'll understand what I'm trying to say.

Ok and are you in Pakistan by any chance? What do you define as a booming economy? Any country which achives the 4th highest growth rate in all of Asia is damn well booming in my opinion, not to mention the 13% Industrial Growth Rate. It's so amazing how little Pakistanis abroad know about Pakistan; did you know we have a Antarctic Research Station? Did you know we have 2 sattilites in space?


Posted on 7/19/2004 5:02:52 AM

i agree to T.O in most of da points... lollywood will die if bolly enters...

Posted on 7/19/2004 8:47:07 AM

Well I said i sort of agree. Well If people are making money out of renting out every indian movie every made from Video shops , so then why not let the cinema owners make some legal money and after all they have spent so much on making those cinemas in the first place. So BAN the VIdeo thing else lollywood will die any way some day. Cinemas changing in to shopping centers , Plazas and theaters is too common even to say that ow.
Any ways for the Economy hmm all the people i know in Pakistan have been struggling as ever as they were before. If our so called economy and industrial growth is so damn good then why isnt any thing passed to the common man?? or all the growth is just for the few?

I really didnt knew that we have 2 satellites in Space.
because the first one burned and fell off the orbit.

Posted on 7/19/2004 9:09:06 AM

well pirate movies should all be banned all bindian cr@p should be banned.

Posted on 7/20/2004 1:29:42 AM

[N.T.G:
] i agree to T.O in most of da points... lollywood will die if bolly enters...


No no Lollywood is dead; it's time to revive it but this isn't gonna help by any stretch.

Posted on 7/20/2004 2:29:13 AM

Xtreme:
Well I said i sort of agree. Well If people are making money out of renting out every indian movie every made from Video shops , so then why not let the cinema owners make some legal money and after all they have spent so much on making those cinemas in the first place. So BAN the VIdeo thing else lollywood will die any way some day. Cinemas changing in to shopping centers , Plazas and theaters is too common even to say that ow.
Any ways for the Economy hmm all the people i know in Pakistan have been struggling as ever as they were before. If our so called economy and industrial growth is so damn good then why isnt any thing passed to the common man?? or all the growth is just for the few?

I really didnt knew that we have 2 satellites in Space.
because the first one burned and fell off the orbit.


The first one fell out of orbit? That's news to me because last I checked they were still up there operating perfectly.

As for the commanman you speak of take a look at the 1990s. One word can define that decade for Pakistan; CORRUPTION! We're talking about 10 years of Heavy Corruption! So your trying to tell me sh*t that happened for 10 years is suppose be fixed in 4 years? Dosen't make sense at all; it will take more than 10 years until you see the poor benifiting from this. As for the middle class and rich drive around Lahore and Karachi. 5 years ago these two cities were just about ready to fall apart; go back and see Lahore today! Go and check out Karachi's new Subway System which is underconstruction on II Chundrigar Road. Go check out the Waterfront Revitilization and the number of Condo's going up in Karachi.

By the way do you even live in Pakistan, or are you one of those American's who are "Living like Kings in there Mansions"? I know what's happening in my country; I'd suggest you pick the the Daily Star and have a look and the topics in the Business section.

Posted on 7/20/2004 2:34:47 AM

ok.. let me tell ya wat we think of u.. .. we had no problems when indian flims were allowed in pak.. but when u banned them.. there is a common belief in us that u ppl r afarid of bolly thats why u dont unblock it.. the same goes fo tv. so its better to open ur market for bolly and indian channels.. so that piracy can be curbed and also lolly when faced with compition will grow up..


Posted on 7/20/2004 11:12:29 AM

[N.T.G:
] ok.. let me tell ya wat we think of u.. .. we had no problems when indian flims were allowed in pak.. but when u banned them.. there is a common belief in us that u ppl r afarid of bolly thats why u dont unblock it.. the same goes fo tv. so its better to open ur market for bolly and indian channels.. so that piracy can be curbed and also lolly when faced with compition will grow up..



ok ji.... jesa aap kahein

Posted on 7/20/2004 5:37:45 PM