Indian films to be screened at Pak film
(No Ratings Yet)Two popular Bollywood flicks will be shown at a leading Pakistani film festival despite a government ban on public screening of Indian movies in the country since 1965.
Bollywood releases, ‘Woh Lamhe’ and ‘Omkara’ feature in the prime screenings of the Kara film festival, which began today in Karachi.
The film festival has become Pakistan’s leading film festival and is being recognised internationally as a breaking ground for makers of alternate cinema in South and Central Asia to promote and find a platform to distribute their products.
Other popular alternate films like ‘Road to Guantanamo’, ‘Honour and Shame’ and ‘Immaculate Conception’ are also scheduled for screening at the festival. Pakistan’s biggest hit this year ‘Mahajan’ will also be screened during the nine-day festival.
“The festival started off an experiment six years ago and was basically meant to highlight alternate cinema and documentaries but it has now evolved into something bigger,” said Hasan Zaidi, the brainchild behind the project.
Indian filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, a regular at the festival since its inception, believes the event has also served a common meeting ground and the chance for interaction between Pakistani and Indian filmmakers.
“It is an platform to also meet with filmmakers from other South Asian, Central Asia and Middle east countries like Iran, China and Sri Lanka,” he said.
— PTI
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