Post Pulwama attack, Salman Khan and Shahid Kapoor take a stand; their films won't release in Pakistan
The whole nation is sad what happened in Pulwama that killed more than 40 soldiers in the terrorist attack. Even the film industry has taken a strong action this time and they are not ready to entertain the Pakistani audience. Many Bollywood celebrities even have donated money to army welfare fund to the martyr families. Now even the filmmakers are taking a stand and they are not ready to release their films in Pakistan.
Recently, we reported that Ajay Devgn starrer Total Dhamaal, Kartik Aaryan starrer Luka Chiuppi, and Diljit Dosanjh starrer Arjun Patiala won't be releasing in Pakistan. Now reports are that even Bollywood stars have taken a strong stand against the whole controversy. Salman Khan produced film Notebook, starring newcomers Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl is also not releasing in Pakistan.
With this reports are also Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer Kabir Singh, a remake to Telugu film Arjun Reddy is also not releasing in Pakistan. The producer Murad Khetani who also a co-producer to both the film said in an event, " We are not releasing our film ('Notebook') in Pakistan. Our upcoming films 'Kabir Singh' and 'Satellite Shankar' too will also not release there."
Earlier, All India Cine Workers Association also has announced a blanket ban on Pakistani artists who are working in Bollywood industry. Even the singers like Atif Aslam and Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's songs have been dropped from many films.
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First published: 22 February 2019, 10:11 IST