NEW DELHI – The fear of the Pakistani rising talent and its popularityamong the Indian crowd is forcing India to ban Pakistani Artists to work inHindi films.
Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) is not retracting itsstand on the issue of Pakistani actors working in India, anytime soon.
News agency ANI quoted the President of IMPPA, TP Aggarwal saying that theorganisation had opposed the paying of Rs 5 crore to Pakistani artist,Fawad Khan, for a Karan Johar movie. He further claimed that the IMPPA isagainst the view of allowing Pakistani artists in Hindi film industry.
For the unversed, the IMPPA had passed a resolution to ban actors ofPakistani descent from the Indian film industry.
Several films, including ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’, received a lot of criticismfrom political parties post the attacks along the Line of Control (LoC) in2016, which saw several Indian jawans dead.
Earlier today, singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo and Bollywood’sproducers’ council called for a temporary ban on Pakistani artists forworking in the Hindi film industry.
Supriyo, a singer-turned-politician, had said Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’s voicein the song “Ishtehar” from “Welcome To New York” must be removed anddubbed by someone else as he was not able to comprehend the need or desireto cross the border for entertainment content at a time when tensions onthe India-Pakistan border had escalated.
In addition, DNA quoted Suresh Amin, CEO of the Indian Film and TelevisionProducer Council (IFTPC) saying that the council is seeking to impose a2-year ban on the Pakistani artistes working in Hindi film.
A few days back, reports about Arijit Singh losing out a song to RahatFateh Ali Khan in ‘Welcome To New York’ started doing the rounds. Followedby an objection raised by singer-turned-politician Babul Supriyo overpreference being given to a Pakistani singer over Indian artist.
Reportedly, ‘Welcome to New York’ producer Vashu Bhagnani was also presentat the press conference along with Babul. The report mentions that IFTPCCEO stated that said the producers’ council will pass a resolution andnotify all Bollywood producers to stop working with Pakistani artists forthe next two years.