There has always been a great deal of love between the people of India and Pakistan thanks to Bollywood. Yet, why it is still banned from public screening in Pakistan is still a surprise to me. Even shady Yana Gupta albums make their way to the top of the charts in Pakistan. Was it not Laxmipathy Balaji who became an overnight hero in Pakistan thanks to a group of young women singing from the stands "Baalaajeee, Zarraaa Dheere Chalo"
Then there was the famous slogan coined by Pakistani fans in the 90's after the success of Hum Aapke hain Kaun... "Madhuri Dedo, Kashmir Lelo"
This was during the height of perceived animosity between the two nations! When Bollywood movies are so easily available in the Black Market and on cable t.v. , there is no real need to ban it. Public figures in Pakistan don't think twice before expressing their appreciation for some film star or the other, then why can't the Pakistani people be allowed to watch the movies on the big screen?
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Someone who has always been associated with Bollywood has been Nawaz Sharif. Yesterday I
was watching his press conference where he was expressing his grouse against Asif Ali Zardari for not reinstating the judges who had been sacked by Musharraf. How did he go about expressing his grouse? This is what he had to say(sing)....
"Kya hua tera vada; Woh kasam, Woh irada"
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An excerpt from a book I read recently-:
During the tenure of Narsimha Rao, it was widely believed, Nawaz Sharif was in love with the sister of a famous bollywood actor. A worried ISI, issued a circular that said that the R.A.W. was using attractive women for espionage activities and that public servants should be vigilant at all times if an attractive woman approached them. The circular also said that about 50 attractive women had been infiltrated by the R.A.W. into Punjab to organise honey traps.
The circular, to the embarassment of the ISI was leaked. The "Frontier Post" in Peshawar came out with an editorial which made an appeal to R.A.W.-:
"Why this partiality towards Punjab? Even we Pashtuns love attractive women. Send us at least 10 because we are dying to be honey trapped by attractive Indian Women"
The I.S.I., I believe is still looking for a place where it could hide its face for that incident.
Strange but true!
image courtesy: www.bloomberg.com
Then there was the famous slogan coined by Pakistani fans in the 90's after the success of Hum Aapke hain Kaun... "Madhuri Dedo, Kashmir Lelo"
This was during the height of perceived animosity between the two nations! When Bollywood movies are so easily available in the Black Market and on cable t.v. , there is no real need to ban it. Public figures in Pakistan don't think twice before expressing their appreciation for some film star or the other, then why can't the Pakistani people be allowed to watch the movies on the big screen?-X-X-X-X-
Someone who has always been associated with Bollywood has been Nawaz Sharif. Yesterday I
was watching his press conference where he was expressing his grouse against Asif Ali Zardari for not reinstating the judges who had been sacked by Musharraf. How did he go about expressing his grouse? This is what he had to say(sing)...."Kya hua tera vada; Woh kasam, Woh irada"
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An excerpt from a book I read recently-:
During the tenure of Narsimha Rao, it was widely believed, Nawaz Sharif was in love with the sister of a famous bollywood actor. A worried ISI, issued a circular that said that the R.A.W. was using attractive women for espionage activities and that public servants should be vigilant at all times if an attractive woman approached them. The circular also said that about 50 attractive women had been infiltrated by the R.A.W. into Punjab to organise honey traps.
The circular, to the embarassment of the ISI was leaked. The "Frontier Post" in Peshawar came out with an editorial which made an appeal to R.A.W.-:
"Why this partiality towards Punjab? Even we Pashtuns love attractive women. Send us at least 10 because we are dying to be honey trapped by attractive Indian Women"
The I.S.I., I believe is still looking for a place where it could hide its face for that incident.
Strange but true!
image courtesy: www.bloomberg.com
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