Breaking: Bangladesh bans Bollywood Movies and Songs

Bollywood movies are banned in Bangladesh. A few months back the popular actor Shakib Khan had lead a protest to ban Bollywood films in Bangladesh, he had been supported by film actors, directors and production workers who had participated in the campaign against Bollywood movies, claiming that they would cause the collapse of the already-crippled local film industry.

Now a Bangladeshi high court has issued a ruling that bans the use of songs from Indian movies and movies as ringtones, and caller tunes on mobile phones. The ban was passed after hearing a writ petition filed by Music Industries Owners Association President AKM Arifur Rahman and General Secretary SK Shahed Ali, the court presided by justices Farah Mahbub and Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo ruled the above.

#WhyBanBollywood is trending with people protesting against the ban imposed on Bollywood films and songs in Bangladesh.