‘Kaabil’ the first film to release in Pakistan after it lifts ban on Bollywood films

Soon after the terror attack in Uri, strong anti-Pakistan sentiment cropped up in large portions in the country which resulted in a ban on Pakistani artistes working in India. Pakistan wasn’t behind in the race of banning though! Soon enough, they restricted showcasing of Hindi films in their theatres.

But looks like the situation is changing for better. “Federal government is pleased to continue the existing open policy to display all international movies (including Indian films) in Pakistani cinemas and is pleased to take the following decisions for revival of the Pakistani film industry,” announced the Ministry of Information, adding that the policies to show all international films will remain unchanged. (Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan speaks about ‘Raees’ and ‘Kaabil’ clash)

And guess what? Hrithik Roshan and Yami Gautam’s ‘Kaabil’ will do the major breakthrough!

“Yes ‘Kaabil’ is releasing in Pakistan tomorrow or day after tomorrow. I have just got a call from my distributor Satish Anand that the breakthrough has been done by ‘Kaabil’. I felt very nice and he said hope this relation continues between the two countries,” producer Rakesh Roshan told a popular website.

We hear Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ will be having releases in Pakistan as well. However, no official confirmation on the same has been yet made.

Ranjini Maitra

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