Khuda Kay Liye (In the Name of God) is going to be the first Pakistani movie shown in Indian cinema theatres. Because of political rivalry, the two countries stopped showing their films in theatres since the 1960’s. Now days, the relation between the two countries improved a lot. They are increasingly trading with each other. Last year, Pakistan allowed three Indian movies in its local theatres: Mughal-E-Azam, Taj Mahal and Sohni Mahiwal. This year, Pakistan also allowed two other Indian movies- Welcome and Race.
Khuda Kay Liye tells the story of young Pakistani, after 9/11 attack. Both Indian and Pakistani actors and actresses worked in the movie. BBC reports:
Khuda Kay Liye stars Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah. Pakistani Shoaib Mansoor makes his debut as the film's director.
"It's been long that terrorism has been linked with Muslims and it has become synonymous with the community," Shah said, the Reuters news agency reports.
"It was high time that an answer to this was given to the West... That is the only reason that this film has mostly been made in English, to cater to the western audiences."
Bollywood film Taj Mahal was shown in Pakistan
The film had its premiere in Mumbai (Bombay) on Thursday evening.
"It is a very good movie and more films like this should be made," Bollywood director Madhur Bhandarkar said.
In reality, Pakistan and India shares a lot in common. The Hindi and Urdu language are almost the same except scripts. Bollywood movies are immensely popular in Pakistan. The tragedy of the matter is, the ban on Indian movies have greatly contributed to the flourishing of movie piracy in Pakistan. Pakistan and India should allow their film makers come together and make movies. This will help a lot to improve the film industry of the two countries.
If you want to know more about the movie, you can visit the official website:
http://www.inthenameofgod.com/
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