Telangana News

After a 2 month self imposed suspension of screening of Indian movies, due to Indo-Pak tensions following the Uri terror attack, Pakistan has decided to lift the ban and screen the Indian movies from today.

Speaking about the development, Zoraish Lashari, Chairman of the Film Exhibitors Association, said, "The cinema owners and other stakeholders in the industry have been hit by the decision to impose a temporary suspension on screening of Indian films. A lot of investment has been made into upgrading or building new cineplexes and multiplexes and the business at this time is dependent on screening of latest Indian films."

The cinema houses' owners stressed that they had suspended, but not banned Indian films. Showing concern towards the films that were not screened for the last 2 months, Nadeem Mandviwala of Atrium cinemas said such missed movies will be screened first.

The first film to be screened will be actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Freaky Ali.

"We lifted the suspension as a cinema guild. We took this decision because we would like to support them (Indian cinemas) and expect them to support us," Aadil Mandviwala, Director Mandviwala Entertainment, was quoted as said.