LAHORE:
The Pakistan Film Distributors Association and the Pakistan Film Producers Association, along with various local film-makers, are actively trying to stall the release of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s next Eid offering
Tubelight, citing the Pakistani films scheduled to release at the same time as their motive. The officials want to protect the interests of the local projects which are likely to lose out if
Tubelight takes over.
According to the protesters, local legislation forbids the release of any Indian film on a Muslim holiday, as was decided by the Federal Ministry of Information back in 2010. In fact, they are even planning to take the matter to court, should they need to. As per sources, the Ministry had given directives to stop the release of
Tubelight and Vidya Balan’s
Begum Jaan well in advance. At the same time, rumour has it that
Tubelight’s producers might just delay its release as it seems unlikely that the film will be completed before Eid.
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