The ban on Pakistani artistes in India has become one of the major issues being debated after the Uri attacks, that left 18 of our military personnel dead, and the consequent surgical strike across the Line of Control by the Indian Army.
After Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena issued its dictum to all Pakistani actors to leave Indian soil within 48 hours (in the aftermath of Uri), the Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) too passed a resolution banning all Pakistani artistes and technicians from working here until bilateral tensions ease.
The ban is one that seems to have deeply divided the Hindi film industry.
Bollywood actors, filmmakers et al have now found themselves at the receiving end of a microphone, being asked to declare their stance on the issue.
And what does Bollywood have to say on the subject?
