Chennai Express, starring Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone and Once Upon A Time in Mumbai Again, starring Akshay Kumar and Imran Khan are panned to line up at box office on August 8 but they will remain unreleased in Pakistan.
Pakistanis have deliberately planned to clamp down the Bollywood flicks because deep within they know that Bollywood films will snatch away the crowd towards the Indian big banner films and the Pakistanis won't succeed in promoting their movies on the propitious festive season of Eid.
Tanuj Garg, CEO of Balaji Motion Pictures (producers of Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai Again), was quoted as saying, "Though we have not yet received any official notification from the Pakistani authorities, if this is true, it will surely be really sad. In fact I feel that this is really amazing and bizarre that an industry that thrives on Bollywood films can take such a decision. If you look at the Pakistani market there has been a revival, thanks to Bollywood films. But all the same, if we do receive a notification, we will need to discuss this matter, since you cannot just blackout any film for your indigenous cinema, though you have all the right to revive it through better means."
Well, Bollywood will culminate in a loss because of the banned films as it earns a decent chunk from the oversea collection from Pakistan where Hindi films are appreciated.
The blackout will ensure a loss for the Pakistani exhibitors as well.
Sources tell that that there has so far, not been any official confirmation of the blackout of Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh Khan's Eid releases in Pakistan by the authorities there.
In the past, Bollywood films like Ek Tha Tiger and Agent Vinod have faced ban in Pakistan but the reason was entirely different. It was alleged that these films portray Pakistani spy agencies in poor light.
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