The ‘Mumbai Film Festival’, which claims to promote unity through culture and art, is facing severe criticism for excluding Pakistan from the list of important South Asian countries.
According to media reports, the ‘Mumbai Film Festival’ is held every year in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra, in which films from countries across the region are presented.
The purpose of this film festival is to promote peace and culture in the region through film and cinema, in the past Pakistani films were also given place in this film festival.
This year, the list of South Asian countries released by the film festival included ‘Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Bhotal, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka’, but Pakistan was not included in the list.
However, due to the strained relations between India and Pakistan, this year Pakistan was removed from the list of eligible countries of South Asian countries, on which the current chairperson of the film festival, Priyanka Chopra, and all other organizers are facing severe criticism from social media users.
It should be noted that due to political pressure in the said film festival, the screening of the Pakistani film ‘Jago Hua Saveera’ was stopped in 2016. This film was made in the 1960s, which also includes Indian actors.
It should be noted that no apology or explanation has been issued by the organizers of the film festival for not including Pakistan in the list, due to which social media users are criticizing them and demanding that Pakistani filmmakers An opportunity will also be provided.
According to social media users, Pakistan is the most important country in South Asia and there is no denying the fact that Pakistani films are also second only to India compared to other countries in the region.
Consumers demanded from the film festival organizers to allow Pakistani filmmakers to screen their films at the Mumbai Film Festival.
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