BD lifts ban on Indian films

[Al-zakir]

On the topic,

PM is backing down following the pressure from local filmmakers.Our film industry is getting its life back thanks to the recent flow of good and tasteful movies by younger generation of directors.At this time allowing Indian cinemas will be disastrous for them.

Yes but there must be other good story beside Tagore and other Hindu writer. Why making Hindu culture based movie in overwhelm Muslim majority country and who are these damn audience.

Bangladesh should follow Iranian style movie industry.

I like Mostafa Sarwar Farooqi's works.

 

[idune]

Bangladesh anger over India films
By Mark Dummett
BBC News, Dhaka

The ban was introduced to protect Bangladesh's film industry
Bangladeshi film-makers and actors say they have forced the government to reverse last weekend's decision to allow cinemas to show Indian films.

Representatives of the film industry complained that the move could wipe out thousands of jobs.

There has been no official word yet from the government.

But a leading Bangladeshi film star told the BBC that the prime minister's office had indicated the ban on Indian films would not be lifted after all.

The star, Razzak, said that a demonstration would not now go ahead as planned.

Film industry leaders had warned that 25,000 jobs could be in danger if Bangladeshi cinemas were allowed to show Indian movies.

They were banned in 1972 to protect local film makers and the local culture.

But cinema owners complain that Bangladeshi-made films are simply not popular enough, and that the middle-classes in particular prefer now to watch pirated DVDs of Bollywood films in the comfort of their own homes.

The previous government clamped down on the cinemas showing pornographic movies and many have since been forced to close.

On Saturday, the commerce minister announced that the ban on Indian films would be lifted to help the cinemas, but the actors seem to have won the argument - at least for now.

BBC News - Bangladesh anger over India films

 

[idune]

U-turn on Indian film screening

Mon, Apr 26th, 2010 7:35 pm BdST

Dhaka, Apr 26 (bdnews24.com) — The decision to allow screening of Indian films in cinema halls in Bangladesh is to be repealed.

The decision came only hours after a protest at the Film Development Corporation by producers and actors involved in the Bangladesh film industry.

After attending a programme at Sonargaon Hotel on Monday, Commerce minister Faruk Khan said, "We had recently decided to import Indian films. But will now revert to our previous position."

"The government would not do anything that might harm the local film industry," he told reporters.

He said steps will be taken to stop films from the South Asian countries entering the country.

The ban on import and display of Indian films in the country's cinema halls was imposed in 1972.

Following a review of its import policy, the government had recently proposed that films from India and other South Asian countries should be allowed to be screened.

Bangladesh Chalachchitra Oikya Parishad, a platform of the local film industry, organised a protest on Monday at the premises of the Film Development Corporation (FDC).

They claimed that such a decision would be devastating to the industry.

Popular actors including Razzak, Anwara and Mizu Ahmed took part.

They said the government had taken this decision without any consultation with those involved in the industry.

U-turn on Indian film screening | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

 

[idune]

Now that is going to hurt some indian feelings and those here welcoming hindi movie into Bangladeshi movie theater; that include chief indian stooge in Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and her big mouth sidekick commerce minister.

 

[eastwatch]

Now that is going to hurt some indian feelings and those here welcoming hindi movie into Bangladeshi movie theater; that include chief indian stooge in Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina and her big mouth sidekick commerce minister.

Why not congratulate PM Begum Hasina for becoming anti-Indian recently! You should regard her as being an enemy of India after she has rejected the proposal of lifting the ban of Indian movies into our country. Please send a few words of praise.

 

[Isaq Khan]

Why not congratulate PM Begum Hasina for becoming anti-Indian recently! You should regard her as being an enemy of India after she has rejected the proposal of lifting the ban of Indian movies into our country. Please send a few words of praise.

no, he can't do that he just flame not have a constructive approach or BD well wisher.

 

[Isaq Khan]

Yes but there must be other good story beside Tagore and other Hindu writer. Why making Hindu culture based movie in overwhelm Muslim majority country and who are these damn audience.

Bangladesh should follow Iranian style movie industry.

I like Mostafa Sarwar Farooqi's works.

Most of the time you give example of pakistan but since pakistan allows Indian films now you are talking something else i think you just hate India and also that you are not a Bangla speaker.

 

[afriend]

Bengali movies are one of the finest in india..!! However i never knew bangladeshi movies and channels are banned in india..!!! Is it true????

 

[idune]

Why not congratulate PM Begum Hasina for becoming anti-Indian recently! You should regard her as being an enemy of India after she has rejected the proposal of lifting the ban of Indian movies into our country. Please send a few words of praise.

This is NOT an act of anti indian stand but was forced down on her throat. As I said Hasina just few days ago was promoting the indian movie and now she has to eat her word. But then off cource digital deception goes on as you are...

 

[Al-zakir]

also that you are not a Bangla speaker.

O.K. Does it really matter and what is so significant about Bangla over other language???

 

[leonblack08]

I like Mostafa Sarwar Farooqi's works.

In case you don't know bro,Mostafa Sarwar Farooqi is probably agnostic or to put it in a harsh way...he is atheist.Along with most of his best buddies.

 

[Al-zakir]

In case you don't know bro,Mostafa Sarwar Farooqi is probably agnostic or to put it in a harsh way...he is atheist.Along with most of his best buddies.

Is he really!! That I didn't know. It's cool though!!!

 

[illuminatidinesh]

Let the Indian public decide if they want to watch BD movies, and let the cinema hall owners and distributors decide if showing BD movies will be a good business. But, banning must be withdrawn.

Ya that s right.. I totally agree with U on this.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Imported Indian films fall flat in Bangladesh
Shafiq Al Mamun | Update: 23:24, Oct 13, 2017

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There was a time when Indian Bangla or Hindi movies were hardly imported to be screened in the local theatres. However, since 2010 the trend has changed, and Indian Bangla films are being released in Bangladesh every now and then.

There have been protests from the local actors, directors and producers, but the import of Indian films could not be stopped.

However, the imported Indian movies have failed to attract Bangladeshi film-lovers. Importers say barring one or two movies all the imported ones cut a sorry figure in local theatres.

According to the firms that had bought rights to screen the movies here, 15 Indian films, including two Hindi ones, were released in Bangladesh in the last seven years. But apart from Jor starring Jeet, not a single film has been a success here.

The last Indian film released here was Posto, which hit 25 theatres across the country on 22 September. The movie did okay on the first day, but failed to draw viewers from the next day.

Some of the importers said due to some complications, it takes time to bring the movies in Bangladesh. As a result, the films are falling victims to piracy in India before being released here. Bangladeshi audiences do not feel like going to the theaters to watch these pirated movies, and it makes the films commercially unsuccessful.

Iftekharuddin Nowshad, the chairman of importer firm InWin Enterprise, blamed it on the ministrys bureaucratic tangles. By the time the papers are sorted and the movie is set for a release, it has already become two or three months old in India. During that time, the movie has already been pirated, he said.

Producer Kamal Mohammad Kibria said the films would have been a success in Bangladesh as well had they been released here on the same day they are released in India. Or else, the movies will not be able to do good business, he added.

Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar, president of the directors association, sees things from a different angle. These movies dont have our actors, neither are our stories. Their religious issues occupy the screen time, and it is a turn off for the local audience as well, he observed.

A number of Kolkata-based production companies are also involved in the film export and import process.

Ashok Dhanuka, a producer and managing director of SK Movies, said, Piracy is no big deal. If its a good movie people will come. If its not they wont. No matter if you are in Kolkata or in Bangladesh.

*This report, originally published in Prothom Alo print edition, has been rewritten in English by Quamrul Hassan.
http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/162959/Imported-Indian-films-fall-flat-in-Bangladesh