Enraged mobs set back cinemas in Pakistan

[JonAsad]

No music, no movies, no entertainment.

Need freedom of speech ? GTFO !

Welcome to the Islamic republic of Pakistan~ Get pious or start running......

viva la Islamic republic-
while you can enjoy some one elses nude women in stimulated rape- while some one else enjoys yours- viva la Bollywood-

 

[ManuZ]

viva la Islamic republic-
while you can enjoy some one elses nude women in stimulated rape- while some one else enjoys yours- viva la Bollywood-

Women is not a property of anyone....
In ur view it may be...But here we have a different view....
Enjoying sexuality is not a crime....Its a movie for gods sake....
U stick to SA..best place for u....Leave us alone...

 

[JonAsad]

Women is not a property of anyone....
In ur view it may be...But here we have a different view....
Enjoying sexuality is not a crime....Its a movie for gods sake....
U stick to SA..best place for u....Leave us alone...

you want to be left alone in a thread where you guys blatantly mock Pakistan- Genius-

 

[truthseer]

At least, we're not notorious for gangbangs.

 

[OrionHunter]

The fact is that the slide into fundamentalism started with Zia. He is squarely responsible for screwing things up, encouraging religious parties with extreme ideologies for political legitimacy and to ensure he stays a dictator for life.

Had he not been at the helm, the history of the sub -continent would perhaps have been totally different.

 

[joekrish]

Watching a movie does not hurt you, try it out.

 

[truthseer]

Watching a movie does not hurt you, try it out.

It does at times!

 

[KRAIT]

Local news on India which has nothing to do with Pakistan is in banned list.

 

[Wickerman]

while you can enjoy some one elses nude women in stimulated rape- while some one else enjoys yours- viva la Bollywood-

What? What are you even talkin about man?

At least, we're not notorious for gangbangs.

Again what?

BTW I dont know why you think orgies are not good. I guess if its consensual it is indeed every man's paradise

 

[truthseer]

What? What are you even talkin about man?



Again what?

BTW I dont know why you think orgies are not good. I guess if its consensual it is indeed every man's paradise

How disgusting. But then again, how Indian. I still can't believe KRAIT is one of you

 

[free thinker]

So if the guy above me makes a generalization about Pakistan, it's okay. I didn't know I was on defence.in

It speaks volumes that you have to keep emphasizing that you are not on defence.in

 

[Wickerman]

How disgusting. But then again, how Indian. I still can't believe KRAIT is one of you

KRAIT doesnt set standards for anybody. He is his own man.

Ooooh and stop getting all self righteous on me pumpkin You guys need to lighten up.

Instead of lighting things up

 

[Kaniska]

KARACHI: For as long as Pakistan has existed, film lovers flocked to the Nishat cinema, sinking into seats in its plush auditorium to watch Hollywood imports, Bollywood hits and homegrown productions.

All that came to an end last month when an enraged mob set fire to the building, trashed furniture and looted equipment – on the ‘Yaum-i-Ishq-i-Rasool‘ day that Pakistan observed to protest again an anti-Islam film.

Eight other cinemas were destroyed - in the conservative, northwestern city of Peshawar and the more cosmopolitan financial capital Karachi – dealing a huge blow to Pakistan’s already troubled film industry.

The arson and vandalism has cost scores of jobs and leaves even fewer sources of secular entertainment.

“We didn’t make that disgusting film against our beloved prophet, and like everyone else we protested against it. So why loot and destroy cinemas and render hundreds of people jobless?” asked Nawab Huzoorul Hasan, the Nishat manager.

The auditorium which once held 1,000 seats is now a mess of rubble, twisted metal and up-ended chairs. Its staircase is crumbling and its projector room destroyed.

What remains of the gallery could collapse at any time. Fire destroyed the cinema’s beautiful ornate ceiling. The giant screen is gone. The wall behind is blackened, even the newly- built bathrooms are destroyed with taps taken away, shattered mirrors and broken doors.

Workers say September 21 was the worst physical attack on cinemas in Pakistan’s 65-year history and another setback for a film and entertainment industry that has been nearly stripped bare.

“The cinema culture had just begun to revive when this fatal blow happened,” said Mustafa Qureshi, an actor famous for playing villains in Punjabi films in the 1980s.

When General Ziaul Haq seized power in a bloodless coup in 1977, the country had around 1,000 cinemas. Today, there are just over 100 left.

“People used to save up to go to the movies once or twice a month. said Qureshi.

Pakistan banned Bollywood films in 1965, and although exceptions were made for individual films, Zia is credited with making Pakistan less tolerant of secular entertainment.

Film production houses in Lahore and Karachi went into decline.

“During General Zia’s days, even a male actor hugging his daughter on film was ordered to be censored,” Tariq Khalique, a documentary filmmaker, told AFP.

“Zia’s policies discouraged people from going to cinemas and then he facilitated builders to dismantle cinemas and construct shopping plazas,” he said.

In 2009, the newly elected civilian government lifted the blanket ban on Indian films, wildly popular in Pakistan, and cinemas began to hope that their fortunes might improve.

Now they are not so sure.

“I saw death in front of me,” says Abdul Aziz, who works for the Capri cinema, remembering how he watched armed men he calls criminals cut through the iron gates.

“It was all pre-planned. They looted and burnt cinemas purposely on the pretext of protesting. I wanted to save the cinema and called the fire brigade, but they refused to come, saying they were being attacked by the rioters as well.” Among those destroyed was Bambino, formerly owned by the father of President Asif Ali Zardari in a building where the president once lived with his parents.

“President Zardari should come forward and help us as his father was one of the pioneers of the business and passionate about it,” said Nadeem Mandviwala, owner of the Nishat and head of the film exhibitors’ association.

Comic actor Umer Sharif believes lack of entertainment is one factor that sees young men fall into delinquency and militancy.

“It’s a great loss. These cinemas provided rare recreational facilities to our young people,” Sharif said.

Others are just sad.

“I’ve watched scores of movies in these cinemas. For me it wasn’t cinemas, but my childhood that went up in flames,” said Abdul Hameed, a construction worker.

Now Shoib Mansoor will start blaming that it is Hindi Movies and its people who has conspired for burning of this movie hall so that Pakistan movie industry will not prosper...

Bottomline..Entertainment industry is a symbol of free society...Pakistan was top and prepared quality movies till 1980 because its society was relatively free and modern before Zia's era....After society and Mullah mindset dominated the society with use of force...then the creative and qualitative freedom of entertainment industry was limited...

 

[truthseer]

KRAIT doesnt set standards for anybody. He is his own man.

Ooooh and stop getting all self righteous on me pumpkin You need to lighten up.

Women are not your property, Indian. And three at once, just disgusting.

 

[KRAIT]

How disgusting. But then again, how Indian. I still can't believe KRAIT is one of you

I am lucky to be an Indian buddy but I am responsible for my words only.

May be all should avoid discussion of heinous crimes like rape.

Cheers.