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Language used in our movies is Hindustani ,Hindi+Urdu (both language were invented in Indian state of UP)...we do not invite Pakistani to watch our movie but they are obsessed with our movies, they should have some self respect and avoid our movies but due to their dead industry they are compelled to watch 2nd most popular entertainment industry in the world..fair enough
BDW, India is in a way doing charity by providing entertainment to such a sad nation (can Pakistani imagine their life without Indian entertainment??)
the reason we listen to bollywood songs is because they are mostly in nefees Urdu only- that is what i tried to say- the owner ship of the language is itself debatable
and yes we have no problem with normal hindus who want peace and have abandoned hate.
You say u like Bollywood because of urdu songs... but bollywood is for Indian crowds... so are Indian crowds using subtitles to understand these movies...
You've heard of Bollywood, Nollywood, and even Dollywood, but what about Lollywood? Based in Lahore, the second-largest city in Pakistan (and home to the U.S. Consulate), Lollywood produced more than 100 movies annually back in the 70s and 80s. Today, however, "Pakistani cinema has all but vanished," writes Alex Rodriguez in Los Angeles Times. Reportedly, the number of movie theaters in the country has declined from 1,100 in 1985 to just 120 today, and local film production has shrunk to fewer than a dozen movies each year. It's gotten so bad, the theater pictured above has been playing the same movie for three years. The same movie, and evidently not by popular demand!
Most of the usual suspects are blamed, with one that is unique to the country: "VCR, cable television, President Muhammad Zia ul-Haq's Islamization of Pakistani society, and finally DVD piracy." (Emphasis added.) While film industries have weathered changes in viewing habits, it appears that government edicts played a big role in the collapse of the industry: "Many cinemas were shut down, the rest were heavily taxed. New laws that required producers to have college degrees thinned the ranks of movie makers. The message Zia ul-Haq's government was sending to society was clear, [theater owner Jahanzaib] Baig says: 'We were being told that filmmaking was a vulgar and bad business to be in.'"
The theater owner wants the government to clamp down on DVD piracy, while filmmaker Sangeeta, a former movie star, insists that government support is needed to provide badly-needed, updated equipment. Movies from neighboring India also get blamed. Jamshed Zafar, a film producer, points out the much larger budgets for Indian films and complains: "How can we compete?"
Similar cries for help have been expressed for years. In 2003, the BBC reported on the closing of movie houses and the slowing of production -- still around 50 movies per year at the time. Sangeeta was also quoted in that article, believing that the competition from India was overwhelming.
In 2006, our own Matt Bradshaw reported on Hell's Ground (Zibahkhana; pictured), the world's first movie with Muslim zombies, made by Pakistani "film historian and ice cream shop owner" Omar Khan. Monika Bartyzel followed up a few months later, as the director expressed the hope that his movie might inspire fellow Pakistani filmmakers to take more risks. In his review, Scott Weinberg conceded that it was "unwaveringly derivative and preposterously gory" yet provided "a pretty energetically good time," as well as the novelty of witnessing "Pakistan's first gore movie."
Last year, In the Name of God (Khuda Kay Liye) became the first Pakistani film to be distributed commercially in neighboring India in more than 40 years. The New York Times claimed Lollywood had "produced little meriting distribution in India, which is well served by its own film industry, Bollywood" and suggested that Indian movies "have always been hugely popular" in Pakistan.
Ramchand Pakistani, produced independently, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year and also played at the Seattle International Film Festival. Laila Lazmi, writing in Jazbah Magazine: Women of Pakistan, expressed hope for the future: "This film is yet another sign that the Pakistani indie filmmakers may yet succeed in reviving the country's ailing film industry and competing in the international film scene."
Pakistani blogger Adeel Akhter, 26 years of age, despairs that 2009 has been the worst film year in Pakistan's history, blaming the war on terrorism, the lack of power generation, and political problems: "As a result no films have been released this year ... film makers are sitting and waiting for a miracle to happen!"
Will that miracle happen, or will Pakistan's film industry fade into the history books?
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Lol why so much tension RELAX fellow Pakistanis
So what if people watch Bollywood movies I watch them (old ones)
If you see war movies like LOC KARGIL or BORDER then rest assured that the supposed enemy in those movies are played by Indian actors most of them Hindu.
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I have personally helped quite a few indians in understanding what the words used in their bollywood songs means ?-
and i give them examples- this words is used in such bollywood songs- so grab it-
i cant understand this- If the bollywood song is saying Zindagi with a Z- why you use Jindagi with J in real life-
Irony isn't it?-
The dying film culture in Pakistan is the main reason for the declining cinema industry and all concerned individuals should play their due role to develop a comprehensive plan for saving the film industry.
This was stated by film actress and model Veena Malik in an interview with APP. “There is a need to introduce positive film culture as the downfall of the film industry has not only affected the entertainment activities in the country but hundreds of people associated with the industry have also become unemployed,” she said.
Films can preserve Pakistani culture and traditions in an artistic way besides projecting a soft image of the country worldwide, she said, adding, “all stakeholders should take revolutionary steps to maintain the identity of film industry.”
“The film industry is suffering badly due to lack of technical assistance and modern technologies while the condition of cinema houses was also not able to attract families for getting entertained,” she stated.
She said the people only criticise the condition of the film industry but no one takes practical steps to improve the status of film and cinema. The screening of Indian movies at Pakistani cinema houses has created an atmosphere of healthy competition in the country but unfortunately Pakistani movies have no market at home and abroad.
“There is no dearth of talent in Pakistan as our film makers, producers, directors, script writers and actors are skilled but they are not provided proper direction,” she lamented.
She further said that the field of performing arts is an important sector to provide entertainment and in promoting the culture and traditions of the country at the international level and for younger generations.
Film and the cinema industries are connected with each other and the status of the falling film industry is the reason behind the worsening condition of cinema industry as it left it has resulted in the closure of many cinema houses.
I have personally helped quite a few indians in understanding what the words used in their bollywood songs means ?-
and i give them examples- this words is used in such bollywood songs- so grab it-
i cant understand this- If the bollywood song is saying Zindagi with a Z- why you use Jindagi with J in real life-
Irony isn't it?-
Is Veena Malik still in India ???
yes, she is appointed by some c grade Indian director for some 'Item Number'
recently she said that she earns money in India and it is her country ,lol