Why Are Pakistani Artists Barred from Bollywood?
Mukesh Devrari India has traditionally shown magnanimity towards Pakistanis, but that did not deter the Pakistani military from launching terror attacks in India. Just a decade ago, lots of Pakistani actors were working in the Hindi film industry. Some of them succeeded in entering the good books of large film production houses. Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan are notable examples. The former starred in three films and later worked opposite Shah Rukh Khan, arguably the biggest star in contemporary Indian cinema. Some even believed Fawad Khan might replace Shah Rukh Khan. He was young, and someone like Karan Johar decided to promote him through his films, despite his tantrums, such as refusing to play the role of an Indian police officer in one project, because he had problems with wearing the clothes of an Indian police officer. Now comes the second question: why was he allowed to work in India until a specific date, and then banned afterward? The same applies to a singer, Atif Aslam, who w...