Yup, it’s true. After all the MNS threats of ‘pushing’ them out if Pakistani artistes don’t leave the country within 48 hours, the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) has passed a resolution banning the Pakistani actors and technicians in India until the conditions are back to normal. And in case you are wondering about it, then yes, this will also affect Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan, who will not allowed to work until the border war between India and Pakistan is solved, which I believe could take some time. After all India successfully managed a surgical strike on the militant camps near the PoK.
As per the tweet of ANI on Twitter which read, “Indian Motion Picture Producers Association(IMPPA) passes resolution banning Pakistani Actors & technicians in India till normalcy returns.” Well, sad news for all Indian fans of Fawad Khan and Mahira, but in a war-life situation you should expect such strict contingencies to take place, especially when people’s emotions are running high. There is a silver lining in the resolution passed by IMPPA. The ban on the artistes will not affect the release of Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, nor Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees. Fawad Khan had a supporting role in Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, whose main cast involves the likes of Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Anushka Sharma. Mahira Khan’s Raees was scheduled to release on January 2016. So if the ban is accepted, we can’t expect these stars to promote their films in India.
This move may affect Fawad Khan really hard since, he was already on the cusp of stardom after his performance in Kapoor & Sons were appreciated by everyone. Even his miniscule appearances in the trailers of Ae Dil Hai Mushkil were getting him some really positive feedback. He was also in talks for some huge projects, one opposite Katrina Kaif in the lead, while there was another film that was to be produced by Salman Khan. There were even rumours that Salman Khan had talked to the MNS chief Raj Thackeray to withdraw the ban threat, but MNS denied such thing ever happened.
With tensions between India and Pakistan getting bigger and bigger, we are not sure if Fawad and Mahira will be getting a warm reception here. Watch this space for more updates on how the industry is going to react to this situation.
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Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan banned by Indian Motion Picture Producers Association following MNS threat!
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