Bad News for Salman Khan’s Fans

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan highly anticipated film "Tubelight" might not hit the screens on Eid in Pakistan as some local filmmakers and organizations have demanded that they want to ensure better business for Pakistani films during the Eid holidays.

The filmmakers along with the Film Distributors Association and the Film Producers Association want to ensure better business for Pakistani films during the Eid holidays.

The distributors, producers and filmmakers said that they want to protect the interest of Pakistani movies as two big films, “Yalghaar” and “Shor Sharaba”, along with others in the pipeline, is slated for an Eid release. “If “Tubelight” also releases on Eid, it will certainly hit the business of these Pakistani films and that will not help our industry,” actor Mustafa Qureshi said, Hindustan Times reported.

According to the protesters, as decided by the Federal Ministry of Information in 2010, the release of any Indian film on a Muslim holiday in Pakistan is forbidden.

The filmmakers are even ready to take the matter to court, if required, producer Altaf Hussain said.

Sohail Khan, the producer of “Shor Sharaba”, said, “My film is supposed to release on Eid-ul-Fitr and if the government doesn’t stall “Tubelight”, I will not release it as a mark of protest.”

Hussain said the associations are planning to send an official letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as well. He confirmed a meeting was held in Lahore at which it was decided that the entire Pakistani film industry will join the planned protest to stop the release of “Tubelight” on Eid. “It has been decided that all those related to the Pakistani film industry will support the Pakistani films that are supposed to release on Eid-ul-Fitr,” Hussain added.

“Yalghaar” and “Shor Sharaba” are two Pakistani films that have currently been slated for a release on the Eid 2017.

However, Salman Khan’s “Tubelight” is one of the most anticipated films of the year. Directed by Kabir Khan, the film is based on Sino-India war. After delivering blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Kabir Khan and Salman Khan have collaborated for the second time for this film. The much-awaited movie is all set to hit the theatres on June 23, 2017.