Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt who recently visited Pakistan, believes that Pakistan film industry which was almost ‘non-existent’ has been motivated by popularity of Bollywood films and stars.
While promoting his upcoming production venture ‘Mr X’, Bhatt said in an interview to an Indian media, “Pakistani people have Indian actors figuring in their lives like in India. When you walk on the streets of Karachi, you have advertisements of Priyanka Chopra or Shah Rukh Khan endorsing some product or the other adorning the walls there”.
“Their movie halls exhibit films starring Indian actors because their own film industry is almost non-existent. Their film exhibition industry has been revived because of Bollywood offerings. They live with it, people there have got a new lease of life because of Bollywood,” he added.
Bhatt attended ‘Karachi Literature Festival’ on his visit to Pakistan, he also staged a play in Karachi based on his 1989 film ‘Daddy’. Bhatt is currently busy promoting his upcoming movie ‘Mr X’ starring (his favorite) Emraan Hashmi in the lead role.
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