Pakistani Artists

Watch: Pakistani Artistes Rap For India, Pakistan Peace

Offbeat | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 10, 2019

Amidst escalated tensions between India and Pakistan, veteran actresses from Pakistan have urged cross-border peace using a rap number.

Vidya Balan On Banning Pakistani Artistes In India: 'Some Tough Calls Have To Be Taken'

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 23, 2019

"I have always believed that art should be kept away from all boundaries and politics," said Vidya Balan

Pulwama Attack: Film Bodies Ban Release Of Indian Films In Pakistan, Say 'Nation Comes First'

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 18, 2019

All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has banned collaboration with Pakistani artistes, says action will be taken against transgressors

Ban Pakistani Artistes, Says Raj Thackeray's MNS After Pulwama Attack

India News | Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Sunday February 17, 2019

Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or the MNS asked music companies on Saturday to pull out songs of Pakistani artistes from their albums and videos, after over 40 soldiers were killed in the ghastly terror attack in Pulwama on February 14. Programmes, promotions and collaborations with Pakistani artistes should be banned, said the MNS.

Shafqat Amanat Ali: India Should Lift Ban On Pakistani Artistes

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday January 30, 2019

Shafqat Amanat Ali said that he missed performing live in India

Welcome To New York Makers Yet to Decide The Fate Of Rahat Fateh Ali Song

Entertainment | Written by Divya Goyal | Tuesday February 20, 2018

Babul Supriyo demanded that an Indian singer should dub the song which has been sung by Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

On Campaign By Wife Of Separatist Yasin Malik, Home Ministry's Rejoinder

India News | Written by Neeta Sharma | Wednesday December 27, 2017

An attempt to cite Kulbhushan Jadhav's meeting with his wife and mother to demand an Indian visa for Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik's wife has been firmly rejected by the government. Union Home Ministry officials on Tuesday said there was no comparison between the two cases. In a stinging rejoinder to Mushaal Mullick, who married Yasin Malik in 20...

MNS To Continue Opposing Pakistani Artistes Working In Indian Films

India News | Edited by Indroneil B Biswas | Monday December 19, 2016

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) today announced that the party will continue to oppose Pakistani artistes working in Indian-made films. This came days after Pakistani theatre owners decided to lift their self-imposed suspension on Indian movies.

No Government Restriction On Pakistan Artistes: Venkaiah Naidu

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday October 27, 2016

Government has not imposed any restrictions on Pakistani artistes working in India but filmmakers should respect the sentiments of people while engaging them, says Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

Thanks, But No Thanks. Military Won't Accept Karan Johar's Donation, Sources Say

India News | Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 24, 2016

Filmmaker Karan Johar's donation of Rs 5 crore to the military welfare fund, described as "penance" by Maharashtra politician Raj Thackeray for the use of a Pakistani actor in his movie "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", will not be accepted, sources in the Defence Ministry said today.

Shiv Sena Takes A Dig At Devendra Fadnavis Over 'Ae Dil..' Controversy

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 24, 2016

The developments pertaining to the release of "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil", featuring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, were "horrible, ruthless and have rubbed salt into the wounds of martyred soldiers", Shiv Sena today said taking a dig at Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Opinion: India Is Missing A Trick - Let's Use Karan Johar Against Pak

Opinion | Ashutosh | Thursday October 20, 2016

The Karan Johar issue has become another test of nationalism. How much one loves India, that is Bharat, is being decided by one's support or opposition to Pakistani artists and whether they should be allowed to act in Indian movies, or if there should be a boycott of the films the Pakistani artists work in.

'I Am An Allahabadi Goonda': Justice Katju Tells Raj Thackeray's Party

India News | Agencies | Wednesday October 19, 2016

Stepping into the controversy over Pakistani artistes performing in India, retired Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju has targeted the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, which is threatening to block the release of Karan Johar's upcoming film "Ae Dil Hai Mushkil".

Opinion: What Karan Johar's 'India First' And Anurag Kashyap's Tweet Missed

Opinion | Chandan Mitra | Wednesday October 19, 2016

In less than a fortnight, it will be clear if Hindi cinema's hit machine, talented director Karan Johar, will have a seamless opening for his forthcoming blockbuster Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (ADHM), or if movie halls will be vandalized and the film taken off screens under pressure from radical groups.

In Support Of Ban On Pak Artistes, Mukesh Ambani Says 'Am Indian First'

India News | Agencies | Tuesday October 18, 2016

Mukesh Ambani, India's richest man, has said that he supports the call for a ban on Pakistani artistes in India, sharing, "I am absolutely clear about one thing - that for me it is always country first. I am not an intellectual so I don't understand all these... But undoubtedly like for all Indians, India is first for me."