Bangladesh Opens Up to Bollywood Movies
Instead of protesting and trying to prevent the opening up of Bangladeshi screens to Bollywood movies (which can be seen on local television), local talent ...
Kajol in Karan Johar’s international Bollywood hit My Name Is Khan, starring Shahrukh Khan
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According to Agence France-Presse, Bangladesh has lifted a four-decade ban on Indian films. Some Bangladeshi actors and technicians may be none too happy, as they dislike competition just like most everybody else — Hollywood included. Bangladeshi movie theater owners, however, are ecstatic.
In fact, exhibitors were the ones who pressured the Bangladeshi government to end the ban, which began in 1972, the year following the country’s independence. (For those who don’t know; Bangladesh and Pakistan used to be one country. The whole thing goes back all the way to the British Raj and a bloody legacy of colonialism mixed with tribalism.)
Instead of protesting and trying to prevent the opening up of Bangladeshi screens to Bollywood movies (which can be seen on local television), local talent should join forces with the "enemy." It would then be a win-win situation.
Photo: 20th Century Fox
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