Published 08:36 IST, August 28th 2019
Pak actress Mehwish Hayat slams Alia Bhatt & B-town over plagiarism
Pak actress Mehwish Haya has slammed Alia Bhatt and other B-town celebrities over plagiarizing Pakistani content. It comes in wake of Bhatt's new song, 'Prada'
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Mehwish Hayat, Pakistani actress has criticized Bollywood for its alleged 'hypocrisy' and has accused it of plagiarising Pakistani content. Her comment came in wake of Alia Bhatt's new song, 'Prada' that released just a few weeks back. Pak actress has alleged that it has a series of similarities with Pakistani song "Gore Rang Ka Zamana" from 'Vital Signs' album. Mehwish also took to Twitter to slam Bollywood and claimed that she finds it quite strange that Bollywood 'vilifies' Pakistan at every opportunity y get but y continue to 'steal ir songs'.
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NETIZENS JUMP TO SUPPORT ALIA BHATT AND BOLLYWOOD
However, many netizens came in support of B-town and slammed Pak actress. Read some reactions below
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PAKISTAN BANS INDIAN CD'S
Pakistan government launched a crackdown on sale of CDs of Indian movies after New Delhi revoked special status to Jammu and Kashmir, according to a media report on Friday. crackdown is latest in series of measures anunced by a completely spooked Pakistan in reaction to revocation of special status of Kashmir by India.
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It also comes after Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) banned airing of advertisements featuring Indian artists and India-made products.
"We have banned Indian advertisements and launched a crackdown on CD shops to confiscate Indian movies," Dawn newspaper quoted Firdous Ashiq Awan, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information, as saying.
PAKISTAN BANS ADVERTISEMENTS FEATURING INDIAN ARTISTS
Pakistan's electronic media watchdog banned airing of advertisements featuring Indian artists as part of country's protest against India revoking special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) circulated a letter dated Aug 14 on Wednesday anuncing ban.
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Pemra said that it already withdrew permission for airing Indian channels and content on directions of Pakistan Supreme Court in October last year.
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08:20 IST, August 28th 2019