The producers also agreed that under-production films featuring Pakistani actors will pay Rs five crore to an army welfare fund as “penance”. The producers also agreed to include a tribute to Indian soldiers at the start of Johar’s film, which stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. And a blanket ban against showing Indian content on Pakistani television networks and radio stations took effect last week. Mukesh Bhatt, chief of the film producers’ guild of India, told reporters the film will be released as scheduled on October 28. “Nation and patriotism comes first even for the film fraternity and we respect the Indian soldiers than anything else.

Source: Hindustan Times October 22, 2016 16:15 UTC