ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Nabeel Zafar criticises Indian Films showing in Pakistan
Nabeel Zafar criticised the screening of Indian films in Pakistan.
He said: “Cinema owners want to screen Indian films because they drive business, but I oppose the broadcasting of Indian content in our country.
“I am not against Indian films or dramas, but my point is that when India does not buy our content, why should we show their films in our cinemas?
Highlighting the lack of proportion and disparity, Nabeel continued:
“India has a population of 1.5 billion, while ours is just 250 million.
“At the very least, they should buy our content proportionally.
“We have seen how our actors had to flee India and return to Pakistan.
“We are much better than India in this regard.
“If Indian films are to be shown in Pakistani cinemas, then Indian cinemas should also screen Pakistani films, whether they are hits or flops.”
Nabeel Zafar added that India apparently does not buy Pakistani dramas.
He explained: “Pakistanis are the people with big hearts, we are hospitable, our shopkeepers don’t charge them when they visit Pakistan and you all have witnessed how our actors literally ran from India.
“We never did that, we know where we are good at.
“We should run their movies but then my condition is the same, they should also play our movies in their cinemas, even if they flop.
“They don’t even buy our dramas, I know they started a channel Zee Zindagi which was also closed.
“They have a good market but we also have talent and I admit that corruption ruined us. It is our big dilemma.”
In May 2024, Nabeel Zafar divulged his thoughts about government awards.
He said: “If you need to justify your award, and if you have to tell the reason why you got an award, you shouldn’t have received it in the first place.
“An award is for the purpose of appreciation only. And you make the wrong judgment of appreciation when you don’t give an award to the person who actually deserves it.
“This is how they spread injustice in the whole society.”
Netizens slammed Nabeel for his words.
One wrote: “I think Nabeel is just crying because he never got a famous award for anything ever.
“It is not just talent that matters, it is mostly looks.
“And Nabeel clearly does not have any nor did he ever have any.”
On the work front, Nabeel Zafar was last seen in Sar-e-Rah (2023), where he played Shabbir Ahmed.
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