Everyone knows about the tense relations between Pakistan and India and even the match between the cricket teams of the two nations look like a battle ground. Along with various sports, a good competition can also be seen between the showbiz industries of both the countries. Pakistani film industry is far behind Bollywood whose films are presented around the globe and Indian film actors are loved at various areas but Pakistani singers, musician and actors are not either far behind.
Pakistani Sharmeen Obaid has won the Oscars which is the most famous film award of the world. Everyone was surprised of this success but it was just a glimpse of abilities of Pakistanis.
Hollywood is used by Bollywood for producing modern technology in their films while the capabilities of Pakistani actors, singers etc. are also used for success of several Bollywood films. You can see the important role of Pakistani actors and singers in the Indian films which prove their importance in Bollywood. Indians are using the abilities of Pakistani actors in their films despite dangers from organizations like Shiv Sena.
Indian comedy programs also achieved fame due to the performance of Pakistani comedians and it was the main reason for these programs to get popularity. Recently, Bollywood invited several Pakistani actors. Just now in 2016, Mawra Hocane’s debut Bollywood movie “Sanam Teri Kasam” was released. Apart from India and Pakistan, the film was also released in many other countries and the superb acting of Mawra Hocane was liked by everyone. Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor also expressed his likeness for acting abilities of Mawra Hocane on social media.
Many Pakistani actors visited India in the past also. Few of these include Nadeem, M Ali, Zeba Bakhtiar, Salma Agha, Veena Malik, Meera, Anita Ayub, Mahira Khan, Sara Loren, Humaima Malik, Javed Shaikh, Humayun Saeed, Fawad Khan and Ali Zafar. After performing well in Pakistani TV and film industry, these actors got the chance to perform in India. They proved their capabilities despite the fact that several Indian filmmakers gave ordinary roles to Pakistani actors.
Sober people of showbiz industry say that showbiz has no boundary and Bollywood has always been impressed by Pakistani actors, singers and musicians. Criticizing Pakistani actors for performing in Bollywood is the wrong attitude. Pakistani actors are getting chance in the Bollywood due to their abilities while Bollywood is full of actors and singers as it is the second largest film industry of the world. No one invests in a business without profit and Bollywood is a industry.
Pakistani actors proved their acting capabilities in the scenario that most of the time they are given role in films of less budget while roles of few scenes by Pakistani actors have also been cut by the directors in order to protect the Indian actors from criticism.
But visits of Pakistani actors in India remained quite successful despite all these problems faced by these actors and more Pakistani actors are now getting invitations from India.