29 September,2016 07:00 AM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
The decision of the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association banning Pakistani actors from the industry has divided Twitterati with some supporting the move and others opposing it
Twitterati fight as Indian film body bans Pak actors till 'normalcy returns'
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Thursday night saw the Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) passing a resolution to ban Pakistani actors from the industry in the wake of the Uri attack.
"IMPPA in their 87th annual general meeting passed (a resolution that) no Pakistani will be hired by their producer members forever," producer TP Aggarwal, the president of IMPPA, a news agency.
The resolution came on a day the Indian Army announced that seven terror launch pads were targeted across the LoC by special forces during a 'surgical strike' overnight in which heliborne and ground forces were used.
Producer Ashoke Pandit, a member of the IMPPA, said, "IMPPA paid homage to the martyrs who were killed in Uri. It therefore felt its responsibility towards the nation and passed a resolution banning Pakistani Actors & technicians in India till normalcy returns. For IMPPA, nation comes first."
The decision came amid demands by various political outfits to ban Pakistani artistes from Indian films and performing in India.
The decision to ban Pakistani actors and technicians was hailed by some Twitterati, but others questioned the move. Many Pakistani nationals took to the micro-blogging site to blast the move and demanded a reciprocal ban on Indian movies and actors.
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THEY WANT INDIAN MOVIES BANNED IN PAKISTAN:
