Kathmandu mayor: No Indian film will be shown if...

Alongside Kathmandu Metropolis, the Pokhara Metropolitan City has also enforced a ban on the screening of Indian films following the Adipurush dialogue controversy. An announcement in this regard was made by Pokhara Mayor, directing cinema halls in the Metropolitan city of central Nepal to stop screening of all Bollywood films starting from Monday morning. EarlieR, Nepali capital Kathmandu’s Mayor Balendra Shah had enforced a ban on Indian films. Soon after the announcement, the Pokhara Mayor, Dhanraj Acharya, sent letters to three movie theatres directing them to stop the screening of all Indian films. 'Adipurush had a dialogue claiming Janaki was India's daughter which is objectionable and we had given three days' ultimatum to correct it,' the Kathmandu mayor said. #Adipurush #BanAdipurushMovie #Nepal ~PR.154~HT.178~

Mumbai's Gaiety Galaxy cinema hall's executive director, Manoj Desai, has criticized the makers of recently released film 'Adipurush', calling for them to be...