The Pakistani Spectator

The craze to become a hero in the movies is not new. Given the pathetic condition of Lollywood, the Pakistani cinema, many boys in Pakistan yearns to follow the ways of a much-admired Bollywood heroes like Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan and Aamir Khan. They want to show masculinity like the Akshay Kumar and they want [...]

Nepal has banned the Bollywood movie ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ following protests over a scene suggesting the Buddha was born in India, officials said Thursday.

Siddartha Gautama, who became the original Buddha around 2,500 years ago, was born in southwest Nepal and is considered a national luminary, appearing on bank notes in the deeply spiritual Himalayan [...]