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SCOOP!! & NEWS Indian films a hit at Pakistan film festival14th Dec 2004 11.38 IST By ApunKaChoice Bureau The journey of peoples of India and Pakistan "towards peace, harmony and long-lasting friendship" continues. In what could be seen as a latest example of the "oneness" of people on both sides of the border, many offerings from the Mumbai film industry proved to be a hit at the recent film festival at Pakistan, which concluded on Sunday.
Bollywood films ranging from commercial ones to the 'realistic' ones- Aditya Chopra's Dhoom ', Pooja Bhatt 's Rog , Vishal Bhardwaj's Maqbool and Vinta Nanda's 'White Noise'- were screened to packed audiences at the Kara Film Festival at Karachi, trade sources said. Starring Irfaan Khan , Rog has been directed by actor-turned filmmaker Pooja Bhatt. 'Rog', which is scheduled for release in India shortly, is Pooja’s second film in succession to have been premiered in Pakistan. Her first directorial venture, Paap was premiered at last year's Kara film festival to full houses. Vinta Nanda's 'White Noise' was another film, which evoked a tremendous response at the festival. The film, which was premiered at the Festival, was screened to a full house. 'White Noise', which is the debut film venture by Television filmmaker Vinta Nanda (of 'Tara' fame) was hailed by the film critics and lovers as "a new kind of cinema for India". Besides 'Rog' and 'White Noise', films like 'Maqbool' and 'Dhoop' attracted huge crowds at the festival. Trade sources said the highly encouraging response to the Indian films at the festival showed that there was a huge audience (and market) in Pakistan for Indian films. | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ~ Shilpa Shetty wants Akshay Kumar for her film ~ Shahid Kapur's dancing skills to be put to test ~ Amitabh Bachchan prefers being guided than to lead ~ 'Singh Is Kinng' garners ample publicity ~ Bachna Ae Haseeno : Movie Preview / Slideshow ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ~ Disney to launch 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD in US ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Singh Is Kinng , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Mission Istanbul MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... | 
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