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No screening of Pak film in Mumbai film festival
Updated : Oct 17, 2016
The upcoming MAMI Mumbai Film Festival's organisers have decided not to screen Pakistani film Jago Hua Savera, after a city-based social organisation threatened to protest against it. The Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star, which will begin from 20 October, was to showcase the 1959 Pakistani film titled Jago Hua Savera, directed by AJ Kardar.
The film was to be screened in the fest's 'Restored Classics' section, which is headed by Dhobi Ghat director and Aamir Khan's wife Kiran Rao. Directed by AJ Kardar, Jago Hua Savera was selected as the entry from Pakistan for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 32nd Academy Awards in 1960.
The film was co-produced during the days of undivided Pakistan (now independent Pakistan and Bangladesh) and shot in Dhaka. It tells the tale of life in a small fishing village where everyone dreams of owning their own boat. A statement read, "Given the current situation, the Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival with Star has decided not to programme 'Jago Hua Savera' as part of the Restored Classics Section."