Indian films have been banned in Kathmandu and police have been dispatched to ensure that cinemas do not show any films made in India, Kathmandu Mayor Balen Shah’s secretary said. online news on Sunday.
“The 17 cinemas have been told not to show Indian films,” its secretariat told the publication.
The radical move comes amid the dispute over the newly released film. adipurush, which shows that Sita was born in India. The protesters, however, vehemently claim that he was born in Nepal.
Shah had even warned filmmakers that all Indian films would be banned in Kathmandu if the reference was not removed.
Meanwhile, the film’s writer Manoj Muntashir has said that Nepal was a part of India before 1903, thus Janak’s daughter was depicted as being born in India.
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