Amitabh Wants To Take IIFA Awards To Pakistan

Amitabh Wants To Take IIFA Awards To Pakistan
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Bollywood screen idol Amitabh Bachchan , urged India’s huge film industry to consider staging a prestigious awards ceremony in Pakistan, as hopes of improved ties between the two rivals grow.

The veteran film star said he would ask the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) to consider holding its annual awards ceremony in Pakistan. He is a member of the IIFA´s advisory board and the academy’s global ambassador.

Actors, producers and directors believe that Bollywood is followed closely in Pakistan as well as India and has the power to help bring the divided countries closer together amid hopes of improved relations between the neighbours.

"I hope that we can, as a result of film making and exchange of culture and films and events, be able to propagate peace ," he said on a visit to the Netherlands , which will host this year’s IIFA awards ceremony in June.

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