{"id":309556,"date":"2019-02-18T09:21:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T09:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=309556"},"modified":"2019-02-18T09:21:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T09:21:35","slug":"aicwa-announces-ban-on-pakistani-actors-artists-after-pulwama-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/aicwa-announces-ban-on-pakistani-actors-artists-after-pulwama-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"AICWA announces ban on Pakistani actors, artists after Pulwama attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-309557 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/AICWA-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/AICWA-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/02\/AICWA.jpg 611w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In\u00a0the wake of the deadly Pulwama terror attack that claimed the lives of at least 40 CRPF personnel, the\u00a0All India Cine Workers Association has announced a total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in the Indian film industry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All Indian Cine Workers Association strongly condemns brutal terrorist attack on our soldiers at Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOur heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. AICWA stands with nation in confronting such terror and inhumanity,\u201d the notice said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe are officially announcing a total ban on Pakistani Actors and Artists working in Film Industry. Still if any organisation insists on working with Pakistani Artists will be banned by AICWA and a strong action will be taken against them,\u201d the notice added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nation comes first, we stand with our nation,\u201d it read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The decision came in the wake of a terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Kashmir that claimed the lives of at least 40 CRPF personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Many Bollywood celebrities have extended their support to the families of those affected in the attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, in a move\u00a0to condemn the attacks, the team of Total Dhamaal announced that their film will not be releasing in Pakistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn light of the current situation the team of Total Dhamaal has decided to not release the film in Pakistan,\u201d Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The cast and crew of upcoming Bollywood film \u2018Total Dhamaal\u2019 donated Rs. 50 lakh to the families of the soldiers who lost their lives in Pulwama attack.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In\u00a0the wake of the deadly Pulwama terror attack that claimed the lives of at least 40 CRPF personnel, the\u00a0All India Cine Workers Association has announced a total ban on Pakistani actors and artists working in the Indian film industry.\u00a0 All Indian Cine Workers Association strongly condemns brutal terrorist attack on our soldiers at Pulwama district [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":309557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[10899,10900,10854],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309558,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309556\/revisions\/309558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/309557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}