After several years, Pakistanis are flocking to see movies on the big screen, thanks to the latest Bollywood blockbusters currently being screened in a newly opened multiplex.

Homemaker Kosar Jabeen states Indian films were drawing movie lovers, who would otherwise have seen movies at home on pirated CDs available for just Rs.100 (over $1), to cinema halls.

“I think this (hall) is marvelous and gives a (large) variety,” told Kosar about the 5-screen multiplex in adjacent Rawalpindi’s that screens Pakistani, Indian and English movies.

There has been a fall in the sales of pirated CDs, particularly of the latest Bollywood films, as per Babar Rasheed, who owns a CD shop here.

“I think the major cause is that people can see Indian movies on the big screen and can watch the original print instead of the bad quality pirated CDs,” Rasheed told IANS.

Fahim Marwat, a keen film watcher, admitted that he had seen each and every film that has been released in the newly opened Cinepax multiplex.

“It offers the right atmosphere for film viewers. Indian movies have added real color to the artistic building,” he said.

Kamran Rehmat, a senior journalist functioning with Dawn News, felt that apart from entertainment, the exchange of movies would also promote India-Pakistan relations.

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