MUMBAI: An Indian film festival dropped a Pakistani drama from its programme Monday after protesters threatened to disrupt the screening -- the latest movie to fall foul of heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Organisers of the MAMI Mumbai Film Festival said they would not show the 1959 classic “Jago Hua Savera” (“The Day Shall Dawn“) following a complaint from an Indian NGO called Sangharsh, which means struggle in Hindi.
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