KATHMANDU, June 23: Cinema halls across Kathmandu have resumed screening Hindi films from Friday.

Bollywood actors Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan starrer film 'Zara Hatke Zara Bachke' was screened in the halls of Kathmandu. Nepal's largest multiplex chain QFX and One Cinemas have brought the film to the screening.

On Thursday, a meeting of Nepal Motion Pictures Association decided to resume the screening of Hindi films from today.

Balendra Shah, the mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City, stopped the screening of Hindi films from Monday saying that he would not allow Hindi films to be screened until the misleading phrase that 'Janki is the daughter of India' in 'Adi Purush' is removed from the film. But the Nepal Film Producer’s Association and Film Censor Board, Nepal have also clarified that this dialogue is not in the film.

On Thursday, the Patan High Court issued an interim order against Mayor Shah's decision not to allow Hindi films to be screened in Kathmandu. However, Mayor Shah has said that he will not accept the court's decision and will not allow the screening of 'Adipurush' and other Hindi films. He commented that he does not obey the law and the court when the sovereignty and independence of the country is at stake.

The court has called both parties for a discussion on the matter on June 27.

Nepal Motion Pictures Association filed a writ petition at the Patan High Court on Wednesday making Mayor Balen Shah, the KMC police, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Communications, Information and Technology as defendants.

 
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