No govt restriction on Pak artistes, says Venkaiah

NEW DELHI: The government has not imposed any restrictions on Pakistani artistes working in India but filmmakers should respect the sentiments of people while engaging them, says information and broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu.

He also feels that Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, who had mediated between the producers of Ae Dil Hai Muskhil and MNS, did no wrong or had any role in asking the producers to pay ₹5 crore to the army welfare fund.

In principle, Naidu says he is not in favour of imposing any ban on artistes from other countries to work in India but at a time when “a proxy war” was going on with the neighbouring country, filmmakers should keep the situation in mind.