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Pakistan Film History Essay

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DECLINE OF PAKISTANI CINEMA
SUBJECT: HISTORY
SUBMITTED TO:
MAMOONA RASOOL
SUBMITTED BY:
I14-0071
ABDUL MUNEM KAYANI
BS (CS) 3 RD SEMESTER
FAST-NUCESDECLINE OF PAKISTANI CINEMA
INTRODUCTION
The history of the Pakistan film industry is spread over more than 60 years. After independence, the Pakistani cinema was reborn. With shortage of funds and facilities, the industry still managed to release memorable movies. The Golden Era of our film industry came under the regime of the then president Ayub khan. Many legends and stars of our industry were introduced. The color films were also familiarized in this period. They gave us movies which are still to date epics and true classics. The whole post production of the movies at that time was
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While film industries have weathered changes in viewing habits, it appears that government edicts played a big role in the collapse of the industry. The theater owner wants the government to clamp down on DVD piracy while filmmakers insist that government support is needed to provide sophisticated and up-to-date equipments for film-making. Movies from the neighboring
India also get the share of its blame as most Bollywood films have much larger budgets for films and its marketing campaigns.
Research Questions
The present study will cover answer to the following research questions about the decline of Pakistani film industry.
 What are the main causes of the decline of cinema in Pakistani film industry?
 Is the political instability playing role in the declination of the Pakistani film industry?
 How do government policies affect the film Industry?
Can we say that the availability of satellite/cable/TV/DVD has impacted the film industry?  Is emerging technology the cause of decline of film industry?
 What culture are we trying to refer in films?
 How piracy has played its role in demolishing Pakistani cinema?
 How Bollywood movies have affected

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