There you go again. Despite the border tensions between India and Pakistan, artists from both sides of the Wagah border still find each other worthy of collaborating with.

News is that an Indian producer Ramesh Agarwal has approached our very own Madiha Shah to work in a film. The actress, keeping the current situation in mind where Pakistani artists are not allowed to work in India, has turned down the offer. She feels that unless

our actors and singers are given the respect they deserve, she will not do any Bollywood movie.

Good call, Madiha S. But you haven’t been, of late, working in Pakistani films as well. I wonder why!

Published in Dawn, ICON, March 19th, 2017