‘Hiring Pak artistes threat to security’

NEW DELHI: Gajendra Chauhan, chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has waded into the raging debate on whether India should ban Pakistani

NEW DELHI: Gajendra Chauhan, chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), has waded into the raging debate on whether India should ban Pakistani artistes, insisting that hiring Pakistani actors and artistes is a threat to the “economy and security” of the country.

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Chauhan told HT on Wednesday that there is no dearth of talent in India and therefore, the country does not need to hire actors and singers from across the border.

A former president of the cine and TV artists association (CINTAA), Chauhan said hiring talent from abroad is counter productive.