Can Meera live in Pakistan? After she has performed a kiss seen in an Indian film, is she safe in Pakistan?
‘Let me live on my own terms’
"My parents are telling me that I should shift out of Pakistan, either stay in India or move to Dubai or London’
Some maulvis (religious leaders) visited my parents in Pakistan and are now demanding to talk to me. They think I am doing something wrong.
“I respect the Islamic culture, but let me live my life on my own terms.”
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dude nobody would have cared about her living in pakistan even if she had not done a kiss in that movie...for her this has made her more popular now.....in meera's case i have to admit it she is no aishwariya rai.....so nobody cares if lives in pak or goes back to hira mundi..
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nobody cares about these 2 cent hoes from heera mandi.
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You should have asked her in Rediff chat.
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I dont see what wrong she has done, Junoon were threatened when they toured India ... being a girl or what ever homer or Pak brave heart said ...
still she is a Pakistani., and she has every right to live in Pakistan!
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any pakistani women kissing indian is crime agianst state of pakistan?
or it is relgious issue?
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Is it in the constitution?
Look what Meera says
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Firstly, I am a very famous actress in Pakistan. I became a superstar in Pakistan at the age of 16. When I used to walk on the roads, college kids used to run after me. I have seen fame since I was 15, so fame does not mean anything to me. I am a respected actress in Pakistan, and in future I will be a respected actress in India also. As far as bold scenes are concerned, I have not done any bold or vulgar scenes. But let me clarify this, that if the script demands then I will do it, because the profession demands. Nobody can force me to do anything on screen. I don’t like vulgarity.
http://us.rediff.com/movies/2005/mar/04meera.htm
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let her live in Pakistan, who cares, i mean how many ppl even knew who she was until her name got in the news. I surely have no idea of anyone in pakistani movie industry.
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So u even know the price of these hoes in heera mandi?
shabash beta 
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Meera has very right o live in Pak.
This country is not the jageer of any moulvi or wardi wala.
But honestly, when i look at Meera, she looks like a cheap woman, I am not sure how she was picked by Mahesh Bhutt, who is a famous director.
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Since when did prostitutes from Hera Mundi become so speacial? The mulvis are giving her too much credit. Pakistani filmi actresses unlike Indian don’t come from some classy or high five families. They all originate from Hera Mundi, Pakistans red light district.
What we should really worry about is that she brining back HIV. Or worst, India blames there HIV problem on Pakistan after this.
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LOL
Whats wrong with you guys, who cares if she kissed some guys, she is a prostitute by profession,,,, get real people. Kissing someone is the least of whats shes done.
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Meera is uselessly blaming Maulvies. After reading majority of posts, I think Pakistan is no more a safe place for her any more.
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she will go home as she knows that she dont have any future in bollywood. I think she is exaggerating the threats to gain publicity.
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Though her name is Meera(in Lollywood),she is a muslim and I hope pakistan was created on Islamic terms and a large number of poeple migrated to this part of the world after migration,thinking they would be safe in this place.
If the nation cant provide security to its own people,how will it remain as a stable one?
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It is disgusting how we allow these religious zealots to tarnish our image as a nation. Whats more its even more dissapointing that our stars act like total jerks when they go abroad. She can stay in Pakistan and no-one will harm her, from what i have gathered its more or less a publicity stunt. If people like the women who got gang raped can live in Pakistan, then so can this madam.
If she feels she is so threatened in Pakistan, then by all means she should do as she pleases. Its her life.
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here ye go meera lovers or the people concerned about meera…
**Meera: I don’t like vulgarity
March 04, 2005 17:36 IST**
Pakistani actress Meera created much controversy when she reportedly kissed Ashmit Patel in Mahesh Bhatt’s production, Nazar. Apparently, the Pakistan government intends to impose a fine on her and ban other Pakistani actors from acting in Indian films.
Meera, however, maintains she is Pakistan’s peace ambassador to India.
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Mnay of the modern Hindi films out do any vulgar scenes from any other movies.
Its better people,especially youngsters kaap an off.
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Gone are the days of Guide' andkashmir ki kali' stuff movies which portrayed the scenes of true love.The modern Hindi films are just a bin of dirty ,useless songs and obsfcene scenes.
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The kiss that enraged Pakistan
By Zofeen T Ebrahim
KARACHI - Is it really just “a storm in a tea-cup” and a “non-issue” that some people seem so ready to dismiss? Why such outrage after Meera - known as the “queen of Pakistan cinema” - locked lips with her Indian co-star?
The recent incident has spawned much debate on the sub-continent over whether it really boils down to religion or, as one put it, the “cultural baggage” that Pakistani moviegoers carry. Ironically, Pakistanis watch foreign movies with baring-daring scenes without batting an eyelid. Nonetheless, when a Pakistani actress enacts the same scene with an Indian, all hell breaks loose.
Will Meera, Pakistani tinsel town’s number one sultry siren, who caused all the brouhaha by kissing her co-star Ashmit Patel in the Indian film Nazar pay a heavy price for that lone kiss? Will all the other Pakistani actors have to bear the government’s wrath for her acting “against Islamic ethics and moral values”?
Given that the Meera episode is still hot, it raises the question of why these outraged critics never protested to the vulgar fare churned out by the film industry in general and all the conceivable explicit scenes Meera has enacted in Pakistan all these years in particular.
“Given her lack of reputation at home, we should not worry too much about her lack of ethics in Bollywood,” shoots Aijaz Gul, a film critic, cinema analyst and film exhibitor.
However, there are others like Hasan Zaidi, a young Pakistani filmmaker who feels otherwise.
Pointing fingers at a “culture of hypocrisy” that has permeated Pakistan, he said: “We all know all kinds of things happen in our society but we are loathe to see them depicted either on screen or in literature.”
“Our men would like ‘our’ women to at least pretend to be virtuous even as they enjoy themselves elsewhere,” added Zaidi. “But in this particular case, I don’t even think kissing was the issue - this was a purely manufactured media circus with ulterior motives.”
According to Zaidi, there have been kissing scenes before in Pakistani films that have been cut out by the censor board. “And if you have ever seen a Pushto [regional language] film , there is a lot worse going on sometimes.”
Local media reports indicate Pakistan’s Ministry of Culture has decided to take action by imposing a heavy fine on the actress because of her “bold scenes”.
Stumped by the reaction, Meera - who is still in India and rumors are swirling that she plans to stay there - is reported to have said that all she wanted was to “bring the two countries together”.
“If I have kissed Ashmit, it’s like Pakistan kissing India. If I have hugged him, it’s as if every Pakistani has hugged every Indian. I don’t understand why there’s so much hue and cry. I am here as an ambassador of peace and whatever I am doing is part of the process of building bridges,” Meera said.
“Haven’t these people kissed anyone in their lives?” asks an equally nonplussed Patel, who shared the kiss with Meera, which he incidentally calls a “peck on the cheek” and “not even a proper kiss”.
Mahesh Bhatt, writer and co-producer of Nazar terms the whole thing “childish and quite ridiculous”.
“This is the first India-Pakistan film that also dares to cement relations between the two countries. Hence, it would be tragic if anyone would want to spoil this relationship,” he said.
But in no mood to stir the hornet’s nest as he also has plans for a launch in Pakistan, he added: “Anything that upsets their [Pakistan’s] sensibilities, I wouldn’t be a party to. I didn’t know there would be so much of hullabaloo that has prompted me to write to the Pakistan president.”
The recent thaw in relations between Pakistan and India has seen many Indian Bollywood stars visit the neighboring country to interact with local actors.
This camaraderie has often helped generate funds for the underprivileged, the most recent being aid for the Asian tsunami victims. Various co-productions, star-studded events and concerts - unthinkable a couple of years back - have now become common. Adding to that is a growing population of Indian soap opera addicts on this side of the border.
“I think this whole issue is nothing but a storm in a tea cup,” said Hoori Noorani, an avid cinema-goer and a leading publisher.
The so called ‘defenders of our culture’ use Islam and terms such as ‘moral values’ when it is convenient for them. The film is yet to be released and it isn’t fair to comment on it," she told IPS.
However, Noorani adds: “Mahesh Bhatt’s recent films do have a lot of steamy sex scenes [like Murder] but these movies are meant for an adult audience. The critics of Meera’s ‘scenes’ should take a look at what is shown in our films to titillate the mainly uneducated audience that goes to see them.”
Saquib Malik, one of the most sought after song-video makers in Pakistan agrees with Noorani.
“This big hue and cry is quite uncalled for. She’s done far more explicit and vulgar scenes on our silver screen and nobody has ever objected,” reveals Malik.
Seeing the issue as a cinematographer, he explains that the video song clips shown to Pakistani viewers on a private channel were “sensuous and provocative with rain, a fair amount of cleavage and very physical - stuff she’s being doing even in our films. But we have to admit these were very well choreographed.”
To the argument in Pakistan that she was in the arms of a Hindu, Saqib said it is “trite and ridiculous”. He dismisses the comments as “reactionary and narrow-minded”.
“We have to give her credit for being the first Pakistani to have been cast as a heroine and that too in Mahesh Bhatt’s film. That counts for something for he’s a force to reckon with,” said Saquib. “Even in Bollywood actors want to work for [Mahesh]. It was a good opportunity and she took it. I’d strongly support Meera.”
Pakistani actress Zara Sheikh, while refusing to comment on the Meera issue for fear of offending either the star or the Pakistani government, agrees with Malik. “She’s set a precedent and we should give her due credit for having acted in a Bollywood movie and that too, in a lead role.”
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/GC10Df03.html
Part of the fault of the Pakistani public in not being able to digest such steamy scenes, which according to Zara is “because our film industry has made movies that are so far removed from reality with an overdose of lush green fields and dancing around trees. People cannot accept the private scenes on big screen.”