by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | World
Kano (Nigeria)-After a wide campaign and so much pressure put by extremists, Nigeria has cancelled a plan to build a $10 million “Film Village” outside the mainly Muslim northern city of Kano. The project, to be built on a 20-hectare expanse near Kano, planned for a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 27, 2016 | World
The poor rickshaw pullers and migrant laborers in India’s capital have found an escape of their daily hardships and struggle into a world of Bollywood’s love and romance; through a makeshift cinema under the 140-year-old double-decker bridge over the Yamuna river. The...
by Prakriiti Gupta | Jan 23, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
New Delhi, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Middle East is becoming an increasingly desirable filming location for the Indian film industry, with over a dozen A-list Bollywood productions filmed at various locations in the Middle East in 2013. Another major film is currently being...