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Indian movie director Deb Medhekar said that he would like to screen Bioscopewala in Afghanistan

Indian movie director Deb Medhekar said in a letter to the Afghanistan Embassy to India, that he would like to screen Bioscopewala in Afghanistan. While he is uncertain about getting permission for a theatrical release, he hopes his film will be screened in schools, colleges or on other public platforms. The director said, "While making the film, I hoped that, someday, it would screen in Afghanistan.” The story follows a Pashtun merchant from Kabul, who travels to Calcutta to sell dry fruit every year. While in India he becomes friends with a five-year-old girl Mini as she reminds him of his own daughter who lives in Kabul. Even though Bollywood ventures are a big draw in Afghanistan - with many residents having picked up the language by bingeing on Hindi films aired on their TV sets - tense political climates have led to the closure of several theaters in the country. Inevitably, Hindi movies are only infrequently aired in Afghanistan theaters. Medhekar said: “The film traces the roots of the Bioscopewala back to his home country. I thought it would be befitting to screen it there. I'm keenly awaiting a positive response. It would give me satisfaction, [a belief] that, in the end, the Bioscopewala does find his way back home."
Deb Medhekar says that Afghanistan has been portrayed in a positive light in his film.