Akbar Asif cancels <i>Mughal-E-Azam</i> premiere
News
oi-Staff
By Super Admin
Monday,
June
26,
2006
Mumbai
(UNI):
London
based
businessman
Akbar
Asif
has
cancelled
the
Pakistan
premiere
of
his
late
father
K
Asif's
Mughal-e-Azam
after
noted
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar
was
denied
a
visa
to
visit
the
neighbouring
country.
Bollywood
personalities
like
Sridevi,
Boney
Kapoor,
Dino
Morea
and
Jackie
Shroff
were
among
others
to
accompany
Asif
from
London
for
the
premiere
scheduled
for
today.
Even
though
Akhtar
was
granted
visa
late
last
evening,
he
can
get
it
only
on
Monday.
''Javed
Saab
is
one
of
our
veterans.
When
he
was
denied
the
visa,
we
felt
that
we
should
not
hold
the
premiere,
hence
we
cancelled
the
same,''
said
Akbar
in
a
statement.
''Yes,
it
was
father's
dream
to
see
Mughal-E-Azam
being
released
in
Pakistan,''
says
Akbar
Asif.
''And
it
was
a
great
moment
to
see
the
dream
fulfilled.
Nevetheless,
we
respect
Javed
saab
so
much
that
we
did
not
feel
the
need
to
have
a
premiere
without
his
presence.''
The
proceeds
from
the
premeire
were
to
go
to
the
earthquake
victims
of
Pakistan.