Dubai, Feb 23: The Zee Cine Awards ceremony to be held in Dubai on Thursday would witness the reunion of top film brass from the Indian and Pakistani film industries, organisers have said. About a dozen top personalities from Lollywood (Pakistani equivalent of Bollywood) have been invited to join their Indian counterparts at the annual celebration of the Indian film industry which is seen as yet another step towards improving Indo-Pak relations.
''There are several people in the Pakistani film industry who have made serious efforts to make good films that have received accolades from filmgoers even outside the country. This is the right time to recognise their efforts,'' the Gulf today reported quoting vice-president of the Zee Telefilms International Ltd Manish Vasisht.
He said the Pakistan film industry would be represented by veteran Pakistani theatre personality Omar Sharif on stage. ''Sharif will share the stage with Indian television star Shekhar Suman at the ceremony, which is expected to be the most glittering and glamorous event held in Dubai till date.''
The event to be hosted by noted film director Karan Johar and actress Juhi Chawla would be backed by popular compere Javed Jaffrey, glamour girls Shilpa Shetty and Katrina Kaif along with John Abraham.
Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Hrithik Roshan, Saif Ali Khan and Lara Dutta would present programmes at the award ceremony which is one of the top four film award events hosted in India every year. Bureau Report