CNN
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Excitement is growing in cinema-mad India for the return of a movie star from Pakistan to its big screens after his long absence due to an industry ban on artists from the neighboring country.
Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge following in India, announced his Bollywood comeback last week, sending fans into a frenzy, 18 months after an Indian court effectively ruled that a de facto industry ban on Pakistani talent imposed in 2016 was illegal.
“The wait is over! Bringing love back to the big screen,” Khan posted to Instagram last week, alongside a short teaser for the May 9 release of rom-com “Abir Gulaal.”
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