Lahore - Pakistani troops yesterday handed over a grown up Indian Munni to her homeland authorities, showing the huge difference between reality and propaganda fiction.
A woman from Indian-occupied Kashmir – who mistakenly crossed into Pakistan – has been handed over to Indian authorities “on humanitarian grounds”, media wing of Pakistan military said.
“As a goodwill gesture, Shamim Akhtar, a resident of Nakarkot village in Poonch district was handed over to authorities in Satwal Sector along the Rawalakot on LoC,” a statement from Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
A hit Indian movie released this year shows Salman Khan, staring as Bajrangi Bhaijan, to going beyond believable limits to get a little girl, Munni, to her Pakistani parents in Azad Kashmir.
In the extremely emotional film, Bajrangi Bhaijan, sneaks across the border along with Munni and is ruthlessly chased by Pakistani law enforcement authorities who try their utmost to nab the hero, declaring him an Indian spy.
Bajrangi is helped by a Pakistani journalist and a cleric in completing his task, and receives informal support from a police officer and a military officer in crossing the border back into his country.
But throughout the movie Pakistani border force, police and higher authorities overall have been depicted as inhuman, idiot and morons.
The return of Shamim Akhtar is a glaring testimony to the fact that things are much different, sometimes even opposite, from what is shown in movies – especially those stained with sham nationalism.