INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, after concluding his state visit to the United States, arrived in Egypt on Saturday for a two-day
visit, expressing his confidence in strengthening India's ties with the Arab nation.According to a tweet from the Prime Minister's
Office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Cairo, Egypt, a short while ago, where he was warmly received by Prime Minister Mostafa
The tweet also included photographs of the Prime Minister's arrival in Cairo.PM Modi also took to Twitter to express his gratitude,
saying, "I thank Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly for the special gesture of welcoming me at the airport
May the ties between India and Egypt flourish and bring benefits to our people."Upon his arrival in Cairo, PM Modi wrote, "Landed in Cairo
I am confident that this visit will strengthen India's relations with Egypt
I look forward to discussions with President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and participating in other programs."Arindan Bagchi, the spokesperson for
the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), tweeted, "A momentous visit begins
Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets foot in Cairo for his first state visit to Egypt
He received a ceremonial welcome and a Guard of Honour upon arrival
As a special gesture, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly of Egypt welcomed PM Modi at the airport."This visit marks the first bilateral trip by
an Indian Prime Minister to Egypt in 26 years.Here's how Bollywood has been a bridge between Egypt and India.Over the next few days,
India-Egypt bonhomie will be further burnished by a series of bilateral agreements and the diplomatic affability will also reflect in
Over a swathe of decades in the land of Mo Salah, many Egyptians have built a personal bond with Hindi films
baddies and shimmied to songs there.Ancient as the two civilizations are, shared anti-colonial objectives have crafted modern associations
The Union ministry of external affairs said in 2014 that Mahatma Gandhi and Egyptian statesman Saad Zaghloul had common goals on
independence of their countries
The ties were elevated by the close friendship between Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru, leading to a Friendship Treaty between the two nations
beyond the world of politics and diplomacy, an invisible people-to-people connection was forged beginning in the 1930s through the world of
moving pictures in darkened theatres
In an insightful paper titled, The Ubiquitous Nonpresence of India, Oxford professor Walter Armbrust referred to the fan magazine Al Kawakib
(The Star) to show how Hindi cinema had come to be discussed in Egypt, though not always positively, in the 1930s.But the cultural kinship
trivial differences attributable to environmental factors
The music in these films moves us and lifts our spirits because it springs from the same source: the magic of the East and its spirituality
Hindi film business magazine, acknowledged in 1963 that Egypt produces technically high-standard films while also importing movies from the
article headlined, World Market for Indian Films.The 1980s marked the arrival of video cassettes, which turned cinema-viewing into home
entertainment for the first time
Pirated VHS tapes further expanded the global reach of Bollywood films and stars
Geraftaar and Mard (1985) that viewers saw in theatres or watched on video cassette.
department of Urdu, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, reaffirmed in 2011
In 2015, journalist Ati Metwaly wrote on Ahram Online how the Egyptians flocked to a Bollywood dance workshop at the Indiaby the Nile
Was having problems with the transfer
He said: you are from the country of @iamsrk
I will make the booking, you pay me later
occurrence underlines the power of cinema: how it can demolish geographical distances and cultural differences and touch the heart, how it
can shape attitudes towards an entire people and a country
Hopefully, there are more stanzas to be sung in this enduring duet.
