What happened: PM Imran Khan has announced that Pakistan and Uzbekistan will be making a film on Zaheer ud din Babar, the first Mughal emperor. The aim of this collaborative effort between Pakistan and Uzbekistan is to create awareness between the young people of both the countries about the historic connection between Pakistan and Uzbekistan. […]
What happened: Skater Girl on Netflix is directed by an Indian filmmaker Manjari Makijany but it does not credit the Indian girl, Asha Gond, the film is based on. The 21 year old Asha says the film is about her and her Indian village. She even wrote an email to the filmmakers after watching the […]
Pakistan’s collaboration with ZEE5 has proven to be the missing jigsaw piece in the complicated puzzle that is Lollywood. At a time when our dramas have dipped dangerously low into restrictive domestic drama,‘Ek Jhooti Love Story,’ written by Umera Ahmed and directed by Mehreen Jabar, echoes the need for non-conventional, vibrant love stories with a […]
From the start Swipe is both intriguing and alarming, we see a flock of crows ravenously feeding on scraps of meet and then we hear the overly cheerful voice of a news anchor talking about a shiny new app on the market called ifatwa. The casualness with which she states ‘swipe right se wajib-ul-qatal, aur […]
A student at Manfield College Oxford University, Sarah’s film Passoon (پاسون) is a short film based on a young climate activist in Dir, Pakistan named Manal Shad, and it has won the first prize at Girls Impact the World Film Festival. Talking to Dawn News, Sarah talks about how she discovered Manal through a video and how […]
Mustafa Nawaz Khokar, PPP Senator, stated that the Senate Committee on Human Rights has barred the Council of Islamic Ideology from reviewing Sarmar Khoosat’s film Zindagi Tamasha. The Central Board or Film Censors has been requested to provide the panel a copy of the movie for screening. The screening will be held on March 16, […]
Mahira Khan has said that she will march for the underprivileged women who are not in my position and who have not enjoyed the same luxuries as she has. She was the first of celebrities to speak up against Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar and condemned his misogynistic remarks against Marvi Sirmed. She said that she was shocked […]
Deemed one of Pakistan’s biggest characters; Maula Jutt is finally returning! The Lahore High Court on Tuesday forwarded the appeal for the release of The Legend of Maula Jutt to the censor board. According to the provincial high court, the board can decide whether character names and dialogues can be used in the film or […]
On Tuesday morning, Disney unveiled the highly anticipated trailer for its upcoming Aladdin live-action film. The new trailer is chock-full of action intensive scenes, giving audiences glimpses of some of the most iconic scenes 90s kids loved. The trailer begins with Aladdin, played Mena Massed, running away from two men who are after him for stealing. Soon […]
Meera Khan started her illustrious career at the young age of 10, when she appeared in a TV commercial. And since then, she has just added more accolades to her career. Swipe for an insight into Meera’s career Read More from Our Entertainment Segment: A Conversation With Musa Ghaznavi
