Blogs

October 2, 2017
It is a quiet Sunday afternoon in Karachi as I head out to meet Ali Zafar – who is presently staying at Ahsan Rahim’s residence and is scheduled to head back home to Lahore in a day or two. Standing...
July 18, 2016
Bollywood actor Salman Khan was at the receiving end of flaying critique recently when he compared how his grueling workout schedule for a film would often leave him feeling battered like a raped woman. The internet was certainly not amused, or...
July 18, 2016
It’s quite easy to misunderstand Iman Ali. You may run into her very often and still be clueless about her “real self” (her own words). To any random person, she could be many things; almost like the character she plays...
May 27, 2016
So we’re back again with our yet another exciting Celebrity Siblings installment, this time about an even more inspiring, budding starlet duo. While everyone claims to be talented and fabled, some just don’t have to sing for themselves as their...
May 20, 2016
HuffPost India Cinema in Pakistan seems to be going through a strange turn. To be particular, most films in this new wave of cinema are fundamentally the same, featuring recycled themes of either overt patriotism or heavy-handed sexual innuendo. Of...
May 12, 2016
It is essentially an Indo-Canadian venture yet there was a lot of hype surrounding Beeba Boys in Pakistan last year: it starred Pakistani actor Ali Kazmi and the fact that he was part of a Deepa Mehta venture. However, the...
May 2, 2016
From the critical reviews to the response of fans, it’s palpable that Captain America: Civil War has pretty much stolen every other superhero film’s thunder. But as the battle rages on and we continue to welcome more and more superhero...
April 27, 2016
India’s latest export Priyanka Chopra, who has been making waves internationally with her TV show Quantico and her upcoming film, Baywatch has made it to the cover of Time magazine. The magazine, in its May edition, counts her among the...
April 27, 2016
Are you a Fan? If yes, have you ever wondered what kind of a fan you are? Are you not a Fan? Have you ever wondered what being a fan really is? Well, as per the proper definition of a...
April 26, 2016
While Pakistani showbiz industry is emerging at a pace no one would have even imagined a decade ago, its blaze and brilliance have marked its territory in the world of fashion, drama and music globally to name a few. Though,...
April 25, 2016
Be it Hollywood, Bollywood or any other film industry, you will rarely come across a movie that presents a strong woman as a protagonist. Yet there have been significant movies that focus on women characters specifically — both fictional and...