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On the sets of Zinda Bhaag – II
Being a film student (at NCA,) “life at the set” was not a new experience quite frankly. The fact that it was a film set was the bigger challenge. Living through a dream that every film maker sees...
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On the sets of Zinda Bhaag – III
After having done Rafina, another movie coming my way was a long shot, since there are hardly any movies made in Pakistan, however early January an impromptu meeting with Mazhar Zaidi proved otherwise....
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On the sets of Zinda Bhaag – IV
In early 2008, when I left a career in advertising to go to film school, I really never thought I would work on a feature film in Pakistan but I was lucky enough to find a job on Rafina right after I...
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Weekly Classics: The Blood of Hussain
“I really have been a reluctant ruler. Really, you can say that. But I am not a person to just give up in disgust and walk away. I am determined to stay here until I solve all of the many problems that...
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‘We need to create our own heroes’
Zeba Bakhtiar responds to a question as Asim Raza (to her left), Nadeem Mandviwalla and Meher Jaffri listen avidly during a discussion on the revival of Pakistani Cinema at T2F.–Photo by White Star...
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Costs run into millions as cinema owners plan recovery
A demonstrator carries material inside a burning cinema during a protest against an anti-Islam film in Peshawar on September 21, 2012. – Photo by AFP When violent mobs took to the streets across...
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Also Pakistan – V
Our Also Pakistan series was supposed to conclude with the fourth installment of this bitter-sweet exercise in nostalgia. But we have decided to return with yet another installment of Also Pakistan,...
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Humaima Malik wins an international accolade
“Bol” movie poster. Pakistani actress Humaima Malik achieved another feather in her hat, by receiving another international award at “The South Asian Rising Star Film Awards” in New York on Tuesday...
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Also Pakistan: The final cut
The Also Pakistan series was to conclude much earlier. But the kind of popular interest that it attracted from readers from within and outside Pakistan, prompted the making of a few more sequels of...
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Cafe Black: Evil popcorn
I finally managed to get my hands on the DVD versions of three Pakistani films that I had once seen on the big screen many years ago, and was looking to do the same again, but this time in the privacy...
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