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Straightforward Sana In general, once an actress is cast as a side heroine in Lollywood, it is very difficult for her to get out of the rut for the remainder of her career....		Film by an expatriate Dr Hassan Zee has completed the shooting of his seminal Pakistani-American film Night of Henna and is now busy in its post-production phase. A medical doctor by profession and a film-maker...
Honouring a legacy Ravi Shankar always knew his daughters would inherit his music. But he never expected one of them to become a jazz star. “I love to perform,” he says. “To me it...		An easily forgotten affair Noted singer Humaira Arshad came to the rescue of Pakistan Television at a recent folk music concert recorded by Peshawar centre for Independence Day. The singers failed to involve the listeners,...
STARBUZZ: Miffed Mikaal Mikaal is quite miffed at the way he was sidelined, for the second time running, at this year’s Lux Style Awards. Apparently, the model-turned-actor has been heard saying that he might...		Toronto on the Indus Canadians in Toronto were recently introduced to the Indus Valley civilization. Designer Shaiyanne Malik and Pakistani-Canadian Mehreen Javed came together to present ‘The Colours of the Indus,’ a show tailor-made for...
REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Sasquatch A plane carrying a company’s research team goes down in uncharted territory. After weeks of intensive searching, the rescue team gives up any hope of finding the wreckage or any survivors....		Tele-films have their day “We wanted to show people that there are different ways of telling a story,” Iqbal Ansari, Director Programmes remarked at the conclusion of the Indus Tele-film Festival 2003. “It’s up to...
In competition with herself Almost six feet in height, Shanaz Siddiq has to safeguard her reputation. She is the designer that the world-famous crystal people, Swarovski of Austria, handpicked out of the other Pakistani designers....		MUSICBOX: Speed kills Summer 2001 box office sensation The Fast and The Furious, a movie that depicted super-charged street car chases also charged up the viewers with its Days of Thunder-style sequences and accelerating...