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The strumming strings They were there when the new wave of Pak pop was breaking on the local media beachhead, post-Nazia-Zoheb, post-Alamgir and post-Shyhaki. They were there when music videos, in their most primitive...		A tribute to Faiz Faiz would have been touched by the evening organized as a tribute to him had he been alive to witness it in person. But such is life – one is seldom...
Conduct becoming It was a delight to meet Munira Nadeem. The young and candid PTV compere of youth programmes is a refreshing change from the many shallow media starlets of her age. She...		STARBUZZ: Winning streak Seems like Iman Ali has become the hottest choice for every ambitious drama-maker in town today, whether it is PTV news reporter-turned-playwright Shazia Sikander or veteran director Shoaib Mansoor. She is...
Too quiet off the set In a world of deafening action movies with whiplash editing, earsplitting sound effects and screaming soundtracks, Sofia Coppola’s films whisper. They’re like the film-maker herself: You have to pay attention to...		The Man in Black bows out Rock musician Bono once described him as “a character of truly Biblical proportions, with a voice like the landscape of his beloved America. He has a soul as big as a...
REVIEWSPREVIEWS: My Boss’s Daughter What is worse: having a boss from hell or having a crush on the boss’s hot daughter? Mix that with having to look after the boss’s expensive house, a bunch of lunatics and a pet owl on the loose. What you get is 100 minutes of pure mayhem in return....		A Muslim comic at the Fringe: Edinburgh Edinburgh was a revelation with its wide roads and large, classical public buildings. The castle dominates the city from its hilltop perch and is surrounded by the surviving parts of the...
Shedding light on a dark corner In the local mainstream feature-film industry ruled by exploding projectiles, massive body counts, buxom village belles and mustachioed, oozing machismo heroes, the serious fan of intelligent cinema is left high and...		MUSICBOX: Out of steam Brace yourselves as another artist recklessly sacrifices a carefully constructed career at the altar of cosmetic glitter. Jewel has displayed a noteworthy flair and desire to make it big in the...