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Swinging to the ’60s Evernew’s old film studio office is in a pretty seedy building surrounded by a variety of shops and offices. If one puts one’s hand on the rather spooky staircase to climb...		A forum for both sides In the garden of a local hotel, where the Pakistan-India People’s Forum for Peace and Democracy was taking place and the Indian participants were staying, waiting for Ratna Patkar-Shah to finish...
Kara overview An Oscar nominated film, accompanied by its producers and director, brilliant short films made by young folks locally, and documentaries on issues ranging from Afghan refugees in Karachi to the turtle...		STARBUZZ: Return of the Baig Yousuf Baig Mirza is back in business, and in demand, it seems. The latest is that he has joined the ARY Digital Network as its CEO last week. Having vacated his...
Films – dismal as ever Every year seems to bring Pakistan’s film industry closer to the edge of the precipice, to a vantage point to see what lies in the pit. But most people in the...		Culture in the Capital Islamabad came alive for two consecutive days recently, with cultural performances hosted by Lok Virsa and the PNCA, respectively, to honour delegates visiting the capital for a National Policy Seminar on...
REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Master and Commander Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, a $135 million film, is based on two of the 20 novels by Patrick O’Brian. Set during the early 19th century, the...		Cross-border exchanges on cinema Meera will soon act in a Bollywood movie; Mahesh Bhatt will write a script for Samina Peerzada’s next film; Pooja Bhatt wouldn’t mind directing a movie in Pakistan, while Ali Azmat...
Day of judgment Karachi’s very own international film festival, Kara, ended in a manner as chaotic as it began: with mishaps a plenty, gaffes galore and, as one of the organizers put it, almost...		MUSICBOX: Jawad gets jaded Either Jawad Ahmed has run out of ideas, or he is not ready to experiment. This is precisely what one feels when one lends his ear to the Uchhiyan majajan wala’s...