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An inherited passion The Malika is no more. Long live the Malika. I met Tahira Syed a few weeks before her mother passed away. She was in Karachi singing for a charity. Very quickly...		A song for the people Not content with just a simple cricket series, it seems that Pakistani and Indian musicians are busy cementing ties that are taking this vast subcontinent’s people in the right direction. Enter...
The mama’s girl grows up: Charlize Theron “You’re just so...pretty.” This is a line which is key to the love story at the heart of Monster, a line whispered by Christina Ricci’s character to Charlize Theron, winner of...		STARBUZZ: Reema’s first Lollywood’s most determined actress Reema has teamed up with a soft drink company for Pakistan’s first cola spot featuring a film personality. The ad industry in India did it a while...
Dissecting the Oscars If you were following the Golden Globe Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, this year’s Oscars would not have startled you. After all, these aforementioned ceremonies are the harbingers of...		A good gesture A few weeks ago, PTV Karachi Centre organized a special ceremony to honour the winners of PTV’s recently held National Awards hailing from the centre. It was an interesting ceremony...
REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Cold Mountain More than two-and-a-half hours long, Cold Mountain, based on a novel by Charles Frazier, can be described as an emotionally drenched journey. It scores points by depicting the brutality and casualties...		Remembering women for a day You don’t have to look at her burnt body to understand the pain. You don’t need to ask the little girl mopping the floor why she has blisters on her hands,...
Fishy business Laugh-out-loud, slapstick improvisational comedy with class is a rare treat in Karachi. But that’s exactly what Blackfish, a local comedy troupe comprising eight energetic, young budding comedians, is all about. Their...		MUSICBOX: Enigmatic alchemy He reached the sky with the early ’90s hit Sadeness and then continued to soar above ground for a good decade. But Michael Cretu’s Enigma looked like it had reached the...