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That wink and style — re-enter the Khanum It was 1970. Comedian-writer-producer-director Rangila’s film also named Rangila was released and the husky-voiced Tasawwar Khanum, with her song Ve Sub Ton Sohniyan, made her way into her countrymen’s hearts. Soon...		The Indian box-office elixir Pakistan’s film industry and a few of its personalities are currently following multiple paths, some of them heading in different directions. There is a long list of artists seeking work in...
From film to foreign policy When he first guided his shiny Nash convertible through the Warner Bros gates in 1937, Ronald Reagan was a New Deal Democrat, a liberal unionist fighting for people “at the bottom...		Cross-cultural stew There was a time when an Asian actor would have been more than happy with his two bits on telly. The corner shop owner demanding ‘Two pound seventeeh phleaze’ or the...
Another forgotten great passes away On June 3, renowned playback singer Mujeeb Alam suffered cardiac arrest and passed away. Mujeeb Alam reigned supreme in the world of playback singing from the late ’60s to the late...		The tribute giver One is sure to have seen a tribute or two honouring forgotten legends while channel surfing. Najam-uz-Zaman, the man responsible for them, has made it his mission to pay homage to...
MUSICBOX Pakistani music has been sounding rather dull over the past couple of months. The same old bhangra and shaadi tunes with their hackneyed videos and done-to-death love-hate/boy-girl themes are being recycled ad nauseam...		REVIEWSPREVIEWS German film-maker Wolfgang Petersen’s regal, albeit freely adapted Troy makes an important point: falling in love with an emperor’s wife can be the ultimate trigger for a decade long war....