The power of two
Though seemingly benign, their entry into fashion photography has rocked a few old boats. Rizwan and Munazza, working as Deevees, are two regular people doing fashion shoots — nothing unusual, and...
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A scintillating recital
Marion Baglan’s sparkling, if all too brief solos, presented recently to a fully-packed audience in the covered patio of the Alliance Francaise in Karachi, was a solid and trenchant performance. In...
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‘Becky Sharp is a survivor like me’ —Mira Nair
Not long ago, Mira Nair was invited by the UN to produce a documentary, Still, The Children Are Here, about the Garo people in north-east India. The Garos (who are Tibeto-Burmese)...
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STARBUZZ: Manto reborn
The past few years have seen a rise in the popularity of iconoclastic Urdu short story writer Saadat Hassan Manto. Though a good number of his plays seem too taboo...
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Enter, the actor
“I became a model and an actor to become rich and famous. Commercials are quite lucrative, while TV plays can make me a household name,” says the new girl smiling at...
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TV’s favourite mother
The year has begun on a sad note for Pakistani television: on January 31, Ishrat Hashmi, one of the best actresses that PTV has produced so far, succumbed to her illness...
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REVIEWSPREVIEWS: Blade Trinity
Blade is not alone this time. He teams up with the Nightstalkers, a splinter cell of vampire hunters, including Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds) and Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel). And of course...
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Make music, not war
How does one introduce an acclaimed singer like Hariharan who really needs no introduction? He’s not short on accolades; choosing a particular one to highlight would prove to be a difficult...
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MUSICBOX: The mystic mantra
The year 2005 has brought instant (read ‘more’) success to Faakhir who, three years ago, displayed his skills both as a vocalist and a musician with his debut album Aatish. Mantra...
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Melodies of Punjab
For centuries, the historic city of Lahore has remained a major cultural centre in South Asia. A provincial metropolis of Punjab, it has groomed a large number of musicians and singers...
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