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The cutting edge Moazzam Abbasi is out to lunch. Actually, he is with two of his friends. The interview as yet a distant solidifier, our acquaintanceship is limited to a bit of trivia about...		Music under the stars The central courtyard of the Alliance Francaise in Karachi played host to an enchanting musical evening last Saturday. The star of the evening was one of Pakistan’s top singers of geet, ghazal and classical singing, the inimitable, Mehnaz....
Hollywood’s Arab director Within Hollywood, Moustapha Akkad was the little-known producer of the Halloween horror movie series. But within the Arab American world, he was the famous film-maker whose movies defied stereotypes and portrayed Islam in a positive light....		The onscreen love of Shirin Farhad The story of Shirin has been treated in film and drama in India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. The best known to us are, of course, the Indian version from the 1950s...
The unsung hero Making faith-based films can be a heavy cross to bear for even the best of film-makers simply because of the fact that there are many, many toes to be stepped on....		Truly enchanted Attired in a traditional Balochi costume and holding a decorated Suroz (a local musical instrument) in his left hand with fingers on its strings, Suchu Khan is out to conquer the world with his music....
Oscar, the Indian connection “Call me at 4pm. I don’t think I can be free till 7pm, please call me after that ... I have a live tele-interview and shall not be back home before 11pm ......		All for a noble cause lt was a pleasant evening when the unpleasantries of the recent earthquake that devastated the northern areas were discussed at an event organized by Masarrat Misbah to launch Fame (Fashion, Arts,...
Review Preview: Batman Bfore there was Batman Begins, there were four more Batman movies that graced the silver screen from Batman (1989) to Batman & Robin (1997). In this recently released DVD box set...		Review Preview: Bewitched Nora Ephron’s Bewitched plays on the idea of the 1960s series of the same name. This movie, however, is not a reproduction of the TV show....
STARBUZZ: Best kept secrets Singer Haroon Rashid was recently out and about in Islamabad and it was then that his new interest (other than music) came to be known to all those who saw them together....		STARBUZZ: Clooney talks trash George Clooney loves sparring with Bill O’Reilly — but the actor would just as soon keep the jabs verbal. Appearing at an American Film Institute panel in LA recently, Clooney was...
Static Before making noise with Audioslave, Chris Cornell fronted trailblazing Seattle outfit Soundgarden, formed in 1984, disbanded with due military honours in April 1997...