Hold the dream
“My first Urdu feature film will go on floors next month in Karachi,” Saqib Malik says as he starts the conversation while taking a sip of his coffee in a noisy coffee shop at Zamzama....
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Cryptic, poetic and poignant
More than being just a true story based on the life of a Kashmiri woman, Dukh Darya symbolizes the multi-faceted plight of women — be her Meera Bai (one of the...
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A stab in the dark
Think of the shower scene in Psycho and what comes into your mind? Almost certainly it’ll be the look of terror on Janet Leigh’s face accompanied by the nails-scraping-down-a-blackboard screeches of composer Bernard Herrmann’s score....
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‘Gara’ up for grabs
Through word of mouth, Kersi Dubash of Nazakat Collections (nazakat meaning ‘grace’) has been able to attract his ideal clientele. The hotel room in Karachi where he is exhibiting his wares...
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Red-hot diva
Shazia is cute — a tiny frame topped with a heart-shaped face framed by short, straight, brown locks. It’s hard to picture her in the shoes of a public relations manager...
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Musicbox
Even though they appeared on the music map at a time when the grunge movement was in full swing, Weezer found home in a different section of alternative rock. The band’s take on indie emo in their...
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Reviewspreviews
Based on a novel by Scott Phillips, The Ice Harvest is the story of a mob-lawyer and his associate which proves that when big bucks are involved, there is no such thing as the perfect crime. Directed by Harold Ramis,...
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Starbuzz
Pakistani film and theatre actor, director and comedian, Omar Sharif, is to take charge of a Bollywood film for the first time, in a move seen as a sign of improving cultural relations between the two countries....
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