DAWN Images; February 10, 2008

February 10, 2008

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First PERSON: Maheen Karim: Absolutely fabulous At the time this interview takes place, she looks cool, calm and collected sitting on a couch in her English-setting office one fine afternoon at her residence. You can detect an undertone of pride in her words when she speaks about herself and her work and it is later obvious why, when she claims that Maheen Karim (the label) is here to stay in the Pakistan fashion industry.....		In concert: An electrifying experience: No pun intended We are an entertainment-starved nation. Others might disagree, but this is the underlining black cloud for this article. Entertainment that is not dependant on self-creativity, that can be obtained from a public forum and that is designed as an audience-based service, is hard to find and usually substandard....

Front seat: Rambo is back with a vengence but ... Call it an analog reminder in a digital world, but with the release of “Rambo” on January 25, Sylvester Stallone has used the latest technology to re-ignite our nostalgia for his role of an oft misunderstood but very efficient militaristic killing machine....		Theatrics: Dumb struck Thespianz Theatre recently performed at the PACC in Karachi to present a collage of dance, music and theatre. It was the first batch of Napa students’ third performance held for two consecutive nights and as is the norm things started off a bit late but once it commenced the anxiety...

Fashion feature: Creative Business He’s slowly but surely dressing up the who’s who of the entertainment industry of Pakistan. Although this designer for the designers has been around for a little more than 10 years, he’s consistently managed to keep a very low (social) profile....		Anim adversion: So you think African-Americans can’t debate? Mr Roger Ebert opens his review of The Great Debaters by saying that it “is about an underdog debate team that wins a national championship, and some critics have complained that it follows the formula of all sports movies by leading up, through great adversity, to a victory at the end. ...

Awards fever: The Oscars fade to bleak If a moviegoer manages to see all the Oscar-nominated films, a generous dose of antidepressants will be in order. This year’s celebrated films make for compelling viewing, but an awful lot of characters die, toil in vain or lead otherwise pitiable lives....		Music maker: Zeb and Haniya: Signed and sealed They’re the duo that got everyone swinging to their hit single, Chup released on radio a couple of years back. Just when one thought they’d never make a proper appearance in the music scene, they, on the suggestion of a couple of friends already working in the industry itself,...

In music: Two bands keep on shining Pink Floyd’s history and entire body of work aren''t as familiar to the average music fan as those of such other 1960s British groups as the Beatles, Rolling Stones or The Who. Even some of Floyd’s casual fans may think of it chiefly in terms of two landmark albums from the 1970s:....		Music box: As producer of the pop rock band Mizmaar, Kashan Admani puts on the producer’s hat one more time for the band’s third studio album. On the other hand, veteran pop singer Najam Sheraz is on the verge of releasing his eighth studio offering, and together,...

Star buzz: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi — the Indian guru famous for bringing John Lennon who, in turn got The Beetles to follow the Yogi’s path to spiritual enlightenment — passed away at his 200-room mansion in the southern Dutch village of Vlodrop last week....