Stories by Sadaf Siddique
Working within strict censorship laws, Iranian films do not shy away from exploring sensitive social and cultural issues.
Published 31 Aug, 2020 09:26am
Mollywood opens new perspectives on regional Indian cinema but is it a cut above Bollywood?
Published 17 Jun, 2020 11:52am
While Akhri Station touches on taboo topics, it is less successful in showing the full spectrum of human experience
Published 13 Mar, 2018 12:32pm
The mini-series' first episode tells the story of Yasmin whose no-good husband forces her into unthinkable circumstances
Published 15 Feb, 2018 01:28pm
Manto forces us to question whether our current system is also holding our artists back
Updated 08 Feb, 2018 01:34pm
Ehteshamuddin on his Partition obsession, what's different about his next project and the acting role that got away
Published 07 Dec, 2017 09:14am
When a heinous crime is committed against her daughter, Devki (Sridevi) finds herself taking the law into her hands
Published 10 Jul, 2017 03:13pm
While director Saket Chaudhary gets full marks for novelty, he fails to adequately flesh his ideas out
Published 22 May, 2017 11:19am
What's good? Working women finally got their due. What's bad? We celebrated stalkers as heroes.
Updated 30 Dec, 2016 11:00am
Starring Osman Khalid Butt and Hareem Farooq, Sanam needs to be jolted from its slumber
Published 24 Sep, 2016 12:23pm
Our readers had their money on (most of) the same celebs!
Published 02 Oct, 2015 03:58pm
Saba Qamar and Mikaal Zulfikar have previously played a couple dealing with the aftermath of rape in Pani Jaisa Pyar
Published 25 Aug, 2015 03:16pm
Starring Imran Abbas and Maya Ali, the TV drama unites writer Khalil Ur Rehman and director Mehreen Jabbar
Published 29 Jul, 2015 12:06pm
We dissect the state of romance in today's dramas and find out what makes modern-day onscreen love work — or not
Updated 24 Jul, 2015 10:42am
Each characters is predictable, but at least they're believable (for the most part!)
Updated 22 Jun, 2015 03:54pm
The series takes a morbid turn as characters are bumped off to make the plot work
Published 19 May, 2015 01:08pm
Maya Ali's character Zulaikha lacks backbone and her actions reinforce all that patriarchy holds dear
Updated 12 May, 2015 11:54am
While it's hard to portray desire on Pakistani TV screens one can't forgive Zid's frigid take on the emotion
Updated 16 Apr, 2015 01:12pm
Yousuf loves Zulaikha but we're not convinced Zulaikha loves anyone, not even herself or her own future
Updated 06 Apr, 2015 01:40pm
We round up what worked and what didn't in Mehreen Jabbar's drama serial
Updated 04 Apr, 2015 03:41pm
