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Pakistani-American filmmaker Habib Paracha wants to run as far away as possible from the perception of a rich man making Published Feb 16, 2020 08:25am

As the Hum Network turns 15, Icon reaches out to the driving forces behind it — the mother-son duo of President Sultana Updated Jan 21, 2020 01:36pm

Maya Ali is on a never-ending quest to find good roles and better scripts. Above all, she wants to be herself. But who Published Jan 12, 2020 07:00am

6 Underground is a testament of what can go wrong if director Michael Bay has the ball all to himself without Published Jan 12, 2020 07:00am

Sachh tries hard to be a Bollywood film but remains a Pakistani one with much room for improvement Published Dec 29, 2019 08:22am

Insecurity, egos and an absolute reluctance to raise the bar of storytelling in movies have all but killed the film Published Dec 29, 2019 08:12am

Actor Bilal Ashraf has seen lows in his career that beat the stuffing out of him. But the career-defining success of Published Dec 22, 2019 09:26am

Sacch, which opens in cinemas this Friday, is well described as a ‘family outing’ by its producer. The film brings Published Dec 15, 2019 07:03am

Pakistani cinemagoers and even filmmakers themselves constantly complain about poor scripts and dearth of good content Published Dec 08, 2019 08:42am

Woe is us having to find streaks of hope in a film that has glib characters, a trite premise and a screenplay that Published Dec 08, 2019 08:29am

Talash is a near-sighted attempt to weld together two barbarities into one confounding package Published Nov 24, 2019 07:08am

Why is infidelity in marriage the theme du jour on television screens? Are unhappy, spiteful women with malicious intent Published Nov 17, 2019 08:22am

Two Pakistani films just released. In Durj the characters eat people in an uncooked story. In Kaaf Kangana the Published Nov 03, 2019 07:53am

Domestically produced animated films have a far better batting average than live action feature films. Why then are Published Nov 03, 2019 07:43am

The newly rejuvenated Pakistan Film Producers’ Association is hoping to coax the government into implementing a film Published Oct 27, 2019 07:03am

Kaaf Kangna is a love story above everything else, and the film’s screenwriter, producer and director Khalil-ur-Rehman Published Oct 20, 2019 07:24am

Daal Chawal is a ho-hum public relations message for the police but we’ve seen shoddier endeavours in the name of Published Oct 13, 2019 07:36am

A documentary film on Pakistan’s first Nobel laureate, Dr Abdus Salam, that took 14 years to make, would be a shoo-in Published Oct 06, 2019 07:49am

Every film in the Rambo franchise is governed by the need of the times. And as the latest instalment, Last Blood, shows Published Sep 29, 2019 07:47am

He feels he was literally raised to do something for the film industry. He’s already been a producer, composer, Published Sep 22, 2019 07:59am