Indian, Pakistani singers to fuse music at Immies

Cultural camaraderie between India and Pakistan hits a new high on Friday with virtuoso singers from both countries set to enthrall a packed audience at the MTV Immies in Mumbai. Versatile singer Hariharan teams up with the Karachi-based rock group Strings to keep the crowd tapping while Shaan joins up … Read more

Asim Reza – Creative Brief

For a quiet man, Asim Reza has a lot to say. His work speaks for him, whether in the mythical setting of an advertisement or in the documentation of a dancer’s synchronized footwork. The quest for artistic greatness influences his life and though he doesn’t blow the trumpet on his … Read more

Actors and Films Follow the Trend for Peace

Indian and Pakistani film industries have begun a collaborative effort to use their movies to foster peace and diffuse tension between the rival nuclear states. Politicians had previously used films to fuel animosity between India and Pakistan, now film makers are committed to use them as a means for building … Read more

Urmila in Lahore for Documentry

Moving Closer, a 40-minute documentary by Serendip Productions, was screened at Alhamra Hall-II. The documentary will also be shown in Bombay and Delhi and later screened on Pakistan Televison, Star Plus and Doordarshan. Moving Closer is about Indian actress Urmila Matondkar and director Prahlad Kakar’s visit to Lahore earlier this … Read more

Shaan with Sonali Bendre in ”Ehsan”

Tall,dark handsome and admirably articulate, he is a cameraman’s delight in a body-hugging T-shirt, cigarette gingerly clutched, the one and only Pakistani super star Shaan. Pakistani filmmakers are gearing up to co-produce films with their Indian counterparts and rope in Indian actors. A 25-member official Pakistani film delegation, in Mumbai … Read more

Pakistani stars to perform for tsunami relief

Pakistan’s film industry has offered to take part in an entertainment extravaganza conducted by Bollywood to raise money for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help tsunami victims. The offer was made to Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who recently completed the film Nazar, an Indo-Pak venture with Pakistani star Meera … Read more

Sawera plans to direct a play on Hardy’s novel

Actress turned director Sawera Nadeem, after passing out from the NSD, Delhi’s National School of Drama ,is on her new project these days which is based on Thomas Hardy’s novel “Far From the Madding Crowd”, written by a new talent Ali Arif. According to the Daily Times, Sawera also plans … Read more

Reema in Bollywood

The Indian press has crowned her the Aishwarya Rai of Pakistan – after Bollywood’s most successful female star. A household name in Pakistan after having acted in nearly 200 films, Reema is visiting the western Indian city of Bombay – home to India’s famously prolific film industry. At parties thrown … Read more

Reema in Bollywood

The Indian press has crowned her the Aishwarya Rai of Pakistan – after Bollywood’s most successful female star. A household name in Pakistan after having acted in nearly 200 films, Reema is visiting the western Indian city of Bombay – home to India’s famously prolific film industry. At parties thrown … Read more