Karachi is famous for food, sandy beaches, bustling lifestyle and Kara Film festival. Kara film festival is an event organized by KaraFilm society a group of young committed filmmakers. Last year’s festival “Dekh magar Pyar se” (“watch but do it with love” is probably the right translation for the phrase) … Read more
Two years after its “Passion for Peace” tour stop here rocked Miller Auditorium, Pakistani-American rock group Junoon is back in town with the same goal in mind: To use its music to unite people across ideological and religious divides. The trio, consisting of founding members Ali Azmat on vocals, guitarist … Read more
The Rafi Peer Theatre’s 10-day world performing arts festival, 2004, is being held at the Alhamra Cultural Complex from Nov 27. As many as 600 artistes of over 33 countries, including India, will perform in various disciplines of performing arts like dance, theatre, music and puppetry. Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi … Read more
Adapted from Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s book and inspired by Bimal Roy’s Dilip Kumar earlier role as ‘Devdas’, the movie is a classic slice of a bygone era. The film is the tragic love story of Devdas (Shahrukh Khan), Paro (Aishwarya Rai) and Chandramukhi (Madhuri Dixit). All three bold characters who … Read more
‘Films should be for the masses. They should reach people’, says Kavitha Lankesh, whose first feature film, Deveeri, has already won three awards.
Daman, a new Hindi film starring Raveena Tandon, dares to cast aside Bollywood glitz to tackle the hard-hitting subject of marital violence. Daman, meaning dominance, is by no means a run of the mill Hindi film. Casting aside the glamour and fantasy usually associated with Bollywood, Daman dares to tackle … Read more
Yet another project with Indian and Pakistani talents has been planned. After DUS, which stars Pakistani actor Jawed Sheikh with a host of Indian names, a London-based producer has now teamed Sunil Shetty and Pakistani actor Omer Sharif for a new film. Yusuf Khan, who had earlier directed the Sunny-Suniel-Ajay … Read more