Widely acknowledged to be the Oscars of Pakistan, the Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony that first began in 2002. The Lux awards academy is the first of its kind in Pakistan and dedicated to celebrating and honouring the country’s best talents in film, television, music, and fashion. Each year the … Read more
It doesn’t come off as a surprise that Obaid-Chinoy chose to wear female designers, from her clothes and her jewellery: “I am wearing Bunto Kazmi for the ceremony and will be wearing Sana Safinaz and Saniya Maskatiya for Oscar-related events. My jewellery will be done by Kiran Aman of Kiran … Read more
As expected last year, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy became Pakistan’s first woman Oscar nominee for her documentary, Saving Face. She is a Pakistani journalist, Co-Founder Citizens Archive of Pakistan and documentarian & the first Pakistani to win an Emmy award, which she won for her documentary, Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in … Read more
India is expecting A R Rahman to bring home the Oscar. No wonder he is nervous In the wake of Slumdog Millionaire, AR Rahman’s triumphant streak continues. And how! This week, he walked away with the prestigious BAFTA (British Academy of Film & Television Arts) awards for his music in … Read more
Rags-to-riches story “Slumdog Millionaire” continued its fairy-tale journey Sunday, winning seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards and sealing its place as favorite for the Oscars later this month. Kate Winslet and Mickey Rourke also gained Oscar momentum with acting wins — Winslet for her role … Read more
London (IANS): Oscar-frontrunner “Slumdog Millionaire” is probably being targeted by an organised tinsel-town smear campaign with an eye on gate receipts, British and US newspapers say. “Could an organised smear campaign be about to derail the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of ‘Slumdog Millionaire’?” The Independent said on Saturday after the film’s … Read more
There have been pretty serious accusations against one of the best films of year and India’s entry to the Oscars –’Taare Zameen Par’. Sad and surprising but true. The 69 year old veteran writer Shakuntala Devi who has authored 22 books says that a lot of the content in ‘Taare … Read more
She is sultry, she is seductive, and more than that, she is sexy siren Shilpa Shetty’s lil’ sis. But lil’ sis of late seems to have taken up a fun masti number in a peppy Mirchi Movies’ children’s film ‘Hari Puttar – A Comedy of Terrors’ starring young leaders of … Read more