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Director’s Note: Lyari Notes

By Miriam Chandy Menacherry, August 4, 2017 11:08 amNovember 2, 2022

Of course, I’d like to think that a film is driven by a profound idea but in this case, the …

Chhoo Mantar

By Karan Bali, October 17, 2016 10:07 pmJune 8, 2024

This 1958 Pakistani film, made in Punjabi and directed by Mushtaq Hafiz, is an extremely tacky and a pretty blatant yet bland …

Shamim Ara

By Karan Bali, August 5, 2016 6:00 pmSeptember 3, 2023

Shamim Ara was Pakistani cinema’s top actress of the 1960s, taking over the post from the legendary Sabiha Khanum. What’s even …

Swarnalata

By Karan Bali, April 20, 2016 6:38 amNovember 12, 2022

Swarnalata was already an established heroine in Hindi cinema before she opted to migrate to Pakistan with husband Nazir, a …

Nayyar Sultana

By Karan Bali, April 13, 2016 7:40 amApril 15, 2024

Nayyar Sultana is unanimously regarded as one of the best actresses ever in the history of Pakistani cinema by Pakistani …

Lakhon Mein Aik

By Karan Bali, June 7, 2015 6:29 amSeptember 21, 2023

Khairabad, Azaad Kashmir, 1948. As the situation is tense, Ahmed Ali (Agha Talish) arranges for his  Hindu Brahmin friends, Hardayal, to …

Kartar Singh

By Karan Bali, April 9, 2015 9:55 amMarch 20, 2024

Kartar Singh is set in a village in Punjab, India; a ‘symbolic village’ inhabited by Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus who …

Rehana

By Karan Bali, April 1, 2015 7:36 amApril 24, 2024

Rehana was a top actress of Hindi cinema in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She is regarded as Hindi …

Meena Shorey

By Karan Bali, November 17, 2014 10:07 amMarch 30, 2023

From being the heart throb of India (being known as the ‘Lara Lappa girl’ at her peak) to begging at …

Vulgarity, Faith, and Discipline

By Omar Ali Khan, May 8, 2009 8:23 amJuly 30, 2022

Naseebo Lal is by far and away the most popular singer in Pakistan and has been so for the last …

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