Shamim Ara was Pakistani cinema’s top actress of the 1960s, taking over the post from the legendary Sabiha Khanum. What’s even …
Swarnalata
Swarnalata was already an established heroine in Hindi cinema before she opted to migrate to Pakistan with husband Nazir, a …
Nayyar Sultana
Nayyar Sultana is unanimously regarded as one of the best actresses ever in the history of Pakistani cinema by Pakistani …
Lakhon Mein Aik
Khairabad, Azaad Kashmir, 1948. As the situation is tense, Ahmed Ali (Agha Talish) arranges for his Hindu Brahmin friends, Hardayal, to …
Kartar Singh
Kartar Singh is set in a village in Punjab, India; a ‘symbolic village’ inhabited by Sikhs, Muslims and Hindus who …
Rehana
Rehana was a top actress of Hindi cinema in the late 1940s and early 1950s. She is regarded as Hindi …
Dupetta: The Songs and the Film!
The songs of the Pakistani film Dupetta (1952) that released 63 years ago this day in Lahore continue to enthrall …
Meena Shorey
From being the heart throb of India (being known as the ‘Lara Lappa girl’ at her peak) to begging at …
Hail the new Chairman! Or Maybe Not…
Last week it was reported that the Central Board of Film Censors in Pakistan not only had a new chairman …
The Death of Shama and Common Sense
Just received, by recorded delivery no less, the latest edition of what must be the only publication that even pretends …