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M . Ismail
M. Ismail, was a resident of the Inner Bhati Gate in Lahore. Well built and fair complexioned, Ismail had blue eyes, and was quite. attractive. Mian Abdul Rasheed Kardar (the famous A. R. Kardar), also belonged to the same area in Lahore. M. Ismail used to work as a golden calligrapher, while Kardar was involved ...
Talat Siddiqui
Character artistes are the backbone of any film industry. Even in the sub-continent obsessed with the romantic films, the hero and heroine are not generally considered the best actor and actresses of the country, but the characters artistes get the critical acclaim. In Pakistan, our character artistes ruled the screen in the 1950s and 1960s, ...
Talish
He was a man who knew how to conserve his energies! He was a sensitive actor who brought to his roles a flair of literary nuances. He may have got a taste for this oeuvre while living and working in Bombay, where he kept the company of literary stalwarts like Krishan Chandra. Talish also worked ...
Abida Parveen
Born in Larkana in Sindh in 1957, she received her early training from her father Ghulam Haider Khan. Starting out with radio, she later made mystical and devotional songs celebrating the great saints of Sindh and Punjab her speciality. She has a powerful voice and she throws herself, heart and soul, into her concert performances. ...
S.M. Yousuf
Amongst those film makers who resurrected social values through their positive exposure on the silver screen, the name of S.M. Yousuf will remain amongst the top ten Muslim directors in the sub continent. He not only concentrated on eastern values and their positive aspects, but also highlighted the role of women in society. S.M. Yousuf’s ...
S. Suleman
A lot of cine-goers might be oblivious to the fact that S. Suleman began his film career, before partition, as an actor (child star) in a film called Doosri Shadi. The movie was directed by Ram Aryani. In 1948, the director-to-be played a very vital role of young Dilip Kumar in the famous flick Mela. ...
Agha G.A. Gul
Amongst the families, which have worked diligently at keeping the film industry on consistent ground, the Gul family must rate the topmost in any event. Agha G. A. Gul, the true mentor and doyen of the industry, stands towering over others of his ilk in the community. He is regarded the most vital pillar of ...
Khan Ataur Rehman
The highly distinctive patterns of Bengali filmmaking has added lots of sparkling colors to sub-continental cinema. In Bangladesh, during the 1950s and 1960s too, there were many artistes and film related personalities of note, who left undeniable marks of their craft and vision on our cinema. Amongst them Khan Ataur Rehman Khan holds a very ...
Munir Niazi
Munir’s creative endeavors date back from early ‘50s, when his foray into films and his far and few between appearances on mushaira gahs earned him early recognition. His filmi fame received a huge boost in the ‘60s when Naseem Begum sang his famous ghazal, Us Bewafa Ka Shehr Hai Aur Hum Hain Doston, for the ...
Suroor Barabankvi
Who can forget those soft words, those pleasing and lilting tunes and those memorable numbers like Yeh saman, mauj ka karvan and Teri yaad as gaee, ghum khushee mein dhal gaey, ik chiragh kya jala, sau charagh jai gaey, from the film Chand Aur Chandni. These and many other such haunting numbers were written by ...
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Dariush Mehrjui (1939 - ):
Born in Tehran, Mehrjui developed an early interest in music, learning the piano and santur. He ...
Shehzadi:
Civilizations express themselves through art. When one talks about Sindh, the mind is filled wit...
Aakhri Khat (1966):
Cast: Master Bunty, Rajesh Khanna, Indrani Mukherjee
Director: Chetan Anand
Music: Khayyam...
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Deewar (U)
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Do Dooni Char (2010):
Real, sweet, simple and sensitive - these four words define Do Dooni Char, which is a tribute t...
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