Archive for the ‘Drama’ Category
Pyaar Hi Pyaar Mein (2003)
Fahim Burney’s debut directorial venture Pyaar Hi Pyaar Mein was the second most anticipated release of 2003, the first being Samina Peerzada’s Shararat. Though the film successfully evoked curiosity for its sophisticated imagery and lifted scenes before its release, expectations from it weren’t sky high, since the element of originality was missing even in the ...
Pehla Pehla Pyar (2006)
Depilex Vision’s Pehla Pehla Pyar is a misdirected attempt at film-making. Mubasher Luqman directs the flick and sadly joins Faheem Burney and Asif Ali Pota in the ever-growing list of directors who migrated from TV to film, but failed to impress in their first attempt. The film seems more like a play on a private ...
Neela Parbat (1969)
The basic pattern of the themes of Pakistani productions is more or less fixed and few directors would dare to venture into variations outside it. All stories have a built-in fairy-tale like quality. Problems of various kinds are created without regard for realism. As unreal problems do not call for realistic solutions, the ‘problems’ created ...
Majajan (2006)
Syed Noor’s much awaited Punjabi language film Majajan is finally out. The showman had cancelled the release earlier for almost three times – once due to the October 8 earthquake, then the Pak-India Test series and most recently Eid-ul-Azha – adding to the hype of the film and testing the patience of Pakistani cine-goers. With ...
Larki Punjaban (2003)
Larki Punjaban, the biggest Pakistani film ever attempted, courted controversy from the very beginning. It was rumoured to be co-directed by the Indian director Shashilal Nair. It was released in London before it was released in Pakistan and Syed Noor was heard swearing by its success. It elicited protests from Sikh activists who claimed that ...
Koi Tujh Sa Kahan (2005)
Watching a Pakistani film used to be more agony than entertainment until Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua, masterfully crafted with its brilliant print, excellent songs and above all, unLollywood approach. The era of quality Pakistani movies would have returned but cine-goers met more trash after Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua than before and decided to ...
Khuda Ke Liye (2007)
There couldn’t have been a better time in Pakistani cinema and society for Shoaib Mansoor’s much-awaited cinematic debut Khuda Ke Liye (In the Name of God) that premiered throughout Pakistan on July 20. I have never seen a Pakistani film that is so bold, fearless and yet marvelously balanced in tackling religion, exposing religious extremism ...
Ishtahari (2002)
While a handful of moviemakers strive to dig out fresh faces and base movies on untested subjects, rehashing trite formulas or trying to recreate the magic of earlier mega movies wins hands down with Lollywood. The latest from Lollywood’s bag of wonders is Ishtahari – a clever cross between the above two. It was touted ...
Khazanchi (1941)
This is an example of the work of the studio in Lahore that was a centre of the Indian film industry before partition and is now the home of ‘Lollywood’ or the Pakistani film industry. A huge hit, it is one of the films that helped to establish the musical style of the Hindi film ...
Shaheed (1962)
Shaheed, a stunning b-&-w movie, was released in 1962. It was written by Riaz Shahid, and directed by Khalil Qaiser, both men destined to be removed from the board by exploitative forces just on the fringes of the 1970s. One has always known that good literature or even all art, pre-empts situations and events to ...
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Ghulam Haider:
Music composer born in Hyderabad (Sind, Pakistan). Studied dentistry. Leading composer from the ...
Anil Biswas:
On May 31, octogenarian composer Anil Biswas, fondly known as Anil Dha, passed away in New Delhi...
Dariush Mehrjui (1939 - ):
Born in Tehran, Mehrjui developed an early interest in music, learning the piano and santur. He ...
Two Women (1998):
Two Women tells the story of two school friends, intelligent and beautiful Fereshteh from ...
W.Z. Ahmed:
W.Z. Ahmed, 91, one of the most outstanding film directors of the subcontinent, passed away at a...
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