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Disco Dancer (1982)
Disco Dancer is one of those films that I had known about for years before I saw it. People often quoted it as a truly kitsch film and I had heard the songs (by Bappi Lahiri, ‘the R. D. Burman of the B-movies’ according to the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema) and seen them as clips ...
Badmaash Company
What do the box office results say about the Indian audience? When movies such as Badmaash Company fare well at the box office, and attract large audiences, what can one conclude about their taste in films? Don’t get me wrong, the trailers were good enough to attract anyone easily: foreign location, beautiful babe, friends having ...
Armaan (1966)
Armaan was released on Friday, March 18, 1966, at a time when the country was echoing with protests against the Tashkent Agreement signed by President Ayub Khan and the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was said that a war ‘won’ on the front had been ‘lost’ on the table. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the ...
Channa Sachi Muchi (2010)
The failing local film industry saw a ray of hope with the recent premiere of the Lollywood period film, Channa Sachi Muchi (CSM). Its makers claim it to be one of the most expensive film ever made in the history of Pakistan, labeling it as a revival of Pakistani cinema. CSM has been produced by ...
Virsa (2010)
The film, Virsa, is a joint venture between Pakistan and India — an apparent attempt for the revival of Pakistani cinema with the idea that it could be brought about through collaborative efforts, consequently resulting in meaningful cinema. The premier held in all its glory at CineStar Cinema was attended by the film’s star cast ...
PaathShaala (2010)
Recent times in Bollywood have seen filmmakers producing movies which are based on the concept of the flawed education system which children and teenagers are trying to cope with. Some movies projected this concept realistically, managing to capture the hearts and minds of many people, and hopefully teaching some much needed lessons along the way. ...
Housefull (2010)
There are many reasons to watch a particular movie. The star cast, the direction and the plot are some of them. When none of these antics work, the film is considered a failure. And here`s a rare movie that works on all three fronts. Housefull has a killer star cast: one look at the movie`s ...
C.I.D. (1956)
This is one of Hindi cinema’s few experiments with film noir. It engages with the genre fully, down to its rainy night street scenes and relentless emphasis on icons of modernity, such as telephones, cars, guns, newspapers and houses with sliding panels, trapdoors, etc. Inder Raj Anand took elements of film noir and mixed them ...
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
One of the greatest epics of all time, Lawrence of Arabia epitomizes all that motion pictures can be. Ambitious in every sense of the word, David Lean’s Oscar-grabbing masterpiece, based loosely on the life of the eccentric British officer T.E. Lawrence and his campaign against the Turks in World War I, makes most movies pale ...
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Margaret Mitchell’s Civil War bestseller was snapped up by megalomaniac producer David O. Selznick, who resisted Mitchell’s suggestion that he cast Basil Rathbone as Rhett Butler in favor of the fans’ only choice, Clark Gable. After a nationwide talent search and a Hollywood catfight involving every potential leading lady in town, Selznick hired British Vivien ...
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Hassan Zia: Hassan Zia, sound recordist, who died of a heart attack last month in Karachi, was a winner thrice o...
Manorama:
Yesteryears actress Manorama, known for her comic and negative roles, died on Feb 15th, 2008. Sh...
Yusef Wahbi (1897-1982):
Born the son of a pasha, Yusef Wahbi was expected to become an engineer like his father. But a p...- Pakistani Films Database – 1960:
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Rahguzar (U)
Eid Mohd
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- Nasreen in Zinda Laash (1967):
Nasreen trying to seduce Asad Bokhari in Zinda Laash (1967) - second horror film of Pakistan and...
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