Aayan Mirza
Just your average writer/editor based in Karachi, who has the OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) to use commas (Oxford Commas, especially), and edit the heck out of editable pieces.Also, love movies, TV shows more than the movies, and books over everything else.If you find editorial mistakes or have any other feedback over the content of the website, I would appreciate if you email me at: aayanmughal@gmail.com
Investigating the ‘O21 booed off’ story: The Picture could have been a little different
"They don't care whether the film is Pakistani or not, they are merely concerned with their business, so what they do is that the moment they suspect that their Pakistani release might not be as successful on a particular cinema as they they had previously thought it to be, they would reach out to the management of that cinema and will have it replaced there completely with one of their own Indian films.
O21 (Review): It is the farthest Pakistani Cinema has gone in ‘Brains’
The O21 gang; from the very first day, from the very first brush of the film with the media and headlines, has propagated it to be an intelligent film, a 'brainer', perhaps the Syriana of Pakistan film industry, and well, that is exactly what I was served with.
O21’s new trailer is smart but mellow, fast but disconnected
At the point when it aptly manages to give O21 the aura of a film set in a global context, away from the day-to-day lives of a common man, it, at the same time, fails to make that context hit the audience right in their heart. Like a heartbeat, the trailer goes through a lot of spikes and drops, and doesn't take the viewer with it.
O21’s Press Event: Star-shine afternoon, glamour and Pakistani Cinema’s next monster
By: Aayan MirzaIf you thought Waar was a big film, this one is huge, if you thought Waar was the smartest film to come out of Pakistan film industry, this one is genius, If...
Shoaib Mansoor and Salman Ahmad plan a feature film on Polio
By: Aayan MirzaShoaib Mansoor over the years has established himself as the most right authority on filmmaking with socially activated subjects in Pakistan. His Khuda Kay Liye in 2007 dealt with the subject of...
Balochistan takes a rise on Pakistan’s film map
By Aayan MirzaFeature Image by: Zeeshan MahmoodFor years the province of Balochistan has remained culturally invisible for majority of the country. Most of us only know about that particular province just as much as...
‘Jeenay Chalay’ of Dukhtar’s OST has trademark Shafqat Amanat Ali feel
By Aayan MirzaShafqat Amanat Ali has that distinct voice which makes what he sings, neither too complicated to hear nor too contemporary, it has its own identity. One can feel it in Khamaj, in...
Khoobsurat Fawad signs three Pakistani films
By Aayan MirzaNot many would disagree here; ever since Fawad Khan has blown a new life to our television screens, we have all been dreaming of him to be seen on the big screen, more so in the present...
Breaking! Ashir Azeem of ‘Dhuwan’ returns in Yalgaar
by Aayan MirzaOne of the best childhood TV memories for some, and a PTV classic to others, Dhuwan remains an important and a well cherished chapter of Pakistan's entertainment history. The TV serial, though,...
Chambaili in USA, Waar on TV
by Aayan MirzaThe year 2013 in Pakistan film industry is majorly known for three big films, Waar, Main Hoon Shahid Afridi and Chambaili. While Main Hoon Shahid Afridi was pretty swift on its reach...