Mahira Khan makes to top 10 ‘Sexiest Asian Women’

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December 12, 2015

The gorgeous Mahira Khan who has been in news and under social media radar for several weeks now, while promoting her upcoming coming-of-age film Ho Mann Jahaan, makes international headlines as she is enlisted among top ten ‘Sexiest Asian Women’ by UK’s leading Asian weekly newspaper Eastern Eye.

Mahira Khan ranked 10th according to the poll conducted by Eastern Eye. Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra topped the list and took the title from Katrina Kaif who bagged the first slot in 2014.

Earlier this year Mahira Khan won an award for Best Actress for her movie Bin Roye at Masala! Awards held in Dubai.

Mahira Khan is also joined by another Pakistani woman Mehreen Saeed, who ranked 38th this year and has been among top 50 since 2009.

Before Mahira Khan, Iman Ali has also made to top 10 in 2007. Beside these ladies, Mehwish Hayat and Humaima Malik had also been part of the list.

Mahira Khan’s popularity and stardom crossed the border when her popular TV show Humsafar was released on Zee Zindagi in India and later she was offered a role in a Bollywood film Raees, scheduled for 2016 release, oppossite Shah Rukh Khan. Since then she has been in the spotlight of international media.

Mahira Khan’s upcoming film Ho Mann Jahaan, directed by Asim Raza, is releasing on 1st January 2016.

Its confirmed, “Revenge of the Worthless” is releasing on 15 January

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December 11, 2015

The on-going three month hiatus in the local cinema will be filled by the release of at least two films in January next year as Ho Mann Jahaan, releasing on 1st January, will be followed by another movie Revenge of the Worthless.

The Swat counter-insurgency operation based drama Revenge of the Worthless, which had been put off multiple of times before, will finally see the light of release on 15 January, as it is confirmed by the makers of the film on the release of theatrical trailer of the film.

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The film is the directorial debut of renowned actor and social activist Jamal Shah, who also runs an art institute Hunarkuda in Islamabad and Lahore. The film is produced by Hunarkuda Films, a subsidiary of Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts, and it is distributed by Summit Entertainment.

The cast of the film has big names of TV industry like, Jamal Shah himself, Firdaus Jamal and Ayub Khoso. The film’s cast also includes Shamyl Khan, Maira Khan and a turkish actress Emel Karakose. Some of the new talent and students from Hunerkada College of Visual and Performing Arts is also working in supporting roles in the film.

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The story of the film is set in the backdrop of Swat insurgency of 2009 and subsequent military operation launched to quash the insurgency and restore peace in the valley.

Watch the newly released trailer of the film.

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“Shakar Wandaan” mania brings many celebrities to the dance floor

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December 3, 2015

The latest and hottest shadi number “Shakar Wandaan” of Ho Mann Jahaan created a hysteria on the social media when its video, featuring Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar and Adeel Hussain dancing in very exciting way, released last Friday. The peppy video of the song became an instant sensation and the excitement grew out of the bounds when the film’s cast asked the viewers to record and send a video of dancing on the song to participate in a competition and win tickets to a special Ho Mann Jahaan concert happening in Karachi later this month.

This competition made everyone, including children, boys and kittens, demonstrate their dance skills and try their luck to win the concert tickets. People are sharing their videos on Instagram and Facebook, some of which are really cute but others are either hilarious or botched attempts.

Here is the competition announcement video by handsome Sheheryar Munawar.

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The “Shakar Wandaan” mania even took many celebrities under its spell and the loads of videos of many stars dancing on the song started appearing on the social media.

We selected some of the cutest videos featuring stars from TV and film industry dancing on Shakar Wandaan.

Anwar Maqsod and Yasir Hussain

We bet you would have never seen or even imagined Anwar Maqsood dancing ever before. So, this video featuring the legendary writer Anwar Maqsood and Karachi Se Lahore famed Yasir Hussain dancing on the song will make you fall in love with the competition idea.

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Qavi Khan, Yasir Nawaz and Imran Abbas

The legendary actor Qavi Khan also did not stay behind and teamed up with Yasir Nawaz and Imran Abbas to give their version of Shakar Wandaan moves.

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Javed Shaikh

Javed Shaikh lip-synced the song and danced in his own way in this video.

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Mathira and Saim Khan

How Mathira could have not availed the chance to shake a bit on the song!

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Irsa Ghazal

TV actress Irsa Ghazal has learned the steps well. Check out yourself.

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Sanam Baloch and her morning show team

Sheheryar Munawar joined Sanam Baloch and her morning show team dancing in unison on the song.

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Sheheryar Munawar challenges Hamza Ali Abbasi

In this video, Sheheryar Munawar challenges Hamza Ali Abbasi to show his hidden dance skills. We are waiting to see when Hamza accepts the challenge and posts his video (or a Facebook status explaining that ‘dancing is not our culture’). *wink wink*

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Watch all the videos of people participating in the competition here.

Here is the original video of the song which frenzied everyone.

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Karachi Se Lahore spin-off will be bigger and better, reveals Wajahat Rauf

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November 22, 2015

If you watched Karachi Se Lahore, a road-trip film by Wajahat Rauf, then you would clearly remember the character of Moti, a stammerer, who made you laugh your head off with his puns.

The good news is that Moti (Yasir Hussain) is ready to blow your mind again in the spin-off of 2015’s blockbuster film Karachi Se Lahore. The next project by Showcase Films has already been set in motion, as revealed by the producer and director of the film Wajahat Rauf in an exclusive talk with Galaxy Lollywood.

The untitled spin-off will carry the story on from where it ended in Karachi Se Lahore (KSL) and it will revolve around the character of Moti. Yassir Hussain is essaying the role of Moti again. The film will have most of the new characters and cast. Some of the actors from KSL might give special appearance but its details are yet to be finalized. The film will be another road-trip and it will be set in Punjab this time, Wajahat Rauf shared.

“The people who liked Karachi Se Lahore will love this one too and its kinda Karachi Se Lahore 2.0. It will be bigger and funnier”, said Wajahat Rauf.

On a question what did he learn from KSL experience, Wajahat Rauf said that, “a lot of learning actually. Mostly positive that people of Pakistan are very supportive. We were not bothered by anyone when we were shooting and the audience response in cinemas was overwhelming.”

Galaxy Lollywood’s review of Karachi Se Lahore.

KSL felt a bit dragged at points, which director also admitted as one of the shortcomings of the film. “Another learning from KSL was to start the action/story immediately rather than putting in scenes to establish the characters. Backstory of each character can be told in a different way.“, he further shared his learning experience from KSL.

So when we asked what will be improved in the new film, Rauf shared that, “the overall pace will be faster and we will have more crisp dialogues and bigger setup for the songs“.

The script of the spin-off, written by Yasir Hussain who also wrote the script of KSL, has been finalized and the film is going to hit the floors from January. The film is targeted for Eid-al-Azha release next year.

Yasir Hussain rose to overnight fame after exhibiting his strong acting and writing skills in Karachi Se Lahore. Since then he has been signed up for various big projects including writing the dialogues of Asim Raza’s debut film Ho Mann Jahaan. He is also writing the script of Fahad Mustafa’s first home production Band Tu Ab Baje Ga, a rom-com directed by Anjum Shahzad. With all these projects in his plate, Hussain is surely one of the busiest men in the industry right now.

Karachi Se Lahore, staring Ayesha Omer, Shahzad Sheikh, Yasir Hussain and Javed Sheikh, became the fourth highest grossing film of the year 2015. It was received well by the audience and termed as a laughing riot. Fresh comedy, young cast and diverse cultural flavor, the film had all the right ingredients. It also owns the credit of being the first Pakistani film to have its premiere in Hollywood.

KSL Hollywood Premiere — Karachi Se Lahore team at Hollywood premiere. Pic courtesy: Karachi Se Lahore facebook page.

Adeel Hussain: On films, dance skills, Mahira Khan, Bollywood and more

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November 21, 2015

If you haven’t seen a Pakistani drama in a while, in three, four years or so, chances are that you won’t recognize more than half the cast of a local drama running on your television screens now. So where did all the crop go?

A lot were just one stint wonders mainly. Others, the select few, are being picked up by the budding film industry of the country. One of the latter ones, he left all of us amazed in some of the biggest recent local drama productions, and is now coming to cinemas near us.

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Atif Aslam graces ‘Dil Kare’ of Ho Mann Jahaan in his signature style

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November 21, 2015

The video of the first song ‘Dil Kare’ from the soundtrack of eagerly awaited movie Ho Mann Jahaan is out.

Atif Aslam lends his voice to a Pakistani film in ‘Dil Kare’ after four years. His last gig was Bol for which he did not only sing a song but also acted in the movie.

The video of ‘Dil Kare’ features handsome Atif Aslam traveling through the scenic valley of Chitral and the lead cast of the film, Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar, Adeel Hussai and Sonya Jahan, in some never seen before scenes from the film.

vlcsnap-2015-11-21-16h57m11s675 — Atif Aslam in the backdrop of scenic Chitral in a screen grab from the video of ‘Dil Kare’.

The song is received well by the people as in less than 20 hours it has been viewed 0.2 million times on ARY Films official Facebook page where the song was shared first time on Friday night.

vlcsnap-2015-11-21-16h51m39s860 — Sheheryar Munawar in a screen grab from the video of ‘Dil Kare’.

Ho Mann Jahaan is the debut feature film of ad filmmaker/music video director Asim Raza. Along with stellar cast, the film will also boast the cameos by Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi.

Galaxy Lollywood’s exclusive interview of Asim Raza.

The film is releasing on January 1st.

vlcsnap-2015-11-21-16h57m27s902 — Mahira Khan in a screen grab from the video of ‘Dil Kare’.

Watch the video of the song below.

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Meera allegedly injured the female producer of Nadia Khan Show

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November 17, 2015

“Meera” is synonymous of “drama queen”. She knows how to stay in the news. Be its her English which causes hysteria or a raunchy video getting leaked online. Be its her new marriage scandal or a steamy item number in a C class Indian film. She never runs low of tricks or mishaps to stay in news and create new controversies and drama.

This time Meera-incident happened at the set of Nadia Khan Show (NKS) where she allegedly attacked and injured female producer of the show and refused to appear as a guest in the show despite having a prior commitment and being paid for it.

Nadia Khan recently re-launched her popular morning show after several years on Geo TV and the show is already getting high ratings and plethora of advertisements and sponsors.

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According to infuriated Nadia Khan, Meera was invited as a guest on the show and for this she was in contact with the show’s Guest Coordinator for more than two weeks through her manager (Sohail). They had settled everything including the script of the show and the payment. There was supposedly no issue at all.

Perhaps in the morning of Nov 16th, when Meera reached the set of NKS, she refused to come out of the car as she thought she were supposed to be at some other set for another recording. The producer of the show liaised but Meera got enraged and injured her arm by attacking her. Later Nadia Khan herself tried to mediate and requested her to record the show but Meera did not listen to her as well and cut herself off in the make-up room.

Meera’s manager, Sohail, had already flown from the scene to avoid any further insult as “Meera is accustomed of throwing tantrums at eleventh hour”, he told the Guest Coordinator before running off.

This is the version of the story we learned in live Nadia Khan Show from Nadia Khan. The other side of the story is not known yet as Meera has not shared anything with media yet about this incident. We are waiting to know when Meera speaks in her defense and clears the air. Till then watch the anecdote from Nadia Khan herself in the video below.

We feel pity for the poor morning show producer who suffered because of her team’s choice of the guest for that morning. Poor lady!

A video is shared on Nadia Khan Show’s Facebook page, in which we can see how the show’s team is trying to console Meera but she seems in no mood to give herself up.

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Sahir Lodhi’s ‘Rasta’ is about system’s failure, revenge and bond of brothers

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November 15, 2015

Sahir Lodhi is one of the most meme-ed and talked about celebrities of social media in Pakistan beside having a substantial fan following on radio and TV. The VJ-turned-host decided to test his luck in film-making with Mausam, but the film seems to be in production limbo for some time now. This is not all, as Lodhi has announced another film Rasta which will be a dark, romantic, action thriller and might release before Mausam.

Sahir Lodhi is playing one of the lead roles in Rasta opposite super model Saima Azhar who is debuting at the acting career with this film. The cast also includes model-turned-actor Naveed Raza and TV’s stud Aijaz Aslam in lead roles and Sana Fakhar and Shamoon Abbasi in supporting roles.

“The film is about the failure of the system, revenge and bond of brothers”, Naveed Raza told Galaxy Lollywood while talking about the story of the film. He abstained from revealing any further details about the film except that “it will be a treat to watch”.

The script of the film is co-written by Sahir Lodhi and Shahid Naqvi. The film will be shot in the city of lights, Karachi, and it is being directed by Saqib Siddiqui.

The music of the film will be done by Sajji and the maestro Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and Amjad Sabri will lend their voices. Mathira is signed for an item song in the film as well.

#PhotoShoot #Lahore #Fashion #AijazAslam

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Rasta is soon to hit the floors and is expected to be released in second half of 2016.

Humayun Saeed will return to TV after 4 years in Faiza Iftikhar’s script ‘Dillagi’

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November 14, 2015

Humayun Saeed is unstoppable. After performing in two blockbuster films, Bin Roye and Jawani Phir Nai Ani, this year and doing cameos in other twos, Manto and Dekh Magar Pyaar Say, Saeed has already embarked on the journey of another eventful and successful year.

The actor/producer is part of the ensemble cast of eagerly awaited war action drama Yalghaar releasing next year and he has also roped in by Mahesh Butt for a film, Dushman, in Bollywood. But, he is not committed to the silver screen only as the handsome actor is returning to the small screen after a hiatus of four years in a TV serial Dillagi. Previously, he appeared in ARY Digital’s Kafir along with Ayesha Khan in 2011.

“Dillagi is going to be produced by Humayun [Saeed]’s own production house Six Sigma Plus. Fans can rejoice as Humayun’s leading co-actor in the serial will be Mehwish Hayat. The duo was last seen collaborating in Jawani Phir Nahin Ani where they were both praised for their on-screen pairing and presence.” says the official press release announcing the news of Saeed’s next TV venture.

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Saeed is not only reuniting with Hayat in the serial but he will also be working again under the aegis of Nadeem Baig, the director of his home production and record smashing hit Jawani Phir Nai Ani. Nadeem Baig is the name behind many hit TV serials including the cult hit Pyaray Afzal staring Hamza Ali Abbasi and Ayeza Khan.

The script of Dillagi is penned by digest writer turned drama writer Faiza Iftikhar. Faiza Iftikhar has become a household name after writing scripts of many popular serials most notably Aik Nayee Cinderella, Bilqees Kaur and Aun Zaara.

Speaking about why he chose Dillagi as his comeback project, Humayun stated “It is one of the best scripts I have come across in a very long time. Faiza Iftikhar has written it very well; in fact it wouldn’t be wrong to say this is one of her best works till date. Then of course Nadeem is directing it. I have always preferred to do projects that have very well put together teams, which is why Dillagi felt like the perfect serial to do after a break of 4 years”.

#HumayunSaeed & #MehwishHayat during #JPNA promotions in lahore! #JawaniPhirNahiAni #AryFilms #MadeInPakistan A photo posted by Jawani Phir Nahi Ani (@jpnathefilm) on Sep 17, 2015 at 7:47am PDT

Dillagi might not be the only serial the viewers will get a chance to see Humayun Saeed on TV next year as the TV version of film Bin Roye, based on the novel ‘Bin Roye Ansoo’ by Farhat Ishtiaq, is also lined up to be on-aired some time next year by HUM TV.

Javed Sheikh signs distribution deal for his directorial comeback

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November 13, 2015

With five of his Pakistani films already released in 2015, he has been the busiest Pakistani film actor of the year. At this age, with such class. But there is no stopping him making us amazed at his energy as he will now be playing director.

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