By: Ahmad Sarym
Final editing: Aayan Mirza
Pakistan film industry has really taken a pace, much is happening and much more is in pipeline. Like always, today again, Galaxy Lollywood brings you the best of the latest happenings in the film celeb world of Pakistan. So go on and enjoy what we have assembled for you in this latest edition of News Aaj Kal.
By: Aayan Mirza
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa tweeted this Saturday evening that the ISPR produced short film, Defenders, has bagged the ‘Best Documentary Award’ in its category at Rome Film Festival.
By: Aayan Mirza
Additional Input: Momin Ali Munshi
Superstar Shaan Shahid in one of his latest interviews suggested that this ‘New Pakistan Film Industry’ is merely two years in its age, the first year being that of Waar, Main Hoon Shahid Afridi, Zinda Bhaag, Chambaili and others, and the second one belonging to O21, Na Maloom Afraad, Dukhtar, Tamanna and few others that made their mark as contemporary cinema. But just as cinema in Pakistan grows, so do animosities, controversies and rivalries.
The first year brought us the row over Pakistan’s official selection for Oscars, this year it seems to have multiplied as we heard about the Bilal Lashari and Hassan Waqas Rana conflict, then we had this episode belonging to Shamoon Abbasi, then there was this issue with Capri, Bambino and Dreamland cinema, after which we have a little ongoing controversy regarding the rights of Maula Jutt remake, and now, now we bring you the latest.
More of a ‘soft conflict’, this one is about who else was offered the role of male lead in O21, other than the eventual selection of Shaan, of course. Although Shaan’s name is directly involved in this little row, but the actor has so far avoided himself from the controversy, and thus, the active fight is between Fahad Mustafa and Ali Zafar (the two claimants), and Jamshed Mahmood (Jami-the respondent – and the director of O21).
By: Aayan Mirza
That’s right. The ace playwright, and the actual man behind the character of Pyare Afzal…and his eventual death; Khaleel ur Rehman Qamar, after making a great name for himself at TV, is now scripting work for the big screen for names like Humayun Saeed, Sajjad Gul and himself.
Khaleel-ur-Rehman Qamar; whose ongoing Mahira Khan and Adnan Malik starrer autobiographical serial, Sadqay Tumhare, is on its way of becoming another super hit of Pakistan’s modern TV, revealed in a recent interview with Dawn.com, that he is currently penning three scripts, one of which is for Humayun Saeed, titled, Bablu Bhai.
By: Aayan Mirza
The peppy Rubina of Zinda Bhaag, model turned actor Amna Ilyas, is back again with yet another interesting but this time a far more powerful character in what looks like another marvel of Sabiha Sumar after her award winning and highly praised film, Khamosh Pani (2003).
Having already collected a good name for itself in film festivals abroad, Good Morning Karachi (previously titled; Rafina), is all set to finally release in Pakistan January next year.
By: Zeeshan Mahmood
Since the successful release of Na Maloom Afraad and Operation 021 the dust of hyper-activity seems to be settling down in the terrain of Pakistan’s film industry but its not so quite as a lot of buzz about upcoming projects is being heard from here and there along with the promising news about our stars’ popularity rising abroad.
In this edition of News Aaj Kal we present you some of the fascinating news bytes about the happenings in Pakistan’s film industry and in the lives of our stars.
By: Zeeshan Mahmood
Shaan Shahid will pen the screenplay of upcoming film Mission 5 (tentative title), the joint venture of Shiny Toy Guns (STG) and Riaz Shahid Films (RSF), along with giving the face to the lead protagonist of the movie. Mission 5 will be directed by leading advertising filmmaker Asad ul Haq and is slated to be released on Eid ul Fitr 2015.
Shiny Toy Guns announced their debut film project in an official press release on Wednesday revealing the details about the core team and partners of the project.
In the press release it is announced that “STG plans to have Mission 5 go into production by November 2014. Written by Shaan Shahid, Mission 5 will be directed by Asad ul Haq himself. Known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail, the Ohio University graduate brings to the project years of experience, having pioneered breakthrough television commercial concepts and techniques. Mission 5 marks Asad’s cinematic debut as a director.”
By: Zeeshan Mahmood
Shaan Shahid is in Abu Dhabi these days attending International Showbiz Expo as a keynote speaker and look what a great start he took there by giving an interview to Gulf News in which he compared Shah Rukh Khan’s Diwali release, Happy New Year, with an American comedy heist film, Oceans 12.
“Happy New Year is what — Oceans 12? Let’s be honest. They have to realize that they don’t have any scripts anymore, whatever scripts they have — it starts to become an art film,”
By: Aayan Mirza
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi star and renowned television and film actor, Humayun Saeed received injuries in a car accident in Bangkok this Sunday morning.
The star, who had just landed in the city with his wife, Samina, and daughter along with the crew of his under-production film to explore film locations was in a van looking for a hotel to stay in when his vehicle collided with a double-decker bus racing at them as his driver was reversing the van.
By: Aayan Mirza
The past few days have dominantly been about Operation 021 and Na Maloom Afraad, the two Eid releases of Pakistani cinema this year. But that doesn’t mean at all that there hasn’t been any other activity in the film camp of the country. There have been several in fact. Lets get to all of them one by one.
