“Mera aik masla hay…”
“Umm… Maam Im sorry?”
“Aap ko pata hona chahiye.”
“Maam Im sorry I dont know.”
” Asal main, paisay kay beghair main kuch nahi karti…”
This is the conversation that took place between one of my assistants and a leading television actress when we invited her for our event FiLUMS.
Waar was and is no doubt the biggest film standing in the record books of the country’s film industry, and it stands so internationally as well if numerically seen in comparison to the local norms. Biggest it might be, but if there is one film you can rate nearest to its aesthetics, intellectualism and public outreach, it’s got to be Shahzad Nawaz produced and Ismail Jillani directed Chambaili.
Sex Sells,
Sex+Horror is a deadly combo,
But Sex+Horror+Sunny Leone+Baby Doll.
Well this is something that was bound to take the box office by storm and that is exactly what happened in India when the film released yesterday and made a whooping 8.5 crore on the first day. Let me add that 8.5 crore is a mind-boggling figure considering that the film does not boast of huge stars and also the Pakistan-India match held lots of people away from the cinema.
2013 will be remembered as a game changer for the Pakistani cinema. It was the year when cinema in Pakistan actually had its much talked and needed rebirth, giving everyone a much visible direction towards the better days for Pakistan film industry. Though we didn’t see any surprising change in terms of number of local films getting released in cinemas, but the real difference was actually made by the increased number of quality films — films from the new-age cinema–being made and released in the
Spring is coming but the sky of Lahore will be as pale and empty as it uses to be in winter. The colours which kites gave to the spring have long been lost amid chaos of rules and regulations. The festival of Basant which once used to be boasted by Lahore; captured the attention of people worldwide and gave multiple reasons to people to cheer and celebrate has been banned by the government. Just how this ban affected a common person’s life is the subject of upcoming indie film Hun Ki Tera Zor Ni Gudiya – Kites Grounded.
A well received dance performance, a couple of speeches, a lot of hopes and positive vibes and a great amount of energy, and the FiLUMS 2014 had officially been kick-started. It was the eighth addition to the golden history of what is undoubtedly the biggest student organised film festival in Pakistan, a true success story in its circle.
By now, almost everyone with an internet connection knows , what our very own “Miss Meera Jee” has done . In case you were living in an igloo in Antarctica, the news is that Meera has done the unthinkable and has made and leaked her very own sex tape. Yes you read that right Sir!
Now with the sex tape online the biggest question is that did Meera actually leak the private video herself? In case you are wondering what if the video is doctored, who knows it might be fake and all? Well ,that is exactly what Meera is claiming, but one look at the video and you can quite clearly tell that the video is far from being doctored, and is pretty authentic.So the authenticity angle is out of the picture.
Now what forced me to write this article/post was that can an actress in Pakistan be so desperate for some fame that she would be willing to take such a drastic step? Would she be completely okay with people seeing and discussing the very private details of her life just so that she can get some coverage? Well I’m perplexed by the entire situation as I don’t understand what Meera thought she would get out of it. Yes Im taking it as a given that she leaked the video herself. Who else would do it!
Yes Kim Kardashian’s career, or whatever you call it, may have all started because of a sex tape because that was America. Making a sex tape over there is not that out of the ordinary as it is here in Pakistan or even India for that matter. If Meera thought that such an act would make her an overnight star well I’m sory to break it to her that this will not happen! This video will do nothing for her very dead career rather it will/has humiliated her even more.
Some might claim that Meera was only following her contemporaries Mathira and Veena Malik. Yes Veena did a nude shoot, but she always maintained that it was not her. Moreover doing a shoot like hers is not that alien a concept in Bollywood as many hot shots have already done that. Also from a strategic point of view that shoot did get her a whole lot of work . Following Veena’s suite and raising the bar higher by making a sex tape Meera probably thought that this would also do wonders for her but sadly no such thing has happened or will happen. Which director in his right mind would want to cast Meera in his next film!
In conclusion, Meera you will be the talking point for the next few days but what after that? Soon this will become yesterdays news but your video will always be somewhere on the internet and people will always remember it. You will always be reminded of your video wherever you are. Was it all worth it Meera?
What do you all think. Do comment in the section bellow.
With preparations for 8th annual ‘LUMS Film Festival (FiLUMS)’ in their full swing, reports regarding the star features for this year’s event have started pouring in. And just the very first one is a grand, positive development to hear about.
Starting from 7th February 2014, FiLUMS for this year has confirmed to have roped in long-awaited Mohib Mirza and Aamina Sheikh starrer, Kanebaaz,
With success already kissed in the homeland, a couple of Pakistani films are now making headlines in the foreign tabloids. Thankfully, for all the good reasons. Waar, the biggest thing to happen to Pakistan film industry so far, made us proud by its successful release in UAE region after its long blockbuster run in Pakistani Cinemas. It is indeed the right time to further this process of creating a global image for Pakistan film industry.
