The well known Indian film industry couple of Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar arrived in Pakistan through Wagah border check-post Friday to participate in the subcontinent’s eminent poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz’s 100th birth anniversary celebrations.

Speaking to media after crossing-over, noted Indian poet, lyricist and script writer Javed Akhtar said he felt ‘strange after landing in a different country just by crossing a line while walking’.

‘This feeling is beyond words,’ he added.

Akhtar’s wife and daughter of eminent poet Kaifi Azmi, Shabana said that her father shared a great friendship with Faiz.

Pakistan’s “Prince of Pop” Ali Zafar after rocking Indian film industry with his acting skills is now all set to release his 3rd album named “Jhoom”.

The Sufi Oriented album of Ali is releasing on 14th February 2011 on the day of Love (Valentine’s Day), and it will be released by none other than his own record label “Alif Records”

There were many growing news rumours which suggested that Ali Zafar has left working on his new album due to his growing Bollywood and acting related activities, but all were turned down with Ali Zafar announcing his new album “Jhoom” to come out soon some times back.

Tamanna, a UK-Pakistani production, is a result of British director’s Steven Moore’s love for Lahore and an effort to bring out a film to revive the Pakistani film industry.

The movie, which is being termed as the first full-length Pakistani feature film directed by a British director, is nearing completion. Produced by the young talented Lahore-based producer Sarah Tareen, the movie features Salman Shahid, Feryal Gauhar, Hameed Sheikh and Irfan Khan in the lead roles.

The story sees a famous film director named Shehreyar (played by Shahid), who is fond of playing games, inviting a man named Riz (Hameed Sheikh) to his house. The plot

For all its directionless meanderings over the 1980s and 1990s, Lollywood is not entirely dead and has a bright future. This was the general opinion expressed by film critics, directors, producers, writers, and just plain old enthusiasts of the big screen at a session held under the banner of the Karachi Literature Festival organised by the Oxford University Press and the British Council.

Everyone was eager to show that there was still life in Lollywood that would take