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"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.

“The idea is to make a commercial film, not necessarily in the monetary sense but visually. We have a lot of action films which have touched upon issues of war and fundamentalism. The idea with Gidh is to tackle a serious subject and replace that desire to produce Bollywood-style films (There is More).

The storyline is based on the closure of the Zhob Valley railways in 1984. The film shows how a family is affected by growing corruption in the system. “If you start walking on the railway track in Bostan, you will see that as the tracks eventually start to disappear, so does the population in the surrounding areas,” says Jami, who co-wrote the story with Nazira Ali. (Read More)

In Waar, the sound effects and musical score will not be aligned with orthodox sound techniques and dramatic thuds, such as thunder and hysterical drumming, to illustrate climatic scenes.

In a series of surprising events that have taken the film fraternity by surprise, the makers of Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (MHSH) have decided to delay the release of the film which was slated for Eid. (Read More)

What is forgotten by most Punjabi film critics is that the goonda did not suddenly enter Punjabi film in the 80s. It was in fact in the 60s that the first real-life ‘goonda’ entered the film industry as a producer, and this is also when the real social context for these characters and stories was established: the enforcement of the Goonda Act in 1968.

Actor Mahira Khan, known in India for her role in Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol, is satisfied with her small screen work at home. Even while many local actors have gone and carved a niche in the multi-billion dollar Indian film industry, she says she has no such aspirations.

While the rough cut of the film is ready, the date of release will be confirmed once the film’s distributors, both local and international, come to a consensus.

  Express Tribune The provincial assembly decided on Thursday to refer to its Standing Committee on Women’s Development was tasked to probe the allegations that Sharmeen...

Express Tribune After the disappointing news that none of the funds from this year’s budget were allocated for the film industry, here is another dreary...