It is more than a dilemma that there is hardly any local content left that can be associated with the children of the nation where we see no dedicated programs or channels that work on child grooming and skill motivation for the young souls who, as a result of this seek interest in foreign content and follow Indian talent hunt shows and movies.

 It is not only in India that special projects are been rendered to this specific age group of viewers but the trend is more like a need in west. It was recently a creative idea of Burka Avengers but again it too failed to attract a pretty huge audience probably because of the lack of promotions been done by the channel itself.

 Much to our delight, a non-profit organization The Little Art (TLA) is working on Children’s cinema and for that it will soon be holding an international children’s film festival in Lahore from 16^th to 21^st September, 2013.

 This 6-day festival is being held at Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore in collaboration of Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs, Government of Punjab.

 The significance of this film festival is the fact that the movies been chosen for the festival highlight the problems faced by children in general. The researchers claim that the idea of spreading awareness and learning through the visual arts among the children is a great way to enhance the capabilities of the children in different domains.

 The Little Art (TLA) has also announced a national art competition named ArtBeat. Festival director, Shoaib Iqbal told in an interview:

  “ArtBeat is a visual arts project to raise awareness about identity, rights, and social justice among children and youth.”

 

With the theme “Me/My Rights”, the competition aims at providing children with a platform to express their inner feelings. Children and youngsters of 3-18 years of age from all over Pakistan submitted their work early this year. The winners will be given 30 different prizes and TLA has announced to fully sponsor two brilliant artists for Sharjah International Biennial for Children’s Arts.

 TLA has done a great deal of work in motivating the children grooming through quality films and this would be its 5^th major move in the said domain.

 We wish the team a very good luck for the event,

More power,

Nida Zaidi

Just after the success of Pakistani drama industry in not only in Pakistan but across the world, Pakistan has now earned enough of name to be a subject of Indian movies in good aspects. It has been seen that these days it is becoming more like a trend that filmmakers are coming up with the ideas of joint efforts been taken from the two controversial countries, that is, India and Pakistan and offer the much alike audience an Indo-Pak venture. A new name in the list is the RajKumar Santoshi’s upcoming movie which will be reaching out to cinemas by the mid of 2014.

Santoshi, while sharing his future moves with the Indian media stated that it is his dream project to make an Indo-Pak movie which would help spreading the feeling of love and friendship across the border. For this, he is even done with the cast of the lead roles and Anil Kapoor, a veteran Indian actor, is all ready to play the lead. Anil Kapoor recently praised the Pakistani talent and acting skills of Hina Dilpazeer and with the news of Anil doing an Indo-Pak movie, his fans within Pakistan are more than delighted.

To add more in the project, Santoshi has bought the rights of the play ‘Jis Lahore Nahi Dekhya Woh Jamiya Nahin’ as its primary script. Like all other precious movies from this filmmaker, it is highly expected that the untitled movie will be a high budgeted movie which will attract the patriotic audience from both the countries.

Anil Kapoor, when asked about the said project and his views towards visiting Pakistan, Anil showed his gratitude and stated that he will soon visit  Pakistan and it is most likely to expect that his daughter Sonam Kapoor will too accompany him in the journey.

Let’s hope that Santoshi’s dream bring success to the idea which has often suffered in the past when it comes to a joint project of Indo-Pak.

Share your views,

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

After going through a rash time in terms of ratings and viewership, Geo TV is now back to the track with the airing of local content, trying hard to get a hold of its lost audience by offering them their favorite celebrity dramas like Numm, Kasak Reh Gayi, Asmaano par Likha and much to this, even a telefilm-Daam-e-Ishq.

We did share the news in Ramadan about the telefilm and predicted its airing as an Eid special but seems like the channel had other plans to cash the idea in a best possible way. If you are back to Geo TV and following the channel, you must have seen the promos of this upcoming telefilm starring Nauman Ejaz, Sana Fakhir, Sana khan, Ayesha Khan(Snr), Adnan Shah Tipa & Mani Chao. The telefilm is presented by Junaid Ahmed khan while the productions has been done by Nuzhat Fatima Khuhawar & Atif Usmani. The telefilm is written by Shumaiel Akbar & Junaid Khan and the music is done by Kalyaan.

The promos much reveal about the life of a famous celebrity (Naumaz Eijaz) who experiences a sudden downfall in his career which becomes difficult for him to absorb. His wife (Sana) keeps on consoling her but her words make no difference to his failure.

The story seems nothing new but a mixture of previous scripts which we have been watching on and off.

Here are a few clicks of the celebrities on the set of Daam-e-Ishq.

Have a look!

All for now,

Share your views about this upcoming telefilm.

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

There are a very few personalities of the country that are now known all over the world for their immense  popularity in the field of entertainment and no doubts, Ali Zafar enjoys a good rank in the list. This singer-turned-actor is enjoying the best days of his career currently and making new fans by his work in India and Pakistan both simultaneously.

Starting his career in India with the movie ‘Tere Bin Ladin’, Ali has been doing a real good job as an actor and is getting a hold of some major roles in all his projects which is unlike to all other Pakistani actors who are seen doing supporting roles in Bollywood movies.

It seems like Ali has finally succeeded in getting into the good books of Yash Raj Films and as per the latest Bollywood reveals, he will next be seen in an upcoming YSF ‘Kill Dill’ which is produced by Aditya Chopra and the cast includes Ranveer Singh, Pariniti Chopra and Ali Zafar.  Making the movie more interesting, this is going to be after a long time that the audience will see a Govinda as the villain of the story. He was last seen doing a negative role in Shikaari.

Pariniti Chopra, Priyanka’s sister has previously done a movie with Ranveer Singh in ‘Ladies versus Ricky Bahl’ and the two are now again ready to make the screen shake with their powerful performances. It would be really interesting to see Ali doing a major role.

The film will be releasing early in 2014.

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

Earning new levels of popularity and recognition from her first major drama serial ‘Dil-e-Muzter‘, Sanam Jang is now back with more power and will soon be seen in a new drama serial under the title of ‘Mere Humdum Mere Dost’ which is likely to make its first promo on air in September.

It was expected that Sanam Jang will soon be seen in a big venture as it is she had been approached by producers after the first few episodes of Dil-e-Muzter and much to the news, Sanam has picked the best of all. The drama is written by Farhat Ishtiaq who has earned significant prominence for her beautiful write-ups like Humsafar and Bin Roye Ansu. The cast of the drama includes some veteran actors like Adnan Siddiqui, Junaid Khan, Sanam Jang and Hareem Farooq in lead roles.

It is interesting to see that whether it be Adnan Siddiqui or Junaid  Khan, the two of the celebrities have enjoyed a couple of successful dramas on Hum TV and with this new drama serial, the audience can even expect a little more of best work, best quality and best script.

Sanam Jang and Junaid Khan were also seen together in an event and since then are in news for their upcoming drama serial. It is yet difficult to reveal much on the storyline because the officials haven’t leaked any news related to the subject.

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Keep your fingers crossed for this upcoming drama serial,

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

Just like our film industry, even our theatres are grooming with every next play been presented to the audience. It was only few months back that we shared all about the play ‘Dhani’ where we saw Sanam Saeed and Sarwat Gillani spreading their art of live acting in the theatre which was produced by Shaan and here we are again with a news which is surely an additional medal in the history of theatre in Pakistan.

Been written by Anwar Maqsood, the play ‘Sawa 14 August ‘ is ruling the Arts Council-Karachi from August 14th and will be live till September 14th. The play is a result of joint collaboration of Geo TV and Jang Groups and is the third major theatre write-up of the said writer, first two being ‘Angan Tedha’ and ‘Pawnay 14 August’.

Showing their love and dedication towards Anwar Maqsood’s work, leading celebrities have been making their appearance in Art Council and recently it was Ali Zafar who finally took out some time from busy schedule to show his support for the idea been pen-down by Anwar Maqsood. The auditorium was all crowded and the singer-turned-actor sat on floor to watch the play. It was the same day when Humayun Saeed too was also present there.

It is surely a peace to see our entertainment industry flourishing,

Share your views,

Nida Zaidi

Pakistan is a country where you see all the talent existing and yet waiting for a platform. Thanks to the privatization in the entertainment sector, the emerging new channels have given the industry a real boost and have taken the entertainment world above its initial level. Now that the Pakistani content is getting a global exposure, even the celebrities outside the country are praising the quality of acting and versatility which are one of the significant attributes of the A-class actors of Pakistan.

Recognizing the power of Pakistani talent, Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor, recently appreciated the acting skills of the highly talented Hina Dilpazeer, the ‘Momo’ of Bulbulay. The actor stated that he is impressed by her acting which naturally comes out on screen as a reality, and for sure, this is truly a gift with which all the artists are not bestowed with.  He further praised her adaptability of different roles simultaneously and declared her as an ‘Art Diva’.

People who might not know much about him, it is more than a news that he is running an acting academy where he teaches his students the subject of acting and he disclosed to the media during the same interview that he motivates his students by presenting Hina Dilpazeer as a model.

It is more than a pleasure for all the Pakistani drama lovers that Pakistan has overpassed the reign of Indian dramas craze within the country and now it is the Pakistani content which is been admired by the world outside by known celebrities who have even won Oscars for their contributions in the field of acting.

We wish more power to Hina Dilpazeer,

Blessings,

Nida Zaidi

The movie that made the world believe that Pakistan enjoys a sound name in the field of entertainment is now finally all set to make its release nationwide after receiving awards and applauses all over the world. Lamha or Seedlings is a Pakistani feature film which won the ’Best Feature Film’ (People’s choice) award and ‘Best Lead Actress’ award for Aamina Sheikh both at its World Premiere in The New York City International Film Festival 2012 and the annual South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit’s film festival. Moreover, the film was declared as the best feature film at DC South Asian Festival in Washington-May 2013.

We have been sharing all about the project with our readers and now that the movie will be releasing in all major cinemas this September, you expect much more coming to your way. It is more than a pleasure for the entire team that a world recognized movie will now be releasing in its hometown. The producer of the movie, Mehere Jaffri said that they are thrilled that the movie will be finally watched by their own people for whom they rendered their hard work. She also credited the stellar cast of the movie to make things work out for all of them in general.

The happening and sensational on-screen and off-screen couple of brilliant actors, Aamina Sheikh and Mohib Mirza play the lead roles in the movie. The story is about this couple who were living a happy life but the death of their son changes it completely. The two of them were also seen in the recent Pakistani movie Josh which however, could not reach the expectations audience had from it.

Now that the movie will be released in Cinema houses on September 20, You have all the time to grab your tickets and plan your routines accordingly.

Share your views,

Nida Zaidi

The most-awaited drama serial ‘Aasmanon Par Likha’ is now finally all set to go on-air with a powerful bang on Geo TV. We did share the news about this upcoming drama serial with our readers 2 months back when the drama was at its initial stages and received a great feedback, especially from the fans of Shehryar Munawar Siddiqui. What comes as a surprise now is its airing on Geo TV which somehow lost a good number of viewers after it started airing the foreign content and not primarily focusing on the local drama industry.

Been directed by Mohsin Raza, the script is written by Rabia Razzaque which makes a great combination of uniqueness and quality altogether. The cast of the drama includes Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui, Sajal Ali, Sanam Chaudhry, Imad Irfani, Saba Faisal and others. The drama highlights a journey from likeness to love and all the hurdles that people encounter in between the journey.

The first promo of the drama is out and no doubts, you can highly expect from this drama in terms of quality of entertainment. We see Sajjal Ali differently here. Sanam Chaudhry and Sheharyar Munawar makes a cute couple on screen. 

Here is its first Promo, have a look!

Let us see how far the said drama goes for Geo TV,

note: See more pictures of the team of ‘Aasmano per likha’ here!

Best Wishes,

 Nida Zaidi

 From social and electronic media, I have came across this news and want to share it with my readers that Abdul Razzaq and Tamanna Bhatia Indian Model and Actress, are in serious relationship. I want to add up here that our cricketer , Razzaq, is already married and leading a very nice life with two kids. On the other side, Razzaq and Tamanna were also caught in Dubai,in Feb 2013, while launching a jewelry shop together.

All I know previously was that Tamanna and Viraat Kohli are in relationship. And now suddenly this news shocked me.Further, Why Razzaq wants to get married again to Tamanna if he is having a perfect family and  living a prosperous life.Is this common man psychology that man should have more than one wives or is he trying to follow the footsteps of our Former cricketer Imran Khan and and  Shoaib Malick? Oh yeah, who can forget Waseem Akram who recently got married to an Australian lady. It seems that it has now become a trend to bring one foreigner wife.. :P

I am confused about Tamanna that what is she trying to do with her life? Is she not feeling secure with Viraat Kohli ? I mean, he is such a famous cricketer,who earned such a huge fan following in such a small time. Comapred to Razzaq, Kohli is a bachelor, more young and has a long way to go. Razzaq is getting older plus  he is already married  than what is making her attracted towards Razzaq? Is that the same attraction that attracted Sania towards Shoaib ? :P

No matter what, I am strictly against this relationship. I hope that this would be just a rumor and I would be proved  wrong or their relationship has ended.

Keep on reading,

Regards,

Rabia Basharat

There are two ways to earn money, fame and respect in the world, either you earn them through your talent, hard work or you simply gain prominence by doing things differently, that is, things that are out of the way. The latest news that has stirred the entertainment world as well as the cricket sphere is Mathira’s statement about Shahid Afridi.

It was previously heard that the cricketer and heartthrob of many youngsters, Shahid Afridi is way too unhappy about the movie “Main Hoon Shahid Afridi” which has been released last Friday, August 23^rd and since then doing a good business all over the nation. Shahid Afridi shared his feelings with media and stated that he is pretty much not satisfied with the item song which has been included in the movie featuring Mathira and Mahnoor Baloch. He said that the he let the filmmaker make a movie on his name so that the youth of today can learn from his examples and get attached to the cricket world but adding intimate scenes within the movie is somehow he hates about it and also requested the filmmakers to exclude the song before its release.

When Mathira was questioned about how does she feels regarding the statement been passed by Shahid Afridi, Mathira was blunt and quick in declaring the cricketer as mentally blocked and a person with disturbed mindset who owns a narrow mentality. She also holds her point of not excluding the song from the movie which was obediently respected by the team.

Here is a clip that was been shared in one of the printed media!

You as an audience are a better judge,

Share your views,

Nida Zaidi

After the two important projects been announced by Geo TV, the next one in the list is drama serial ‘Gumaan’ under the slogan ‘Kabhi Gumaan  Kabhi Yaqeen’ which is all set to capture a slot in prime time of the channel.

Been written by Aliya Bukhari, the drama is directed by Shaquille Khan and directed by 7^th Sky Entertainment. The said production house enjoys a good jamming with the channel and now that the channel is striving hard to gather its lost popularity in the category of Pakistani dramas, 7^th Sky Entertainment seems to offer a helping hand. The cast of the drama includes some popular faces like Junaid Khan, Arij Fatyma, Neelam Munir who will be seen doing the lead roles.

There is not much revealed by the officials about the project but the new arrival is warmly discussed on social media and discussion forums where the audience seems to be excited about the upcoming drama serial. With the pictures that are shared on internet, it is easy to predict that the story revolves around three characters and a trio love story is what one can expect from the venture.

Here are a few pictures from the set of Gumaan, Have a look!

Picture courtesy: FRAMES STUDIO

Let us see what new this drama has to offer,

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

 The lady who is often been criticized and humiliated for her English skills seems not to bear it anymore now. Pakistani Actress Meera has finally announced that she will now be suing everyone who will make fun of her English and her on screen openly. It is important to mention here that the actress has been in limelight for her weak English and channels including Geo News too had highlighted her speaking mistakes during elections 2013.

We did share a news about the actress where we heard that she has done a short course abroad to enhance her linguistic capabilities but it seems like the actress is no more on to accept the open criticism. While talking to Express Tribune, Meera complained that despite of her services in the entertainment industry, she is never taken seriously by the people and jokes are been cracked over her English and her age. Mentioning TV host Hamid Mir, Meera said that Hamid has given out wrong information on screen about her that he has been watching her for the past 27 years. This statement of the said host makes Meera lie somewhere in her 40s’ which seems an unacceptable comment for her. She said:

“I entered the industry as a child star in 1995.He is a senior journalist and he should not share false news. This is not the right kind of journalism that he is promoting. What personal grudge does he have against me? What kind of a national agenda is this that he’s insulting me?”

Targeting the audience, she further bluntly said:

 “No one has the right to make fun of me or my English. Either you prove it or you sit quietly. Nobody can defame me. I will send notices to those involved through my lawyer, and they will have to face the court. Every Tom, Dick and Harry is on TV acting like Meera!”

Sharing her thoughts about her love for the country, she also revealed that she is now taking her life seriously and soon will be coming up with a hospital which would facilitate her nation.

It was probably because of the response of the audience that Meera recently said that “Ishq Khuda” will be her last movie as an actress because she is not loved by the audience she is trying to entertain but wonderfully, the film did a decent business in terrestrial multi-cinemas which has again rejoiced Meera to do more work in the field of acting.

All in all, as said by her, she will now be taking all those celebrities, channels and online forums to court where she will be used as a subject of joke.

 Share your views about the news.

Wishes,

Nida Zaidi

It is always good to see our favorite celebrities having a good time with their families. Our celebrities are nice enough to share some of their personal family pictures with their fans too. Here is a collection of pictures in which you will see different celebrities with their families. There are some very cute couples and in other pictures we see celebrities with their siblings.

The cosmetic brand Veet has been holding fashion events around the country for some time now. This year the brand decided to take a step forward by introducing the Veet Celebration Of Beauty Awards. The categories and nominees were as follows:

Most Beautiful Smile

Mehwish Hayat, Humaima Malick, Mahira Khan, Mehreen Raheel and Syra Yousaf

Most Beautiful Skin

Ayyan, Ayesha Linnea, Mahnoor Baloch, Rabia Butt and Juggun Kazim

Best Posture

Nadia Ali, Amna Ilyas, Rubab, Faiza Ansari and Cybil Chowdhry

Miss Elegance

Iman Ali, Aaminah Haq, Mahnoor Baloch, Sonia Jehan and Reema

Miss Photogenic

Aamina Sheikh, Ayyan, Amna Ilyas, Saima Azhar and Nooray Bhatti

Most Promising Model of the Year

Saima Azhar, Sehrish, Sana Sarfaraz, Sana Khan and Huma

Beauty of the Year

Ayyan, Ayesha Linnea, Mahira Khan, Humaima Malik and Mehwish Hayat

Miss Catwalk

Mehreen Syed, Fauzia, Amna Ilyas, Iraj Manzoor and Faiza Ansari

The awards were bagged by the following beauties:

Most Beautiful Smile

Syra Yousaf

Most Beautiful Skin

Ayyan

Best Posture

Nadia Ali

Miss Elegance

Mahnoor Baloch

Miss Photogenic

Aamina Sheikh

Most Promising Model of the Year

Saima Azhar

Beauty of the Year

Humaima Malick

Miss Catwalk

Amna Ilyas

Here are the pictures of the Awards Show:

Most of you already know that Shahid Afridi showed his disapproval and unhappiness with the item song and objectionable scenes in the movie “Mein Hoon Shahid Afridi”. He asked the producers to do away with all these scenes before the film is aired in the cinemas. No one paid heed to Shahid Afridi’s request but there has been a reaction from one of the parties involved.

Mathira, of all the people in the world decided to respond to Shahid Afridi’s request by saying that whatever Afridi had said about the scenes went to show his mentality. She also said that he has a mental block which represents a certain kind of (conservative) thinking. Mathira also said that she will never let the producers remove her scenes from the movie.

Shahid Afridi had merely expressed his opinion on the issue, he did not make any personal comments but Mathira went ahead and said things to the cricketer which are very personal.