Film
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End of an era – Comedy King Umer Shareef leaves the stage for the last time
Shareef brought joy and laughter to people with his brilliant art...Read MoreOctober 3, 2021 616 0 -
Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized after contracting COVID-19
Amitab Bachchan, one of the greatest Bollywood actors, has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19. Bacchan, 77, has been reported to be in a stable condition since he was admitted to Nanvati Hospital. The legendary film star, who...July 11, 2020 870 0 -
Hollywood, the next destination in Saba Qamar’s stardom journey?
Photo Credit: Bollywood Hungama/Wikimedia Commons Hollywood may be the next prized theater in Saba Qamar journey to stardom, and she may be displaying her amazing acting talent with a role opposite Ben Affleck. That is the...May 7, 2018 1312 0 -
Fans shocked after Salman Khan sentenced to prison in poaching case
Photo Credit: www.bollywoodhungama.com (formerly named “IndiaFM”) (Bollywood Hungama)/Wikimedia Commons Fans of Salman Khan have expressed shock at a court’s harsh sentencing of the Bollywood superstar on charges of poaching of a rare deer species while acquitting...April 5, 2018 1035 0 -
Pakistani-American Kumail Nanjiani wins Oscar nomination for The Big Sick
Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani “The Big Sick” panel at Sundance 2017, Park City UT, Photo: Punk Toad (https://www.flickr.com/photos/punktoad/32616892101) Pakistani-American comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani has won nomination for an Oscar for film The Big Sick,...January 24, 2018 1103 0 -
How I found out the “Angels Within”
As a publisher, author, philosophy professor, and avid theater buff, I attend, on an average, twenty-five movies a year. It would be reasonable to estimate that I watch double that amount, on cable television, in a...December 16, 2017 3603 0 -
Roger Moore, the inimitable James Bond
Photo by Allan Warren/Wikimedia Commons Roger Moore, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 89, was a worldwide fascination. An impeccably handsome British secret agent James Bond, who would do seemingly impossible things to...May 24, 2017 1526 0 -
Oscars show how diversity and pluralism enrich creativity
Asghar Farhadi in a The Salesman’s press conference, Taraneh Alidoosti in his left and Shahab Hosseini in right Photo Credit: Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons Oscars, the grandest of awards in the film industry, became amphitheater of diversity...February 27, 2017 1558 0 -
La La Land shines with seven Golden Globe awards
What happens when rhymes, chimes and art combine in a city of stars? Perhaps many things : a roaring comeback of the romantic musical comedy; Hollywood’s desire for or rediscovery and re-embrace of its being a...January 9, 2017 4028 0 -
Culture Conversation : Pakistan Film Festival in New York
A galaxy of Pakistani film stars studded the UN Headquarters in New York as the first-ever Film Festival began after a glittering Friday night event. UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, who was the chief guest, congratulated...December 3, 2016 2568 0
