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Bashar Momin – Pakistan’s most expensive TV serial begins today

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KARACHI: Geo TV and A&B Productions join hands to bring the most expensive TV serial in Pakistan – Bashar Momin – that begins today, only on Geo Entertainment. During a bloggers meet up earlier this week, the journalists and bloggers had a chance to meet the cast and the crew in a five-star hotel, and […]


Lamha finally being shown in local cinemas

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KARACHI: After two years of circulating in the international film festival circuit, Pakistani film Lamha finally arrived here having its red carpet premiere at the Atrium cinema on Tuesday evening. Directed by Mansoor Mujahid and produced by Meher Jaffri and Summer Nicks, many celebrities from the television, theatre and fashion fraternities showed up at the […]


Premiere of ‘Main Hoon Shahid Afridi’

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Shabistan and Prince cinemas make a modern comeback LAHORE: In an attempt to revive the cinema culture of Lahore, the Prince and Shabistan cinemas were reopened on Thursday with the premiere of ‘Main Hoon Shahid Afridi’. The two cinemas, located among other popular cinemas such as Odeon, Gulistan and Nishat on the historic Abbot Road, […]


Revival of Pakistani cinema

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Sir: It is a truth widely acknowledged that the once-thriving Pakistani film industry is now dead. The reasons behind this slow demise include the introduction of in-home entertainment, cable television, market competition from Bollywood and, finally, the Islamisation drive by General Ziaul Haq. The industry, which once boasted more than 700 cinemas, now has just […]