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News: Saen Zahour Toomba |
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From the lands of deserts and mystery, mysticism and sufi influences,
comes attired in the colourful flagrant couture a pastoral son of the
soil, Saeen Zahour. Zahour, with his rustic voice sings with true
passion the kalams of devotion. This artist reminds the listener of the
legend that Allan Faqir was. Zahour manages a superb performance. The
sheer quality of his voice and the verve with which he presents his
kalam proves this is a singer of the era gone by.
Instrumentation is of little mention when it comes to Zahour's talent and the throw of his voice. This man takes all the right nuances and demonstrates the real sufi kalams - ones of devotion, sung with the vigour, not from just the vocal chords but rendering a voice from the diaphragm - this voice hits the listener directly in the mind and hence makes Zahour's technique the true ages old sufi singing talent.
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News: Restoration Of Lollywood Glory |
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Reminiscing about Cinema one is automatically teleported to the 60's and 70's better known as 'The Golden era of Pakistani cinema', the heydays when first-class movies were produced and cinema goers thronged the theatres. Lollywood was not only a source of pride but was also a reservoir of pure delight and pleasure for its viewers. It is during this era that the Pakistani film industry was commended for having produced some of the most memorable and recognized films such as Armaan and Teri Yaad.
Names like Waheed Murad, Nadeem and Muhammad Ali managed to change the face of Cinema and earn the status of living legends. Even today these names are alive in the hearts of all, so much so that a simple mention of these names is enough to take someone down memory lane and bring a smile to their face. It is Lollywood's glorious past that has kept cinema kicking and going and the faith of the people that has enabled it to survive all these years. The masses still believe that cinema has more to offer and that it will soon reach its true potential and deliver quality productions it once boasted.
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News: Humayan Saeed missed Ghajini role |
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Being good-looking does not always work to one's advantage. Take the case of Pakistani actor Humayan Saeed. Although he has got rave reviews for his debut in Mahesh Bhatt's Jashnn, he lost out on playing the title role in Aamir Khan's Ghajini only because of his looks.
The actor, who was in India for the release of Jashnn, says that Aamir had decided to meet him after he had seen the clips of his debut Pakistani film, Inteha.
Talking about his meeting with Aamir, Humayan said, "I had come down (to India) to meet Aamir for Ghajini. But the moment he saw me, he said, 'Arrey, you are too good-looking to play Ghajini in my film.' Aamir Khan's uncle, H Rehmati, who is a film distributor in Pakistan, had distributed Inteha (1998) in which I had done a negative role. I guess that is how Aamir thought I would suit the role. But he was very disappointed when he saw me." The title role in Ghajini was finally played by Pradeep Rawat.
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News: Pakistan Goverment withdraws tax on cinemas |
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People from the film industry hailed the Punjab government’s decision of withdrawing the recently imposed 65 percent entertainment tax on cinemas.
Representatives of the film industry including producers, film exhibitors, cinema owners and directors called on Chief Minister (CM) Shahbaz Sharif, who assured them that the entertainment tax would be withdrawn. The CM also formed a three-member committee comprising of Farah Deeba, Imran Nazir and Pervez Rasheed to negotiate with the people from the film industry to bring improvements in Lollywood.
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News: Lollywood Idol : Reality byte |
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Well if you’re an avid viewer of TV in Lahore or Karachi it won’t be. Hero Banay Ke Tarang is the first reality talent show to air in Pakistan, yet refreshingly doesn’t depict the journey of the next wannabe Madonna or Bon Jovi. Instead of hopefuls displaying just their singing talents, Hero focuses on male actors trying to make it into the film industry and become Lollywood’s equivalent to Shah Rukh Khan or Hrithik Roshan.
Throughout their time on the show, the amateur thespians not only try to win over the public vote but have to impress the panel of three judges: film actor Rambo, director Syed Noor and legendary actress Resham, for a chance to take home the most elusive of prizes in show business; a film contract.
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