Bollywood flicks AWARAPAN has eventually released in AWARAPAN and surprisingly has been certified as an Urdu language film. Here's an exclusive look at the censor certificate that was given to the ...
THE 1960s and 1970s were a golden age of Pakistani cinema. Hundreds of popular films were produced yearly by Lollywood, the Lahore-based entertainment industry. The era’s stars included Waheed Murad, ...
Despite restrictions at home, filmmakers in Pakistan are finally getting plaudits abroad. Domestically, however, the industry has been blighted by censorship. Strict censorship policies and ...
The first international Muslim Film Festival in Australia launched last weekend in Perth, screening films by Muslim filmmakers from around the world. The first International Muslim Film Festival ...
Pakistani star Sajal Aly, who is also one of the leads in Shekhar Kapur’s “What’s Love Got to Do with It?,” will lead a series adaptation of Urdu-language novel “Umrao Jaan Ada.” A classic of Urdu ...
A Pakistani film will hit Chinese cinemas for the first time in more than 40 years this November, as Beijing seeks to bolster relations with Pakistan at a time when its connections to India are at a ...
A nation’s cinema is supposed to question, to disturb, to inspire but ours has forgotten how. What we call “Pakistani film” today is neither from an industry nor an art form; it is a patchwork of ...
The Pakistan Resolution was passed on March 23, 1940, at Minto Park (now Iqbal Park) in Lahore, laying the foundation for the country’s creation 85 years ago. But in its 77-year history, the Pakistani ...