Omair Alavi | Published May 16, 2020 The lockdown due to Covid-19 may have been eased a bit, but the fight against the pandemic is still going on. It is better to be safe now than sorry later and for that, we all have...
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The Batman
For once Batman is portrayed as the world’s greatest detective and that elevates the film’s status! Karachi: It might be three-hour-long, but the way the Caped Crusader is presented in Matt Reeves’s The Batman, even five...
Remembering Muhammad Ali – The Emperor of Emotions
Synopsis Fans of Pakistan’s legendary actor will celebrate his death anniversary on 19th March Karachi: Calling Muhammad Ali Pakistan’s first complete superstar wouldn’t be an understatement, for he entered filmdom as an...
One year after Strings
Synopsis Both Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia are busy with their own projects after an amicable split last year Karachi: When Pyar Ka Roag was unveiled in late 2020, not even the most ardent fans of Strings thought that it was...
Seven lessons learned from a successful PSL 7
The seventh edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) was not just a huge success in the country but also abroad where it was followed by cricket lovers. Although Lahore Qalandars emerged as the victorious side, it was Multan...
Siren Song – Understanding Pakistan Through Its Women Singers
Synopsis Some books are worth your time, and then there are those which are not! On the eve of Women’s Day, reading about the women singers seemed like a good idea; until I opened Fawzia Afzal-Khan’s Siren Song –...
Remembering the game-changing women of Pakistan
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Saji Gul: The man with the golden pen
Meet Saji Gul, one of the most prolific writers of the modern era in Pakistan.
Disaster on Film
The history of Disaster films has been as old as the history of films itself. Directors all over the world have been using destruction, aliens, and calamity as tools to shock the audience since the early days of Hollywood.
PSL 7 – Better know when old is not gold, but awful
They might ‘have been' good players, but besides Shoaib Malik and Imran Tahir, most of the oldies have failed to deliver in the seventh edition