They may be small but Ant-Man and The Wasp are as big a threat to bad guys as any other Marvel superheroes. In the sequel to Ant-Man, they share the title, the action sequences and the credits when it comes to bringing back the...
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Parwaaz Hai Junoon’s trailer takes flight
Omair Alavi|Published July 8, 2018 HAMZA Ali Abbasi, the star of the film, at the trailer launch on Friday evening. KARACHI: The trailer of upcoming film Parwaaz Hai Junoon was launched in a local multiplex on Friday evening. The...
Pakistan’s film industry is immature, says Jawed Sheikh on four film releases this Eid
UPDATED 03 JUL, 2018 12:55PM In this latest interview, veteran director/actor vents his anger at distributors, producers and the government “Ours is an immature industry, otherwise, we would not have released four films on the...
The agony and ecstasy of success
BOOK REVIEW Did you know that Amitabh Bachchan is hardly late on a film set, even now in his 70s? Or that before becoming Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan delivered a series of flops in the 90s? Or that Shah Rukh Khan was...
Ranbir’s best will make you fall in love with Sanjay Dutt
He may not have been an ideal son, an outstanding actor, a super husband or a caring father but as Ranbir Kapoor points out in the theatrical trailer, ‘he leads a life full of variety.’ The film Sanju glorifies that ‘variety wala...
NON-FICTION: THE MAD WORLD OF SANJU BABA
Omair Alavi|Published July 1, 2018 Kumar Gaurav, Sunil Dutt and Sanjay Dutt at the shooting of Naam which was Sanjay’s first hit film | Photos from the book Bollywood superstar Sanjay Dutt may have been upset over the release of...
THE ICON INTERVIEW: WHAT’S BOTHERING JAWED SHEIKH?
Omair Alavi|Published July 1, 2018 Photography: Mohammad Ali/White Star He featured prominently in the cast of two of the four Pakistani film releases on Eid — 7 Din Mohabbat In (7DMI) and Wajood — has another potential...
The agony and ecstasy of success
Did you know that Amitabh Bachchan is hardly late on a film set, even now in his 70s? Or that before becoming Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan delivered a series of flops in the 90s? Or that Shah Rukh Khan was hesitant to do films...
Race 3 – When Salman Khan decides to play Sikandar
There are two kinds of Salman Khan – one that plays a character in a movie and the other that is a character in one. For the worst part of his career, Sallu played characters and his films flopped but once he… SAMAA | Omair...
DOWN CRICKET LANE
Omair Alavi|Published June 24, 2018 Former Indian cricketer Sourav Ganguly is an inspiring individual. He was one of those rare Indian captains who instilled faith in his national team that it could win anywhere and against any...