Cinema

Pakistan, Dec 18 - Cinemas in Pakistan will start screening Indian movies from December 19, DawnNews reported on Sunday. The cinema houses' owners said that they had only suspended the screening of Indian films but had not completely banned them. "The suspension that was in place will be lifted on December 19," confirmed Nadeem Mandviwala of Atrium cinemas. He added...

Kanishkaa Balachandran finds Rock On 2 mired in needless complexities With movie sequels, comparisons with the original are inevitable. After watching Rock On 2, I was compelled to relive the original Rock On (2008) a day later. It was in part to brush up on the lives of the four rock musicians and their emotional travails over nearly two decades,...

Karachi, November 12 (Dawn): In October, Pakistani classic Jago Hua Savera (1959) was dropped from Jio MAMI 18th Mumbai Film Festival over protests and a police complaint against the organizers. In a pleasant turn of events this month, Jaipur Film Festival will be showcasing works of three Pakistani filmmakers. The festival is to be held from January 7 to 11, 2017. As the...

Sadaf Haider/Dawn At long last, it's finally here: the Karan Johar flick Ae Dil Hai Mushkil that's been stirring controversy across India and Pakistan due to the fact that it features Pakistani actors (namely Fawad Khan). Unfortunately, by 'here' I mean the United States, where I watched the film. Ae Dil Hai Mushkil is still not out in Pakistan, even after much back and forth. So...

Kanishkaa Balachandran The opening scene in Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala (1991) begins in Kampala, Uganda. Set in 1972, it’s the story of an Indian family being ousted (as were hoards of others) from the country by the ruthless dictator Idi Amin, and their new lives as immigrants in America. Queen of Katwe, Nair’s latest release, too begins in Kampala, but...

New Delhi, October 23 (Hindustan Times): The Indian army is not comfortable with being dragged into the politics surrounding the release of Bollywood movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil after the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) demanded that producers of films employing Pakistani artistes should pay Rs 5 crore to an army welfare fund as “penance”. Several serving and retired officers Hindustan...

New Delhi, October 23 (The Wire Editorial): It is somehow entirely fitting that the whole saga of Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Muskhil, has achieved closure via a ‘deal’ between the producer and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray, brokered by no less than the chief minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. This rank abdication by the state to...

Mumbai, October 23 (Times of India): Mahira Khan, who is going to debut with Shah Rukh Khan in the movie 'Raees' will continue shooting for the movie despite the ban on Pakistani artistes. According to reports, the makers of the film including the producer Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar , and Shah Rukh Khan hope that things will change for the better by...

Melbourne, August 13 (Dawn): The 2016 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne held between August 11 and 21, was a big night for Pakistani actor Fawad Khan, as his film Kapoor And Sons won best film and he bagged the Diversity Award. The Pakistani actor also presented the Best Actress award to Sonam Kapoor for her film Neerja later in the night. The festival set...