Posts Tagged ‘Lollywood’
Atiya Sharaf
The movie business with its meretricious appeal lures an onslaught of hopefuls, seeking instant fame, glamour and stardom. So one wonders what keeps someone in the biz, after they have been unanimously denied stardom and been relegated to secondary, matronly roles. This particular un-sex appealing route was the fate of character actress Atiya Sharaf from ...
Asad Jaffrey
It was in the early 1950’s that a handsome Youngman met the busy bee director, Hassan Tariq, who was working on his all-time great movie, Neend. In the very first assessment, the top director found his face expressive. He seemed somebody out of the short stories of 1940’s. An unshaven face, dreamy eyes, and a ...
Ilyas Kashmiri
Ilyas Kashmiri, a strongly built, tall and handsome personalitywas one of the best artistes of his age. He proved his mettle not only as hero but also as an anti-hero along with cameo rules in most of the famous films of those days. In whatever film he featured, in a positive or a negative role, ...
Kumar
With brilliant character actors of the level of Talish, Alauddin, Zeenat Begum, Kumar and Bibbo, Pakistan were fast coming up as a cinematic entity in the 1950s. After 1970s, the situation deteriorated, because most of these artistes had either died or become too old to act. One of those stalwarts, who made their mark very ...
Bibbo
Amongst the most graceful character actresses of the Indo-Pak film industry, Bibbo must rank as one of the topmost ones. At her peak, she was a stunning heroine, and the only film actress of the region whose dresses and shoes were studded with diamonds and expensive stones and she flaunted her wealth sometimes in an ...
Waheed Murad – Rani
Getting favorable review from the very first movie he did, Waheed Murad had little time to think of failed films like Saaz-o-Awaz, in 1965. Rani had partnered him in that film on classical music. At that time, Waheed was excited about the formation of his team which was making Arman, so Rani; an ordinary, dusky ...
Waheed Murad – Zeba
It was as if the world was waiting for them with bated breath. Fewer pairs in the history of the sub-continental cinema have awakened such interest and curiosity as Waheed Murad and Zeba. She was senior to him and had worked with all top heroes of her time, being cast together with Sudhir (Baghi Sipahi) ...
Mohammed Ali – Zeba
If Pakistani film industry was able to put forward a pair of regal grace, timeless integrity, expressive brilliance and screen glory as well as marital blessings, it is the couple called Ali-Zeb. Different views do continue to exist, but when you see that Mohammad Ali and Zeba made their debut together for Fazli Sahib’s Chiragh ...
Aansoo (1971)
Capsule Review: Based on Riaz Arshad’s novel “Andhi Jawani”, Aansoo was one of the best films made during the early period of colored Lollywood films. The film dealt with the sensitive issue of rape and its after effects. Farida (Firdous) gets raped by a stranger Akhtar (Masoud Akhtar) while travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi by ...
Pakistani Films Database – 1960
Title Producer Director Music Cast Box-Office Status Rahguzar (U) Eid Mohd Zia Sarhadi Muslehudin Sabiha, Aslam Pervaiz, Talish, Nayyar Sultana Flop Clerk (U) Wazir All Khalil Qaiser Safdar K.Qaiser, Musarrat, Ratan Kumar, Saqi Flop Ghareeb (U) A.R.Khan Qaiser Pasha Nazir Shelay Rukhsana, Salim Nigar, Emmy, Shahina Neelo, Kamal, Lehri, M.Ismail Flop Insaaf (U) M.Shafi A.H.Siddiqui ...
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Neela Parbat (1969):
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Pramila - The first Miss India:
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Bollywood - Year by Year - 1956: Important Events
R.K. Films' Jagte Raho wins the Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
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Kareena Kapoor - Latest Interview:
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