Posts Tagged ‘Lollywood’
Khuda Ke Liye (2007)
There couldn’t have been a better time in Pakistani cinema and society for Shoaib Mansoor’s much-awaited cinematic debut Khuda Ke Liye (In the Name of God) that premiered throughout Pakistan on July 20. I have never seen a Pakistani film that is so bold, fearless and yet marvelously balanced in tackling religion, exposing religious extremism ...
Ishtahari (2002)
While a handful of moviemakers strive to dig out fresh faces and base movies on untested subjects, rehashing trite formulas or trying to recreate the magic of earlier mega movies wins hands down with Lollywood. The latest from Lollywood’s bag of wonders is Ishtahari – a clever cross between the above two. It was touted ...
Khazanchi (1941)
This is an example of the work of the studio in Lahore that was a centre of the Indian film industry before partition and is now the home of ‘Lollywood’ or the Pakistani film industry. A huge hit, it is one of the films that helped to establish the musical style of the Hindi film ...
Nazir Ali
Nazir Ali, a very popular music composer in the 1960′s and 1970′s, employed a particular rhythmic pattern to his compositions. This pattern was greatly influenced by the rhythm of dhammal. He can be categorized as the second generation of Pakistani film composers. The first were those who had already established themselves in the pre-independence era, ...
Nasreen
Nasreen (not to be confused with Salma Agha’s mother Nasreen aka Zarina Agha) was introduced by Anwar Kamal Pasha as Sudhir’s sister in Gumnaam (1954). She played the lead in Shohrat (1957) – directed by Nazir Ajmeri it was based on social theme but did not appeal to filmgoers. Therefore, Nasreen was left with the ...
Cham Cham
A lively industry is testified by the presence of all sorts of artists in the midst of a thriving environment. From the early fifties to the end of the 1970’s, that was the exactly the case. Apart from hero and heroines, the character actors and actresses, the technicians and the other people connected with the ...
Intezar (1956)
Select Pictures’ Intezar, marks a welcome departure from the usual film themes and modes of treatment. It is a successful experiment. Leaving aside the unnecessary elements of box-office stories and cutting down all superfluous matter; the scenarist has created a drama with real characters from life. He keeps the audience engrossed not by any extraordinary ...
Heer Ranjha (1970)
Producer-Director Masud Parvez and music wizard Khurshid Anwar are back in splendid form. Together they have scored again; and this time it is Waris Shah’s Heer Ranjha. Between them, these two proven artists and craftsmen have made a color film version of the romantic classic that, despite a few slips, is a worthy tribute to ...
Sangeeta
Sangeeta was the most startling discovery of the 1970s, as the director of Society Girl (1976). Sangeeta and her family belong to Karachi. When she began her career, she had been introduced by Rehman, in Milan (1964), a film made in Bangladesh. After that, she got such a welcome that films literally rained on her. ...
Shaheed (1962)
Shaheed, a stunning b-&-w movie, was released in 1962. It was written by Riaz Shahid, and directed by Khalil Qaiser, both men destined to be removed from the board by exploitative forces just on the fringes of the 1970s. One has always known that good literature or even all art, pre-empts situations and events to ...
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Raavan (2010):
Bollywood's giving us quite the fill of Sanskrit literature: first, it was modern-day Mahabharat...
Yeh Dil Aapka Hoa (2002):
The wait is finally over and more than the crew of Yeh Dil Aapka Hoa, it's the audience who was...
Layla Murad (1918-1995):
Layla Murad began her film career in 1932, singing "The Day of Departure" in al-Dahaya (The Vict...
Dhool Ka Phool (1959):
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Manmohan Krishna
Director: Yash Chopra
Musi...
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