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Karara Kara – 5th Karachi Film Festival
Decembers in Karachi mean four busy weeks and are awaited all year round. Apart from bringing the much sought after winters–often warmer than springs of the nation’s upper half, they also offer various high profile exhibitions, and for the past five years one of the country’s biggest event; the international Kara Film Festival which has
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Fakir Khana
Fakir Khana Project is the largest private antiques collection in South Asia. Haven to almost 30,000 relics that have fervently been revived and preserved by Fakir Iftikhar—the managing director and curator—attempting to beat the dramatically increasing artifact trafficking the world over; the museum is the honor, possession and pride of the illustrious Fakir Family whose
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John Mayer – Heavier Things
This guy is a breath of fresh air for someone like me who’s not at all impressed by the direction new music is taking. An easy listen; John Mayer makes awesome music, breezy pop/rock stuffed with so many great melodies throughout that you can’t even start to count them. Not only that, but he’s an
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21st Century Man
Evolution of Man The 21’st century man wears Dior Homme, uses face wash, and usually cooks his meat before eating it. These were the first three things that came to mind when I sat down to think of things to write. A lot more followed, of course, but before I get into the fun stuff,
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It’s hot… and trendy: An overview of the fickle trends that have bounced in fashion and lured us with their appeal
It’s hot, it’s humid and it’s the summer of 2005, just like every other summer in this part of the world. Others envy the way sun shines on us but we would rather run away from these long and painful days. By this time, the rest of the world has taken a shower of the
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The Bitter Soap Soup
Sitting still through a tele production today is nothing short of pure torture for someone who grew up watching small screen superlatives like Tanhaiyan, Ankahi and Dhoop Kinaray. Not only did these masterpieces ring true even in the most bizarre scenarios, they actually left a lifelong impression on the hearts of their audience and all
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Subhash Ghai @ Kara Film Festival
1983 set young Jackie Shroff off on a roller coaster ride with Hero. In 1989, Ram Lakhan was a chart topper that turned Madhuri Dixit into a huge star that was ready to explode into millions of tiny colorful ones that promised to light up every South Asian’s fantasy world for many years to come.
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SELSA 2006 – celebrating 50 years of Pakistani entertainment
What do you get when you take a lot of well known faces, mix them up with brand names like Lux, Sony Ericsson, Jang and Geo; dress them up in elegant designer wear and put them all under one roof for five action-packed hours? An event that every hot blooded Pakistani, whether admittedly or not,
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Munib Nawaz – Pakistani fashion’s new prodigy
When Lux Style announced it’s contenders for the best men’s wear designer award in 2004, one just had to stop for a second and wonder who in good god’s name Munib Nawaz was. You could swear you’d never heard his name before and you definitely couldn’t recall an outlet, and still, there he stood, all
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Mighty Mehreen
When some of the best filmmakers around the world were coming up with the likes of Forrest Gump, Pulp Fiction and Hum Aapke Hain Kaun, Pakistan’s 23-year-old daughter was setting out to render her home audience speechless with Nivala; her first and remarkably impressive shot at telefilm making. The film was based on a short