Films

Mera Lyari Is Actually About How Girls Survive Misogyny

Sometimes Pakistani films are slotted into one of two lanes: the raucous crowd pleaser or the grim award contender. “Mera...

How Neelofar Romanticises Male Self-Absorption

It took me a while to muster the energy to watch Neelofar, and even longer to write about it because, much like the film...

Sohail Javed Tells TV Critics to ‘Get a Real Job’

Director Sohail Javed has called out television critics, telling them to “get a real job.” In a post shared online, Javed...

Why don't you know these global Pakistani stars?

Pakistani talent travels far…just not home. Across Hollywood, Europe, and Asia, performers of Pakistani origin are...

From Iran to India: Five AI Film Stories Shaping Cinema Across Asia

Asian screens have adapted fast to AI-driven entertainment, from China’s billion-dollar short-drama machine to India’s corporate AI cinema experiments. With tight budgets and strict censorship, AI is offering opportunities to indie directors. Ash Koosha made a $2000 film for the Tribecca Film Festival. Not surprisingly, Hollywood institutions are drawing clearer

Pakistani Cinema

Horror at the Edge: Zibahkhana and the Politics of Metaphor

Think Scooby Doo, now think Scooby Doo gone bad. That’s Zibahkhana for you. Part slasher-fest, part zombie-gore, and part murder-mystery, Omar Ali Khan’s directorial debut impresses on all three counts. Most horror films have inspirations and Zibahkhana(2007) is no exception, admittedly based on 1970s...

Pakistani Cinema

Lollywood and Beyond: A Neighbour’s Perspective

Asalaam walaikum, Namaste, aur Hello! Baday sareer ki drama aur filmon ki deewani awam ki taraf say dramapakistani.net kay saaray readers ko pyaar bhara salaam. My elders, or as many of us would have heard meray bozorg, always told me pleasantries are best expressed in one’s own language. As with all...

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Pakistani Cinema

Movie Review :JOSH

To begin with let me admit I was not expecting much of this movie at all, in fact my expectations were so low they slipped over the line to “prejudiced against “this movie. I am a fan of Amina Shaikh but somehow I felt she let the recent tele film Armaan down and so I thought here we go: another ’attempt’....

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Mein Hoon Shahid Afridi Review

Let’s get one thing straight: You haven’t watched anything so opulent, so magnificent like this in a long, long time on the Pakistani Movie Screen. It’s not just body beautiful, but there’s soul as well. It requires courage, prowess, patience, aptitude, knowledge,...

Pakistani Cinema

Behadd - Telefilm

When the promos for Behadd first came out, I was seriously intrigued by it. It’s been a while since a good drama has come out, but behadd looked like a different story overall, and it was just really fun to watch. The hour and a half was time well spent as far as the telefilm went. The story is...

Pakistani Cinema

Ishq Khuda Movie Review

Written by Syed Zain Raza Masjid Dhaade, Mandir Dhaade, (Tear down the Mosque, tear down the temple) Dhaade Joh Kuch Dainda… (Tear down everything in sight) Par Kisse Da Dil Naa Dhaween, (But don’t break anyone’s heart) Rub Dilaan Wich Wasda… (Because God lives there) ~ Bulleh Shah I don’t...

Pakistani Cinema

Armaan 2013-Telefilm Review

The problem with remakes is that they are never quite good enough . It’s like your mother’s cooking , she may have been the worst cook in the world but eating her food made you feel good . I deliberately avoided watching the original to see if this tele film could stand on its own , after...

Pakistani Cinema

Telefilm: Anjuman 2013 Review

The magic of cinema is making the audience empathise with the character, no matter how unique the circumstances.If you can reach this level, you have made a great movie. This was a golden rule I learned many years back and when the credits rolled up for Anjuman, I was merely surprised at how it surpassed...

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Devar Bhabi - Review

I was expecting this telefilm to be very filmi because it has been written, directed and produced by Syed Noor. I have never watched a Pakistani commercial movie so I had no idea what kind of an actress Saima was but I assumed she would be great since she ruled over the industry for a very long time;...

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Dil Mera Dhadkhan Teri - Review

Let me start by saying that I had enormous expectations from this telefilm in particular because I expected nothing short of a masterpiece from a talented writer like Muhammad Ahmed, a gifted director like Mehreen Jabbar and a stellar cast. Unfortunately I was extremely disappointed after watching the...

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