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The Mother: A devastating family drama about being unseen

There are no villains in Usama Khan’s “The Mother”, only a slow suffocating absence. Absence of attention, of purpose, of...

Beyond the Call: How to Kill Your Dreams

Beyond the Call is an anti-motivational tale about choosing a steady pay-check over passion. Teeli’s four-part corporate...

Kuttay (Rated 18+): Theatre That Bites Back

I thought of walking out of Kuttay: The Ones Who Don’t Bite at several points, a few people actually did. Not because the...

Who gets to be a Pakistani drama critic?

“Culture Critic” has always felt like a misnomer to me. The word suggests someone hovering at the edges, judging from a distance,...

Men Age Into Legends. Women Age Into Punchlines

Ageism and misogyny do not announce themselves as villains. They arrive smiling, joking, framed as banter. This week, we saw two such incidents, one in a victorious Olympic locker room and the other on a television set in Pakistan. Both revealed the same ingrained reflex – to trivialize and denigrate

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Whats wrong with Pakistani Cinema?

Ek saal do maheenay aur ek din.. This was the last time I posted anything and that too was of a movie. So why am I writing a post now? Honestly speaking I just discovered Snap chat and realized I need followers: D so shamelessly using this post to advertise my snap chat ID.. but jokes a part. I just...

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What Is your favorite Romantic Scene?

So where has all the romance gone ? Be it Dayar e Dil ,My name is Yusuf or even Alvida I am just not feeling it. Maybe I am just too demanding but there is nothing like the desperation to see any of the lead pairs together I usually feel for my favourite dramas . at least yet….. Mind you these...

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Remembering Moin Akhtar

Its 9 pm at night and my family is waiting anxiously for me to get back home from my tuitions. Not that they love me a lot (other than my mom) no one ever actually cared if I got back home on time but there is a reason why on that particular Thursday night everyone was waiting for me. The reason was...

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Why Viewers are shifting to Foreign Dramas

I love Pakistani Dramas, I love our culture and heritage, However being an insider of the industry, I have developed some insights to why our audience has started to like Turkish dramas. How media has developed has caused our drama watchers switch to a different medium now. I have been able to keep...

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Top Five Smack-Attack Female Leads in Pakistani Dramas

Disclaimer: The following list of female leads I want to smack really hard is based mainly on my personal views, out of dramas I watch myself or follow through recaps/previews. Readers are free to disagree and to add their own choice of characters to this list. Number Five: Naina (played by Sarah Umair)...

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