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Written by Yogeshwar Karera and directed by Ali Junejo, Bargad is an unsettling look at family, faith and the things we choose...

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...

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Decoding Primetime Hegemony: Who Is the Default Pakistani?

If you turn on your television in 2026, you will be confronted by a remarkably smooth world. There is no grit. There is no...

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Accept the Slap but Censor the Hug: This is TV Outrage

In the world of social psychology, there is a concept known as the “threshold of tolerance.” It’s the invisible line that...

Saba Faisal and What We Choose to Shame

Progress is hardly ever linear. Any time we make a meaningful change, there will be backlash and pushback. There will be people like Saba Faisal who try to drag us back a hundred years. On a viral television appearance, Faisal lamented the lack of shame heaped on a divorced woman

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The Interviewers Everyone Should Be Watching Now

Our attention span has gone to tatters and so has the quality of the content we consume. Consumers on digital platforms are clicking on funny, snarky and low-quality content on a daily basis. When an interviewer makes low IQ comebacks reel ‘views’ quadruple in mere seconds. In the rat race to go viral,...

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Anatomy of a Pakistani Drama Villain

If you’ve ever spent multiple lazy evenings glued to primetime dramas, you’ve undoubtedly come across: the villain. These characters are the true lifeblood of our television screens, spinning webs of deceit and sprinkling chaos like it’s glitter. So, what makes a perfect South Asian villain? Let’s dive...

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I Joined TikTok So You Don’t Have To: The Wild World of BrownTok

TikTok is a fever dream, but BrownTok? That’s a whole other level. It’s chaotic, heartwarming, problematic, hilarious—and at times, profoundly eye-opening. This corner of the app is where brown people Desis, Arabs, North Africans, and anyone with melanin and trauma from being asked “But where are you...

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Where's the South Asian Sci-Fi on Screen? The Future is Waiting

Why is South Asian sci-fi still trapped in the shadows? We’ve got the stories, the characters, the sheer creative chaos yet when you think of futuristic worlds, you’re still probably imagining white dudes in spandex saving the day. South Asia’s been bending reality long before we started getting our...

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Watching Wicked in Pakistan: When Fantasy is more Real than Reality

Wicked: Part One (2024) may seem like an escapist fantasy but the film’s themes— fascist governments, power, and and social justice—are strikingly relevant to Pakistan’s own political circus. In a country where authority, corruption, and misinformation rule, the Broadway adaptation serves as a...

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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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