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The fourth Kara Film Festival opens on Friday with feature films, documentaries and short films lined up for showing at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs Auditorium. A number of delegates and international film-makers are in town to attend the 10-day festival that was formally initiated with Thursday’s opening ceremony at the Hindu Gymkhana with [...]

Khamosh Pani, a Pakistani film based on partition, will be released in eight cities in India Friday making it the first film from the neighboring country to bescreened here, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported Thursday. The film has been screened 41 times through mobile screening inboth rural and urban Pakistan and was currently [...]

Alhamra Cultural Complex looked surreal amidst decorative lights, as performances varying from enthralling Uzbek dances to hilarious slapstick performances by the Wall Street Theatre, Indian theatre and Ajoka’s theatre heightened activity at the Rafi Peer World Performing Arts Festival on Monday night. The Uzbek camp in particular was jam-packed with spectators who were completely enthralled [...]

The air around Alhamra Cultural Complex was charged with excitement as throngs swarmed to see the opening of the much-awaited World Performing Arts Festival on Friday night. The festival, which was organised by a known cellular company and the Rafi Peer Theatre (RPT) boasted up-to-the-mark performances and excellent stage light arrangements. Disco lights had been [...]

The Goethe Institut will screen seven feature films on its newly opened premises over a month. The film festival will begin on Thursday. The movies will be screened on Thursdays and Mondays at 7pm. According to a brochure issued by the German cultural centre, the first film to be screened is titled Halbe Treppe (Grill [...]

Pakistanis living in Riyadh celebrated Eid Al-Fitr in a traditional way, despite the changes in lifestyle brought about by modern trends. Most Pakistani expatriates preferred to wear traditional dresses, colorful bangles and henna patterns during the celebration. Scores of men, young and old, were seen chewing betel quids, picnicking in the desert and holding gossip [...]

Top Indian actress Aishwarya Rai’s latest film Bride and Prejudice will hit Pakistani cinemas by December-end. This is seen as a necessary stepping-stone to the co-production of films between India and Pakistan, the Daily Times quoted sources as saying. According to the paper, Samina Peerzada, a Pak-based film critic who is a staunch supporter of [...]

The famous heroine of Punjabi films Sheeba Bhakri is ready to spread the message of harmony across the border in Pakistan through a Pakistani Punjabi film ‘Badda Choudhury’. After registering her name as a successful actress in both Punjabi and Hindi films, Sheeba Bhakri is going to enter into the Pakistani film world opposite the [...]

Twenty-one year old Pakistani actress Meera is making her Bollywood debut in Soni Razdan ‘s suspense thriller Nazar . Meera is shooting for the film in Goa nowadays. Meera, fondly referred as ‘Madhuri Dixit of Pakistan’, has taken her first step into Hindi film industry. She frankly admits that she was always fond of Hindustani [...]

The leading kids’ entertainment channel of international repute, ‘Cartoon Network’ has been launched in Pakistan, whereas Strategic Alliances has been appointed by the channel to handle its advertising sales in the country, a news report said Friday. The Network has set-up a dedicated beam for Pakistan, airing its premium quality programmes featuring cartoon stars like [...]