Samina Peerzada will act opposite Indian film star Om Puri in a co-produced drama serial, sources told Daily Times on Thursday.
Sources said Ms Peerzada signed the 13-episode serial and would play lead role opposite Mr Ompuri. According to reports, serial producer Humanyun Saeed has requested Ms Peerzada to perform in the serial written by Karachi-based writer Seema Ghazal. The name of the serial has not yet been decided, however, it revolves around the story of a family settled in Dubai.
Sources said the shooting would take place in Dubai. Among other …

LONDON (AFP) – Irish clothes designer Paul Costelloe opened London Fashion Week with a collection of pastel creations inspired by the Hollywood movie “Far From Paradise.”
He said his new lines were based on the film starring Julianne Moore because of its 1950s feminity and pretty colours.
Some 50 designers, from Katherine Hamnett and Paul Smith to a posse of up-and-coming talent, are sending out their new pret-a-porter collections at the London event.
Over five days, top names like Pringle, Nicole Fahri, Jasper Conran and Betty Jackson will be showing alongside smaller houses …

The open spaces in the Pakistani villages were packed. People were sitting in trees and on rooftops. In a nation that barely has a film industry, director Sabiha Sumar’s travelling cinema was both a novelty and a flashpoint.
What Sumar showed in 41 villages throughout Pakistan earlier this year was her new feature film Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters), which depicts how religious fundamentalism — in this case, both Muslim and Sikh — can destroy families.
“And it has been — I don’t know how to explain it — more than an amazing …

The first Bollywood concert to be held in Lahore, earlier scheduled for mid-February has been rescheduled to March 25.
When Concord 2004 was suddenly postponed last month, Bunty Walia, Managing Director of GS Entertainment had cited “technical reasons” for the deferment.
But the new date means that the first show of Bollywood stars in Lahore will take place the day after the one-day cricket match between India and Pakistan in Lahore (March 24).
Organised by Delhi-based Entertainment Works, Walia’s GS Entertainment is managing the stars, their stage acts and the script of the …