Lollywood is a rough place to be in, especially if you are looking for a quick break. But once every while one comes across a success story that defies the rules of the film industry. Actor Shamyl Khan is one such example. It’s almost unheard of for a newcomer to make the kind of impression he did in Larki Punjaban in Britain where it has been released. But the actor has discovered that not all is as it seems in the land of make-believe.
Having a Turkish mother and a father …

It came like a bolt from the blue. Aaroh, one of the nation’s hottest bands has, for all intensive purposes, disintegrated. Apparently, founding members Kami and Nabeel have decided to carry on with the Aaroh name while lead vocalist Farook and Khaled have
parted ways with the alternative rock-pop outfit.
Naturally, both sides had different tales to tell, while Kami claiming “artisitc differences” as one of the main reasons behind the fissure, Farook insists that he and Khaled were kept in the dark about the band’s projects, including the signing of record …

Karachi rocked with Sushmita Sen, Saif Ali Khan and Malaika Arora who flew in exclusively to perform here.
With the latest wave of cultural exchange between India and Pakistan a number of Indian actors have flown in to Karachi and Lahore, either to perform or to promote their films, and of course the message of peace.
Sushmita, Saif and Malaika were least expected because unlike Akshay Kumar, Urmila and Pooja Bhatt, they hadn’t been expressing their desire to come to this side of the divide. So when they got here, they were …

Yusuf Khan is all set to launch his next film produced by Manik Bedi.Tentatively titled “Golmaal” The Fun Never Ends the film stars Sunil Shetty. Pakistani actor-comedian Omar Sharief and sultry Pakistani model Iman Ali make their Hindi film debuts in leading roles. Another hero and two more heroines are yet to be finalised.
The film is about three guys, a hitman (Sunil Shetty), a rich hotelier’s son-in-law (Omar Sharief) and an aspiring singer, who turn up at a hotel run by Shakti Kapoor in Cape Town all on separate missions. …

The fashion industry of Pakistan is growing in volume with every passing day. The credit goes chiefly to the mainstream fashion people, who have been instrumental in this change. While a lot of new designers are venturing into this field, the old ones are just getting better day-by-day. But those who have education and experience are dominating the scene right now. Among the few good designers in the fashion arena, one designer whose work has captured the eyes of many is Moazzam Abbasi. His label Riwayat is a trend-setter for …

The album kicks off with the all time hit ‘Aadat’ spicing up the mood.Then comes ‘Ehsas’ a comparatively slow track with nice vocals by Atif seeming quite fantastic with a touch of spirituality in the lyrics.The album gains a lively mood again with the song ‘Zindagi’, as it is a fast number surely not to be missed. The lyrics are inspirational and the guitars used are fantastic. Atif has really worked hard on this track. Next comes the song I personally liked very much…and that is ‘Yaqeen’. Its a soft …

Javed Sheikh will play a Pakistani intelligence agent collaborating with Indian forces to eliminate a gang of international terrorists in his next Bollywood movie, ‘Das’.
The actor-turned director has been active in Bollywood for the last year and a half. ‘Das’ will be his second Indian movie after ‘Sitam’. He will star alongside Sunil Shetty, Abishek Bachan, Shilpa Shetty, Gulshan Grover, Esha Deol and Sanjay Dutt.
He was scheduled to leave for Canada on Tuesday to start shooting for ‘Das’. Anu Bhavsinah, known for his film ‘Tum Bin’, is directing the film. …

Madonna’s done it, Liv Tyler’s done it…heck, even Joe Schmo down the street has probably tried it once! No, we’re not talking about some kinky fetish here; we’re actually referring to mehndi. Mehndi, mehendi, or henna, as it is more popularly called, has become quite the rage ever since Hollywood and the entertainment industry embraced it around the mid-1990s.
However, while people of the west have only recently awakened to this new ‘fad’, we mustn’t forget that it isn’t really new at all. In fact, the art of henna has practically …

The trend Javed Sheikh started in Yeh Dil Aap Ka Hua is followed by Rashid Khwaja in Salakhain, where Bollywood playback singers Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik and Kumar Sanu lend their voices (in their own names) to Lollywood actors. M. Arshad has composed the songs and with the help of lyricists Amjad Islam Amjad, Ayub Khawar, Riaz-ur-Rehman Saghar and Khawaja Pervez, manages to come up with the best filmi album of the year.
Naghmana Jaffery lends her vocals to the title track Salakhain and Ishq Khuda Hai. Both begun in an …

In a historic fashion, business and diplomatic move, Faiza Samee, the Pakistani designer who once dressed former prime minister Benazir Bhutto for her wedding, has begun retailing in Delhi, the first ever for a Pakistani designer in India.
Samee, who will be selling at the Carma fashion boutique in Mehrauli, has even made saris for the first time in her more than two-decade fashion career, especially for the India launch.
“This is a dream come true,” Samee told IANS in an interview. “People have been telling for 10 years to sell in …