New Delhi (IANS): Bollywood actress Raima Sen will be seen living out her fantasy as the lead in Madhureeta Anand’s directorial debut “Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye”, about a woman’s quest for her dreams.
Releasing Friday, the film has been co-produced by PVR Pictures and Madhureeta’s company Eka Films Pvt Ltd and stars Arbaaz Khan and Randeep Hooda along with Raima in the lead.
Before becoming a feature film director, Madhureeta made various award-winning documentaries for the BBC and the National Geographic channel and a digital short film on child abuse – …

Bubbly gal Preity Zinta celebrated her 34th birthday on 31st January. She was in upbeat mood and enjoying the party in full swing when the Bandra police knocked her door. They arrived to attend the complaint lodged by Preity’s neighbor for playing the speaker in high volume. The party went till the wee hours in the morning and the residents of the slum areas got disturbed with the loud noise. At first the police did not respond to their complaint as it was against top class people but on repeated …

LAHORE: A group exhibition of paintings by 38 artists opened at the Coopera Art Gallery on Friday.
Most of the paintings displayed at the exhibition were by senior artists of the city. They utilised various media, including watercolour paintings, oil on canvas, and abstract art. The work displayed is both new productions and old art. Landscapes and cityscapes particularly attracted art lovers. The paintings highlighted the colours of the country’s indigenous features.
Artwork: The work of new artists was distinguished from that of senior ones, as the new artists focused on western …

Ki Jana Mein Kaun – an award-winning documentary film directed by Sharjil Baloch – was screened at the South Asian Media Center (SAMC) on Friday.
The documentary filmed in interior Sindh shows religious harmony and cultural affinity among Muslims and the Hindus. The director showed many such places in the documentary where the differences between Hinduism and Islam, without fading away, kept the two communities together without any hatred or bias.
He also showed various scenes of many such temples and shrines where the Hindus and the Muslims both pay homage without …

The work of Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) Fine Arts students is on display in an exhibition, which began in the university premises on Friday.
The exhibition is a blend of unique art objects truly portraying the creativity of the students. The exhibition assembled the work of the students as part of their class projects and activities throughout the semester. The show indeed is a fascinating feat both for the students and the faculty, as a large number of the faculty and students visited the display and appreciated the accomplishments of …

She left him because she couldn’t bear to see him killing himself. He lost over 100 kg, and turned up at her doorstep a changed man. The reunion was tearful and joyous. And so Adnan Sami and Sabah would have lived happily ever after — but now they have fallen out, allegedly over her hostility towards his parents.
Sabah went to Oshiwara police on Friday, alleging that Sami had abused her and thrown her out. The singer was taken in for questioning, and he denied hitting her and said he still …

MUMBAI (Reuters Life!) – Rubina Ali is already a Hollywood star, and now the 9-year-old “Slumdog Millionaire” actress, who lives in a one-room shack with her family in a Mumbai slum, has her eyes firmly set on Bollywood.
Her dream has been whetted by the clamorous media attention and glitzy parties that followed the Mumbai premiere of the Oscar-nominated movie, a rags-to-riches tale of a young boy from a Mumbai slum, in which Ali plays the leading lady as a girl.
“I like films. I like poems and I like my school,” …