Don’t get surprised if you spot the most stunning model of the town at the modest interior of PIVIC Saddar arguing at the absence of Roshan Ara Begum rather than rocking in frenzy at some lazy number of Beyonce Knowles at a trendy elite party. The popular Nawab Sultan of Umrao Jaan Ada, IMRAN ABBAS in person too seems to belong more to the oriental Moghul era with a refined sense of aesthetics rather than today. Don’t get surprised; just reaffirm your faith in the age old maxim that appearances …

Entertainment Categories & fashion categories
1. Best Film | Khuda Kay Liye
2. Best Film Actor | Shaan for Khuda Kay Liye
3. Best Film Actress | Iman for Khuda Kay Liye
4. Best Original Sound Track | Khuda Kay Liye
5. Best TV Play (PTV) | Lyari Express
6. Best TV Director (PTV) | Manzoor Magsi for Lyari Express
7. Best TV Actor (PTV)| Asif Reza Mir for Merey Dard ko Jo Zuban Milay
8. Best TV Actress (PTV) | Beenish Chohan for Pehli Boond
9. Best TV Play (Satellite) | Man o Salwa
10. Best TV Director (Satellite) …

Khawar Riaz is known as a star-maker par excellence and has been instrumental in making several careers Zara Sheikh, Farooq Mannan, Ahmed Butt, Arooj, Imran Abbas, Amina Shafat, Danial… the list of stars made by this star makers is endless. Having the Midas touch must make him feel ten feet tall!
“I love unconventional faces - faces that most other people wouldn’t consider exceptional. I sometimes get fascinated by a particular face and imagine how I could go about transforming it. For instance, when Ahmed and Zara came to me, no …

Interview: Moazzam Abbasi
Hair and Makeup: KR Crew
Photography: Khawar Riaz
You are not only the queen of the local music industry, but happen to be the only big female pop star. Why aren’t there more female singers from good families out there? How have you managed to retain this monopoly?
This is something that has always confused me. I fail to understand why here is no influx of good girls into this field especially since I have already paved the way for them. Girls from solid family background can take up singing as …

It’s been five long years since Umair Butt left home to try his fortune abroad and now he’s back with a bang (even if it is temporarily). Fashion designers have been rolling out the red carpet, and why not? After all, Umair Butt was the first male supermodel of the Pakistani fashion industry. Undoubtedly this model has a lot going for him: besides his devastating good looks, he has the sort of casual confidence that only maturity and experience can bring. But perhaps the greatest edge that he has over …

Few, dare to be different. Especially, in an extremely conservative society. Even fewer, find acclaim in doing so. She’s one of them. Nabila. Rebellious and revolutionary. Known for defying conventions, Nabila’s ventured into uncharted terrain and walked her way to victory as Pakistan’s top hair stylist and make-up artist. Today, she’s a name well-regarded in the international fashion scene for her unique work.
For a person whose made her mark in the make-up business over an impressive 20 years, Nabila comes across as rather soft-spoken and unassuming. Pride is a thing …

1. What is on your mind?
That I have to go for shopping, go to studio for voice dubbing, make a few phone calls, see my designer, get manicure and pedicure done… Ah! I am out of breath!
2. If you had to make an apology, what would it be for and for whom?
My mother! For not giving her much time because of my hectic schedule.
3. Where’s the best place to be?
Home.
4. What scares you most?
Bad karma.
5. What keeps you sailing in a crisis?
My willpower.
6. Which are your little known traits?
I …

What is power? Who has it? How can you tell? These are questions that have no easy answers. Ask an assertive journalist, and you’ll hear a vehement dismissal of all glamour types and the list of powerful people whittling down to a stodgy industry bigwigs. Ask a starry-eyed showbiz fanatic and you’ll hear a bubbly eulogy for all the hot starlets who in reality would not even have the clout to wangle a solo project. So the dilemma remains.
The solution, as it lit up the bulbs in the minds of …

Aladdin had a magic lamp and he could make his genie do everything, but that was centuries ago. Khawar Riaz doesn’t have a magic lamp but he has a mind that works far better than that. No wonder he picks up people from the streets and turn them into Greek gods and goddesses.
“Khawar grooms his models in such a way that no one really believes that they have been picked up from the streets” designer Deepak Perwani recently commented. The only problem is that at one stage the demi gods …

The next best things are not some secondary alternatives to the real things. These are the real things! They are the next generation of superstars. Perhaps the term “generation” would not be applicable here since the world of showbiz seems to lie in another dimension where time moves a lot quicker and a “generation” often passes in a matter of seconds. After all, as everyone knows, fame is fickle! Not so with this talented bunch. Though they might not be household names yet, each and member of this chosen elite …