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[22 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 125 views]
Meera’s Engagement with a US national

The bold and the beautiful, aaaf course Lollywood’s darling Meera has announced that she will be marrying a Pakistani-American Naveed Shehzad or some sources quoting the name as Naveed Pervez later this year. According to a news report she is likely to get engaged to an airline pilot on February 19 in Lahore.
“Shehzad is a family friend and I will be getting engaged to him on my family’s insistence,” Meera said.
Meera definitely obeying and following the footsteps of  Lollywood diva Reema Khan, who had recently married US based Pakistani cardiologist …

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[30 Dec 2011 | No Comment | 35 views]
Madiha Iftikhar Keeping it clean

Madiha Iftikhar gives off the impression of a naive, girl next door but a conversation with her verifies that she has a wise head on her young shoulders.
Perhaps this wisdom comes from growing up in a family linked to entertainment; she is the youngest daughter of the PTV’s famous couple Syed Iftikhar Ahmed and Rehana, whose weekend morning programme “Boltay Haath” reached out to special people with speaking and hearing disabilities. This show — the first of its kind — was infotainment at its best.
Today, Madiha Iftikhar has become a …

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[16 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 2,098 views]
Reema to wear HSY Bridal outfit on her Wedding

The Barbie of Lollywood, gorgeous actress turned successful film director Reema is all set to get married in a couple of days. She had decided to marry a Pakistani born American cardiologist Dr. Tariq Shahab.

During the latest bridal couture weeks she had been the show stoppers for designers like HSY showcasing their creations with grace. It is finally the time in her life to actually get dressed as a bride.
Non other than Hassan Shehryar Yaseen ,The couture king HSY has designed her bridal outfit for the dream day.

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[16 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 29 views]
The fabulous forties-Lollywood Celebrities

While times have changed and cinema trends are ever evolving with new stories, the stars on the silver screen are evergreen. From Lollywood’s Nadeem Baig to Tom Cruise in Hollywood, the twinkling stars of Tinselville continue to create waves with their on-screen persona.
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Pakistan’s film industry has had a string of blockbusters owing to its evergreen actors. Nadeem Baig, Javed Sheikh and Anjuman are enthralling the audience today just as they were few decades ago.
Nadeem Baig’s film career spans over 42 years and he continues to mesmerise the audience even …

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[3 Sep 2011 | No Comment | 176 views]
Lollywood steals ardent Bollywood fans on Eid

While most of the city was celebrating Eid in the traditional way, several Lahoris found a very different way to celebrate the occasion.
Cinema houses in Lahore were jam-packed as new Lollywood movies began their screening from the first day of Eid, and brought some new talent to the front. With hit Bollywood film ‘Bodyguard’ featuring Salman Khan as competition, Lollywood jumped into the boxing ring with Reema’s much awaited ‘Love Mein Ghum’, and Syed Faisal Bokhari’s ‘Bhai Log’.
Probably the more hard-hitting of the two was …

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[14 Aug 2011 | One Comment | 30 views]
Syed Noor’s struggles

Film director Syed Noor, credited for revitalising Lollywood in the mid-90s, shares his opinion on the reasons behind the decline of the film industry and how he plans to reverse the situation. Noor, known for making issue-based films, has been praised for making some of Lollywood’s biggest hits, such as Choorian, Jeeva, Ghoonghat and Deewane Tere Pyar Ke.
Pakistan’s film industry is struggling, what are you doing to revive it?
I’m still struggling for the survival of the industry. Lollywood has given me so much, how can I not support it. The …

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[11 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 30 views]
Resham: A generous start

Much has been said about the miseries of Lollywood’s artists and technicians during the industry’s ongoing decline, but actors like Resham have put their money where their mouth is. To mark the start of Ramadan, Resham distributed money amongst struggling actors, technicians and dancers.
The actor visited Lahore’s Bari Studio where she distributed different amounts – Rs2,000 to Rs5,000 – to unemployed workers on Sunday, July 31. Other than the workers, Resham also sent out money to needy widows of actors. “I have always participated in philanthropic activities. Considering the …

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[26 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 219 views]
Promo Launch of Reema’s New Film Love Mein Ghum

At first glance one is instantly swayed and enthralled by Reema’s slick promo for her film Love Mein Ghum. With Ali Zafar’s vocals and a glittering roll call of the film, television and fashion industry’s (arguably) finest, the film’s title track, “Love Mein Ghum”, reeks heavily of another title song, “Om Shanti Om” and the over arching camaraderie that it sought to project and promote within the Indian film fraternity onto the screens.
That particular song worked brilliantly for the film since it spoke of all ‘stars’ (a pun on constellations …

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[5 Jul 2011 | No Comment | 17 views]
Lollywood: Royal Park to be made Film Street

The government has decided to declare Royal Park Lahore’s ‘Film Street’, The Express Tribune has learnt. The area is home to the offices of most of Pakistan’s film producers.
Sources in the film industry said that the demand was raised during MNA Hamza Shahbaz’s meeting with industry leaders two days ago. Artists, producers and directors are also learnt to have requested that Bahar Begum, the veteran actor, be made the first head of the Punjab Film Censor Board. Hamza Shahbaz had received a delegation including actors Shan, Reema, …

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[25 Jun 2011 | One Comment | 69 views]
Lollywood’s sinking ship

The recent string of newly released Pakistani films has failed to make a dent in box office sales, suggesting a continued decline of Lollywood, due to the lack of response by audiences.
Cinema owners suggest that the film-makers must make movies of international standards if they are to capture the Pakistani market. They said that very few films had been released this year, including Urdu film Khamosh Raho and Punjabi film Ek Ghazi Aur. Both lasted merely three days at the box office and were deemed as ‘utter failures’ due to …