Mahesh Bhatt, leading Indian film maker and director and father of bollywood star, Pooja Bhatt has decided to produce a historical film on legendary, Lal Haveli owned by information minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.
Mahesh Bhatt visited Lal Haveli a day earlier and went around various parts of haveli. Jhelum will be venue for shooting the film and it will be a real love story.
The film will be co-starred by Pakistani Indian film stars. Indian film star Aamir Khan, Aishwariya Rai and Pakistani actors Reema, Meera and other renowned film stars will …

Indian film-maker Pooja Bhatt’s latest venture “Rog” has proved a hit in the ongoing film festival in Pakistan. Besides, other Bollywood films like Maqbool and Dhoop are also attracting much crowds.
Starring Irfan Khan, “Rog” is Pooja’s second film in succession that has been premiered in Pakistan, the first one being “Paap”. Written by her father and director Mahesh Bhatt, “Rog” is a tale of a cop falling in love with a woman whose murder he is investigating.
On the occasion of film’s premier, Pooja told reporters that she was looking for …

One of Pakistan’s biggest movie actresses is risking the ultimate in south Asian controversy – by moving to India. To Pakistani dismay, Meera has announced that she is relocating to Bombay to further her career. But Meera is already a controversial figure in Pakistan, as well known for a notorious kissing scene as for her acting talents. Earlier this year, Meera said she had received death threats and demanded government protection after a scene in her debut film across the border in India, in which she kisses the actor Ashmit …

Pakistan government has provided security to Lollywood actress Meera, even as a petition was filed in a Pakistani court seeking to ban her from acting in Indian films.
Meera, who returned from the sets of Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Nazar’ in Mumbai three days ago, was provided security after she took up the issue of threats with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and Information Minister Sheikh Rashid. She had received threats for allegedly featuring in a kissing scene in the film. Meera lives in Lahore, the home of Pakistan’s fledgling film industry.
The petition …

Indian writer Mahesh Bhatt has signed Meera for his upcoming British-Indian co-production, the name of which is not yet decided.
Film actress Meera confirmed she will be appearing in Mr Bhatt’s new film. She said she would be the first Pakistani actress to perform the lead in any Indian-British co-production.
The actress said that Mr Bhatt told her that he had decided to cast her in the said production after seeing her performance in the film ‘Inteha’.
One of the leading Pakistani film heroines, Meera said that Mr Bhatt told her that he …

With all the negative publicity and flak that Meera has received in Pakistan thanks to her recent performance in Mahesh Bhatt’s Nazar and subsequent interviews to the Indian media, it is not surprising that the actress is now avoiding interviews like the plague. However, hurt and angry as she is, she agreed to give an exclusive to Imagesin which she confirmed that she had been fined by the government for her role in the film. The following are excerpts:
On her role in Nazar
I have done nothing to be ashamed of …

Pakistani film actress Meera, who has been in the storm over some kissing scenes in the Bollywood flick Nazar, has said that it would be unjust on the part of the government to allow the screening of Mughal-e-Azam and not Nazar.
She said that Nazar also being an Indian movie should be screened in Pakistan, as it would give an impetus to the Indo-Pak peace process. She said that the government should in fact allow the screening of Nazar before Mughal-e-Azam is screened across theaters in Pakistan.

Indian and Pakistani film industries have begun a collaborative effort to use their movies to foster peace and diffuse tension between the rival nuclear states.
Politicians had previously used films to fuel animosity between India and Pakistan, now film makers are committed to use them as a means for building mutual understanding and cooperation. Mahesh Bhatt, a leading director from Bollywood, India’s film industry in Mumbai, said,”Politicians from both sides have been using films as a tool of war and as a propoganda to demonise the other. Collaboration between the two …

In the first and largest event of its type, Indian and Pakistani film stars and artistes performed together in a six-hour concert to raise funds for tsunami survivors.
Called “Help!”, the concert held in Bombay, was broadcast on several news and entertainment television channels, including Geo TV. Indian film legend Amitabh Bachchan, superstars Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai made appeals for donations.
Pakistani stars present included leading film stars Meera, Rafqat Ali Khan and Waris Baig Mirza, pop band “Strings” and comedian Omar Sharif. The …

Two of Bollywood’s production icons, Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt, are due in the city this week to attend the second annual dinner of a fashion magazine, sources from the fashion industry told Daily Times.
The Depilex Vision has arranged the exclusive event, and the country’s top fashionistas and Lollywood stars are likely to grace the occasion. The sources said the celebrations are a part of broader interaction with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation countries and to promote the fashion industry in the region.
In their three-day stay in Lahore, both Mr …