It would seem that not everything on the home front is going bad for Samina Peerzada. For we hear that her daughter is flapping her wings for a flight in the path of her illustrious parents.

Yes, her eldest daughter has decided to also take up the family tradition what with acting genes literally pumping through her veins.

And being the liberated and enlightened lady that Liza is, she is 100 percent behind her baby’s decision, who is said to be working under the direction of her mom. Samina says that she also has no objection if her ‘beti’ also aspires to work on the big screen.

Laiqa Hasan is not a fairy godmother who can turn an ugly duckling into swan with her magic want but she can turn an average looking girl into a goddess with a touch of her pancake and brush. A magician of the modern world. Fascinated with the way hair is cut and layered Laiqa had been keen to learn the technique since her childhood. And the passion nurtured with the passage of time. Today Laiqa Hasan is a name to reckon with in the field of hair & makeup. She’s the one who gave Sadia Imam a new image, Humaira Arshad a new look, made Jaffrey lose weight and she is also the first female make-up artist from Pakistan to have done the make-up of many Indian stars… From Bombay Vikings to Meera Johnson to Sushmita Sen’s… If this is not success then what is?

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 and Ms Bhatt will meet a number of people from the showbiz and the fashion world.

Karishma and Kareena Kapoor, Shilpa Shetty, Shushmita Sen, Sanjay Kapoor, Akshay Kumar, Rishi Kapoor and Neeto Singh, Yash Chopra, Rakesh Roshan, Mahesh and Pooja Bhatt are just some of the Bollywood giants who have been invited by their Lollywood counterparts to spend this Basant in the city.

Most of these actors already have a Pakistani visa and others were in the process of getting one, said film director and writer Asif Ali Pota. He said the proposed programme includes a night at the Lahore Fort, which will be recorded by Prime Television, UK, and a dinner in Karachi hosted by the designer BG.

Samina Peerzada will act opposite Indian film star Om Puri in a co-produced drama serial, sources told Daily Times on Thursday.

Sources said Ms Peerzada signed the 13-episode serial and would play lead role opposite Mr Ompuri. According to reports, serial producer Humanyun Saeed has requested Ms Peerzada to perform in the serial written by Karachi-based writer Seema Ghazal. The name of the serial has not yet been decided, however, it revolves around the story of a family settled in Dubai.

As right as rain, Meera’s been in the news. For all the right and wrong reasons. It’s been alleged news in showbiz corridors about Meera starring in Mahesh Bhatt’s next venture. And she’s been on a whirl gig globetrot for the past few months. Which all adds up as the right time for some gup and shup with Lollywood princess. Looking scrupulously scrubbed sans make-up in her hotel room in Karachi, Meera utters, ‘No controversial interview this time. Let’s have a non-divisive conversation for a change.’ Her wish our command. Battling the cruel May’s heat in plush ambience of her hotel room Meera gets ready to face my casual volleys.