Archive for the ‘Producers & Directors’ Category
W.Z. Ahmed
W.Z. Ahmed, 91, one of the most outstanding film directors of the subcontinent, passed away at a local hospital on April 15, 2007. He was suffering from an infection of the lung. He was laid to rest at the Bagh-i-Rehmat graveyard on Monday afternoon. After coming up with a series of films in only five years, ...
Shaikh Mukhtar
He was Bollywood‘s first Hunk – one who would have put today‘s WWF hulks to shame. Exceptionally tall and frighteningly hefty, he was endowed with an immense physique. His face was a roadmap of crisscrossing muscles. A sharp jaw line added to the dimensions of his rock-hard face. Hardly ‘star‘ material compared to the Hrithiks ...
Zia Sarhady
Zia was a Hindi-Urdu director and scenarist. He was Peshawar (now Pakistan) born like Prithviraj, Raj Kapoor, and Dilip Kumar. He started his film career in 1933, assisting non-Urdu speaking directors and artistes with East India Film at Calcutta. Soon he moved to Sagar pictures where a chance meeting with Mehboob Khan, the future movie ...
Kishore Kumar
A multi-faceted genius, Kishore Kumar was a producer, director, lyricist, singer, music director, and actor. However, it is as a playback singer that he is best remembered. Kishore Kumar’s untrained yet deep and melodious voice lent itself to songs of varied genres — from the Aromantic Mere dil mein aaj kya hai (Daag) to the ...
Zahoor Raja
There is something about the old guard that has wholesomeness to it. That’s not to decry the younger lot, but the old schooling taught you a lot more than what the best institutions teach you today. One of the seniors, who made a good impression on our cinema, despite relatively skimpy ...
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
World is a stage. And very few characters of this stage have the right metabolism to stay and perform on it for long. But, there are those too, who stay for a short while, and perform such distinctive acts that people do not forget them for a long time. Amongst those, ...
Random Profiles
Aaliyah : Pakistani Actress Aaliyah in Sher Tey Daler During her heydays, Aaliyah was
Luqman : Luqman
Luqman was one of the major directors from the early years of
Naheed Akhtar : Naheed Akhtar
Naheed Akhtar remained an unavoidable part of the titles of almost
Naseem Akhtar : Naseem Akhtar
Naseem Akhtar was younger sister of Sardar Akhtar (wife of famous
Random Reviews
Waqt (1965):
Waqt was a landmark in many ways: it is a multi-starrer with four main ...
Heer Ranjha (1970):
Producer-Director Masud Parvez and music wizard Khurshid Anwar are back ...
Pyaar Hi Pyaar Mein (2003):
Fahim Burney's debut directorial venture Pyaar Hi Pyaar Mein was the second...
Wake Up Sid (2009):
Whether it's the typical Indian soap opera family saga, a controversial extr...