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Sunday, February 5th, 2012 by
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Jane Bond 008 Operation Karachi (1971)

Synopsis – There is much in common between Jane Bond 008 Operation Karachi and the James Bond movies made in Western countries. Like its prototypes, this movie also starts in Scotland Yard. The central character is a woman instead of man. She (Rakshanda Khattak) is sent to Pakistan on a …

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Monday, October 24th, 2011 by
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Chandni Chowk – Review (1954)

Hira Films’ “Chandni Chowk”, justifies its title by pro­viding a superbly-mounted musical romane of a time when Chandni Chowk, the glittering an­cient locality of Old Delhi, was the centre of attraction for people from all parts of India. Deftly designed in a suspense-packed screenplay by I.S. Johar, and cleverly and …

. . . . . . . . . . . . Drama . Romance

Monday, September 5th, 2011 by
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Laila Majnu – Review (1976)

“Laila Majnu” offers within its 19 reel, lavish sets, glit­tering desert exteriors, an ela­borate fantasy sequence, and gorgeous costumes. It all makes for an eye-catching pageant, except that the pageant often looks closer to being a comedy than a tragic tale of star-cross­ed lovers. For a tale of intense love …

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by
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Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara – Review (2011)

Zoya Akhtar has a knack for telling different stories, interesting stories. Her debut film, Luck By Chance, told the tale of a struggling actor while shedding light on the cutthroat business of cinema and ‘making it big’. With Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Zoya has proven that she is a director …

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011 by
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Slackistan (2010)

As home productions are quite rare, the Pakistani audience is always excited whenever there’s a new project coming out, whether it be a completely local production (like Slackistan) or an Indian production with a local star as the lead (Tere Bin Laden.) However, when one certain movie gets banned in …

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Sunday, August 7th, 2011 by
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Delhi Belly – Review (2011)

Aamir Khan’s film offering Delhi Belly has done supremely well. Low budget, fast paced with crazy street lingo, some have called it a breath of fresh air, but it is a essentially a film that breaks wind literally and metaphorically. Delhi Belly mixes up the lives of three lads in …

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Sunday, July 31st, 2011 by
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Murder 2 (2011) – Review

The mystery of Murder 2 was: is it an actual sequel to Murder? Is it a horror movie? You’ll just have to watch it to find out, and I did. Most directors are headed the sequel or prequel way these days. Though Murder had released more than seven years ago …

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Sunday, July 17th, 2011 by
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Bbuddah… Hoga Terra Baap (2011) – Review

I’ve never been a stickler for action movies – particularly the dishum-dishum one-man army variety Bollywood serves on a blood-stained platter. The one exception, though, remains Indian cinema’s proverbial ‘angry young man’, Amitabh Bachchan: superhero for the masses eons before a shirtless Salman Khan became all the rage. Zanjeer. Deewar. …

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Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 by
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Bol (2011) – Review

Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol has been launched with much fanfare, with well-attended premieres in both Karachi and Lahore. Now, definitely showing at a cinema house near you, it is awaiting the verdict of the people. Box office results are so much like election time, but unfortunately in Pakistani cinema candidates are …

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Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 by
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Double Dhamaal (2011) – Review

There are movies that will always make you regret wasting precious hours of your life. Double Dhamaal is one of them and I’m not even being critical here. If you think you have a slightly refined taste in movies, stay away from Double Dhamaal at all costs. However, if you …

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