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Anima State
''Anima State'' is a Pakistani satirical thriller film directed by Hammed Khan and produced by Atif Ghani in 2013. It is one of the emerging groundbreaking works being created by the reborn Pakistani film industry It has been banned by the government and hence did not play in any major cinemas in the country. It contains themes of an irresponsible media, apathetic youths, political stagnation and class struggle. It has played in various film festivals and shows a very different side of Pakistan. The film is a series of encounters between the protagonist and various archetypes of people who live in Pakistan. The film was written and directed by London-based Pakistani filmmaker Hammad Khan. This is his second film and acts as sort of fantasy sequel to his first film "Slackistan". The film is still being dismissed by major Pakistani institutions but is quickly gathering a large following. This film was a collaboration between Animage Production and Number Eight Films. It premiered a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malika Zafar
Malika may refer to: Places Nepal * Malika, Baglung, a municipality * Malika, Dailekh, a village development committee * Malika Bota, a village development committee * Malika Rural Municipality, Gulmi * Malika Rural Municipality, Myagdi * Malika Dhuri, a mountain Elsewhere * Malika, Thailand, a ''tambon'' * Malika Parbat, a mountain in Pakistan Other uses *Malika (given name) Malika is the Arabic word for 'queen' and the feminine form of the name Malik. Given name * Judith Malika Liberman (born 1978), French storyteller, writer and teacher *Malika or al-Nadirah, princess of Hatra per Perso-Arabic traditions *Malika a ... *''Malika'', a 2015 EP by Tālā See also *'' Malikaa'', a 2017 Maldivian film * Malikah (other) * Mallika (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slackistan
''Slackistan'' is an independent film directed by London-based filmmaker, Hammad Khan, and written by Khan and his wife, Shandana Ayub. The film stars Shahbaz Hamid Shigri, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, Ali Rehman Khan, Shahana Khan Khalil, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Saeed, and Rafey Alam. The film is distributed by Big Upstairs Films. Inspired by the Richard Linklater's 1991 film ''Slacker'', ''Slackistan'' debuted (first 10 minutes) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in the Marche du Film section. It was also screened at a number of festivals, in such locations as London, Abu Dhabi, New York City, San Francisco, and Goa. It was banned in Pakistan. Premise A young man in his early twenties juggles his dreams to be a filmmaker with his family life, his best friend's troubles, the girl he's interested in, and living in Pakistan during political turmoil. Cast * Shahbaz Hamid Shigri as Hasan *Aisha Linnea Akhtar as Aisha *Ali Rehman Khan as Sherry *Shahana Khan Khalil as Zara *Osman Khalid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Asian International Film Festival
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz'' ("south"), possibly related to the same Proto-Indo-European root that the word ''sun'' derived from. Some languages describe south in the same way, from the fact that it is the direction of the sun at noon (in the Northern Hemisphere), like Latin meridies 'noon, south' (from medius 'middle' + dies 'day', cf English meridional), while others describe south as the right-hand side of the rising sun, like Biblical Hebrew תֵּימָן teiman 'south' from יָמִין yamin 'right', Aramaic תַּימנַא taymna from יָמִין yamin 'right' and Syriac ܬܰܝܡܢܳܐ taymna from ܝܰܡܝܺܢܳܐ yamina (hence the name of Yemen, the land to the south/right of the Levant). Navigation By convention, the ''bottom or down-facing side'' of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the Transition from Classical to Romantic music, transition from the Classical period (music), Classical period to the Romantic music, Romantic era in classical music. His career has conventionally been divided into early, middle, and late periods. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as heroic. During this time, he began to grow increasingly Hearing loss, deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression. Beethoven was born in Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Morning Karachi
''Good Morning Karachi'' (formerly ''Rafina'') is a 2013 Pakistani drama film directed by Sabiha Sumar and produced by Sachithanandam Sathananthan under the banner ''Vidhi Films''. The film is written by Malia Scotch Marmo, Sumar and Samhita Arni, based on the novel ''Rafina'' by the acclaimed Pakistani writer Shandana Minhas. Synopsis It is the story of a young girl, Rafina, (Amna Ilyas) who chases her dream to become a renowned model. Cast * Amna Ilyas as Rafina *Beo Zafar as Rosie * Saba Hameed as Rafina's mother * Atta Yaqub as Jamal * Aamina Sheikh as Mehwish (card girl) * Savera Nadeem as PJ * Yasir Aqueel as Arid * Faiza Syed as Nausheen * Khalid Malik as Murad * Shaheen Khan as Nawal * Farhan Ali Agha as Fahad * Faisal Qureshi * Abdullah Akram (Qatar) Release An early version of ''Good Morning Karachi'' was presented in 2013 in India at the 15th Mumbai Film Festival, in Sweden at the Goteborg International Film Festival, and in the United States at the 3rd i S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zinda Bhaag
''Zinda Bhaag'' ( ur, ) is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film co-directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and produced by Mazhar Zaidi. The film focuses on the issue of illegal migration. The film had a premiere show on 19 September 2013 and a wide release on 20 September. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, the first in over 50 years. The film was made as part of a project on masculinity titled Let's Talk Men, affiliated with United Nations agencies for the prevention of gender-based violence. Plot Zinda Bhaag unravels the theme of illegal immigration highlighting the issue and the epicentre of this trend within Punjab. The story of Zinda Bhaag unravels the theme of illegal immigration, called 'dunky'. This involves inhuman and dangerous methods of crossing borders into foreign lands. It is a film about three young men trying to escape the reality of their everyday lives and succeeding in ways t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
