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Bol (film)
''Bol'' (lit. ''Speak'' or ''word(s)'') is a 2011 Pakistani Urdu language social drama film written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor. The film stars Humaima Malik, Atif Aslam, Mahira Khan, Iman Ali, Shafqat Cheema, Amr Kashmiri, Manzar Sehbai, and Zaib Rehman in the lead roles. The film marks the debut of singer Atif Aslam and Mahira Khan. It concerns a religious Muslim family facing financial difficulties caused by too many children and changing times, with a major plot involving the father's desire to have a son and his rejection of his existing intersex child. ''Bol'' was a critical and commercial success, and became one of the highest-grossing Pakistani films of all time. This film was part of a maternal and child health project, PAIMAN (Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns), implemented by and The Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs (JHU.CCP) which entered in a partnership with Shoaib Mansoor's Shoman Productions in 2009. The objec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoaib Mansoor
Shoaib Mansoor (Full name, Shoaib Mansoor), ( ur, ; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Muhajir origin. Active in the television industry since 1980, he first found success for composing and writing the song Dil Dil Pakistan in 1987, thereby introducing Vital Signs musical band in mainstream Pakistani television. He was also well-recognised for directing many critically acclaimed hit drama series on Pakistani television. He became internationally known and popular for directing TV shows including the 1982 classic ''Ankahi,'' comedy series ''Fifty Fifty'' (1980) and the travel documentary show , Gulls and Guys which was sponsored by the John Player Gold Leaf company and which was a commercial success reality show, and the military fiction series, ''Alpha Bravo Charlie'' (1998). Mansoor found further critical acclaim for his musical abilities, writing songs for Vital Signs in the 1990s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amr Kashmiri
Amir Kashmiri (born 2 February 1991) is a Pakistani-born actor and Film Editor who appears in Pakistani films. He made his film debut in 2011 with Shoaib Mansoor's '' Bol'' for which he won a London Asian Film Festival award. Early life Amr was born in Lahore, Pakistan. He is the son of Pakistani educators Saleem A. Kashmiri (former head master of Aitchison College and Dr. Nosheena Saleem (former principal of College of Home Economics, Lahore).He is currently teaching in TNS Beaconhouse. Career Kashmiri is a well-known musician and a theater actor. He got a call from Shoaib Mansoor and was selected for the role of ''Saifi'' opposite Humaima Malick, Iman Ali, Mahira Khan and Atif Aslam. He won London Asian Film Festival and British Academy Film Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almas Bobby
Almas Bobby is a Pakistani transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ... activist and former television host. She is the President of the Shemale Foundation Pakistan. In July 2018, Almas Bobby declared of assets in the tax amnesty scheme. References Living people Pakistani LGBT people Pakistani activists Year of birth missing (living people) Pakistani LGBT rights activists 21st-century LGBT people {{Pakistan-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quran
The Quran (, ; Standard Arabic: , Quranic Arabic: , , 'the recitation'), also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation from God. It is organized in 114 chapters (pl.: , sing.: ), which consist of verses (pl.: , sing.: , cons.: ). In addition to its religious significance, it is widely regarded as the finest work in Arabic literature, and has significantly influenced the Arabic language. Muslims believe that the Quran was orally revealed by God to the final prophet, Muhammad, through the archangel Gabriel incrementally over a period of some 23 years, beginning in the month of Ramadan, when Muhammad was 40; and concluding in 632, the year of his death. Muslims regard the Quran as Muhammad's most important miracle; a proof of his prophethood; and the culmination of a series of divine messages starting with those revealed to Adam, including the Torah, the Psalms and the Gospel. The word ''Qur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubal Ligation
Tubal ligation (commonly known as having one's "tubes tied") is a surgical procedure for female sterilization in which the fallopian tubes are permanently blocked, clipped or removed. This prevents the fertilization of eggs by sperm and thus the implantation of a fertilized egg. Tubal ligation is considered a permanent method of sterilization and birth control. Medical uses Female sterilization through tubal ligation is primarily used to permanently prevent a patient from having a spontaneous pregnancy (as opposed to pregnancy via in vitro fertilization) in the future. While both hysterectomy (the removal of the uterus) or bilateral oophorectomy (the removal of both ovaries) can also accomplish this goal, these surgeries carry generally greater health risks than tubal ligation procedures. Less commonly, tubal ligation procedures may also be performed for patients who are known to be carriers of mutations in genes that increase the risk of ovarian and fallopian tube cancer, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hijra (South Asia)
In the Indian subcontinent, hijra ur} bn, kn, te, pa, or, , and / ''khusra'' (Punjabi). are eunuchs, intersex people, or transgender people who live in communities that follow a kinship system known as guru-chela system. Also known as aravani, aruvani, and jogappa, the hijra community in India prefer to call themselves "kinnar", referring to the mythological beings that excel at song and dance. In Pakistan, they are known as khawaja sira, the equivalent of transgender in the Urdu language. Hijras are officially recognised as a third gender in the Abbottabad, being considered neither completely male nor female. Hijras have a recorded history in the Indian subcontinent since antiquity, as suggested by the '' Kama Sutra''. Starting in the 19th century, hijras were targeted by British colonial authorities who sought to eradicate them, criminalised under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humaima Malick
Humaima Malick (born 18 November 1987) is a Pakistani actress who works in Pakistani films and serials. She is known for ''Ishq Junoon Deewangi'' as Pares Usmani and social-drama '' Bol'' in 2011. Personal life Malick was born in Quetta into a Pashtun family. She graduated from Government Girls College Quetta and then moved to Karachi along with her family following her father's retirement. Malick has one brother, Feroze Khan, and one sister, Dua Malik. Singer Sohail Haider is her brother-in-law. Malick was previously married to Shamoon Abbasi. Career Early work (2009–2011) Malick started her career as a model at the age of fourteen, through a Unilever Pakistan campaign. She first walked the ramp for fashion designer Deepak Perwani at the age of fourteen. Since then she has appeared in fashion shows for numerous designers. Malick made her acting debut with the serial ''Ishq Junoon Deewangi''. She then appeared in ''Barish Kay Ansoo'', '' Tanveer Fatima (B.A)'', ''Tal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National College Of Arts
The National College of Arts (colloquially known as NCA) is a public university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Overview National College of Arts - A Federal Chartered Institute is the oldest art school in Pakistan and the second oldest in South Asia. As of 2016, the college is ranked as Pakistan's top art school. It consists of over 700 students. The college runs faculty and student exchange programs with School of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts and the Instituto Superior de Arte. It also hosts the UNESCO Chair in architecture. History The institute was originally founded in 1876 as ''Mayo School of Industrial Arts'' and was one of the two art colleges created by the British crown in British India in reaction to the Arts & Crafts Movement. It was named in honor of the recently assassinated British Viceroy Lord Mayo in 1876. John Lockwood Kipling became the school's first principal who was also appointed as the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th List of largest cities, most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the Provinces of Pakistan, province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab where it is the largest city. Lahore is one of Pakistan's major industrial and economic hubs, with an estimated GDP (Purchasing power parity, PPP) of $84 billion as of 2019. It is the largest city as well as the historic capital and cultural centre of the wider Punjab region,Lahore Cantonment globalsecurity.org and is one of Pakistan's most Social liberalism, socially liberal, Progressivism, progressive, and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities. It is si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Board Of Film Censors
The Central Board of Film Censors (abbreviated as CBFC) ( ur, ) is a film censorship board and rating system body under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for the Government of Pakistan. Since the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan its jurisdiction has been limited to Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Cantonments, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan; with separate censor boards for Punjab (Punjab Film Censor Board, PFCB) and Sindh (Sindh Board of Film Censors, SBFC) headquartered in Lahore and Karachi respectively. Though the CBFC maintains an unofficial dominant position over the latter boards. These boards are tasked with regulating the public screening of films under the provisions of the ''Motion Picture Ordinance, 1979''. Function The ''Motion Pictures Ordinance, 1979'' focuses upon a broad policy framework and administrative procedures for the certification of films for public screening. The film censorship code covers wide aspects of "morals and ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johns Hopkins University Center For Communication Programs
The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) was founded over 30 years ago by Phyllis Tilson Piotrow as a part the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's department of Health, Behavior, and Society and is located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. CCP's goal is to advance the science of communication in order to improve health outcomes and save lives through programs such as knowledge management, social and behavior change communication, training and capacity building, strategic advocacy, Entertainment-Education and research and evaluation. The Center for Communication Programs works in over 60 countries, like Angola, Bangladesh, Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria ( Centre for Communication Programs Nigeria), and Ethiopia. CCP aims to improve a span of health issues such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, reproductive health, family planning, water and sanitation, tobacco control, nutrition, avian and pandemic influenza, maternal and child health, and gender. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Highest-grossing Pakistani Films
This list charts the most successful Pakistani films screened at cinemas in Pakistan and overseas. Pakistani films generate income from several revenue streams including box office sales (admissions), theatrical exhibitions, television broadcast rights and merchandising. See ''List of highest-grossing films in Pakistan'' for domestic gross figures. Global gross figures With a worldwide box-office gross of more than Rs. 238.9 crore, The Legend of Maula Jatt is the highest-grossing Pakistani film. The following list shows Pakistan's top 24 highest-grossing films, which include films from all the Pakistani languages. These figures are not adjusted for ticket prices inflation.''This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources'' Domestic gross figures This is the list of top 11 highest-grossing Pakistani films within local Pakistani cinemas, which include films fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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