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Five million people are expected to throng Lahore next weekend for Basant, the spring festival of Hindu origin that has become Muslim-majority Pakistan’s most riotous street party. Glamorous stars of Lollywood (as the local film industry is known), wealthy business families and tens of thousands of the city’s poor will cram on to rooftops to [...]

Pakistani music has certainly proved to be the food of love – and so it plays on. And India is now the place to be. Bollywood music apart, the conspicuous lack of an independent music scene across the border has spawned endless possibilities for Pakistani artists. Nearly all Pakistan’s major artists have engaged in joint [...]

Pakistani music and especially ghazals are quite popular in Jammu. A Pakistani cultural troupe is slated to present a play in Jammu and Kashmir next week on Baba Bulle Shah, a 17th century Sufi saint who was revered by both Hindus and Muslims in his time. The troupe of 20 artistes, comprising qawwals and actors [...]

Pakistani band Strings that has featured in Spiderman-2, has a fan following in India too. Music has a greater influence than cricket, when it comes to improving Indo-Pak relations, believes Faisal Kapadia, lead vocalist of Pakistani band Strings. “In cricket one team wins and the other loses, while in the exchange of music concerts, it’s [...]

Umer Sharif’s name is synonymous with laughter. Known as the ‘laughter factory of South-East Asia’, the actor has legions of fans in Pakistan and India. His video plays and audio cassettes of his stand-up comedy shows are popular with Urdu speaking audiences all over the world. The actor has also written, directed and acted in [...]

The filming of “Sukhay Pathay”, the first TV serial featuring Indian and Pakistani artistes, has been completed and it will be telecast soon, Online news agency reports. The cast of the mega series includes Bollywood actors like Suresh Oberoi, Amar Jeet and Mann Sharma along with Pakistani stars Uzma Gillani, Sunita Marshall, Farah Shah, Ayub [...]

Pakistan’s film industry has offered to take part in an entertainment extravaganza conducted by Bollywood to raise money for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund to help tsunami victims. The offer was made to Bollywood director Mahesh Bhatt, who recently completed the film Nazar, an Indo-Pak venture with Pakistani star Meera playing the female lead. The [...]

South Asia’s number one rock band Junoon has been nominated for the top 4 awards at the Bollywood Awards to be held in Dubai on January 21st. The leading stars of Pakistan and Bollywood, including Junoon, Hadiqa, Sonu Nigam, Ishaa Koppikar, Yana Gupta, and many others will be performing in the first Indo-Pak Awards show [...]

Pakistan it seems is taking a keen interest in boosting tourism in the country. After the government’s decision to host the much hyped Taxila week in March and April this year, Pakistan is all set to host the Lahore Basant Festival 2005. “The Lahore Basant Festival 2005 will start from February 3 and will continue [...]

It has been almost a month since Pooja Bhatt ‘s film Rog was premiered at the Kara film festival in Pakistan. However, for the actress-turned filmmaker and daughter of renowned filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt , the “sweet” experience still lingers in her memory. With the screening of her film Rog, which released all over India on [...]