Published : Nov 14, 2023 13:57 IST - 3 MINS READ Some time ago, one of our colleagues happened upon Citizen Khan, a BBC sitcom series set in Sparkhill, a small town in South Birmingham, UK. The title, a sarcastic nod to Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane, follows the story of Mr. Khan, a British Pakistani man portrayed by the humorous …
One of my most memorable cinematic experiences came early in life when, as a seven year old, I first visited a drive-in cinema in Karachi. In a brilliant essay on death and hauntings and rebirths, Meenu Gaur – one of the great anomalies of subcontinental cinema, a Calcutta born, Delhi trained filmmaker who makes breakthrough films set in Pakistan – …
The success of an animated comedy film, 'The Donkey King,' has attracted international attention to the movie industry of Pakistan, a country which normally makes headlines for violent terror attacks and religious extremism rather than culture and entertainment. The "accidental" director of the film, 41-year-old Aziz Jindani, told Efe news in an interview that he was proud of presenting a …
