Tag: Cinema

Enraged anti-US mobs set back cinema

For as long as Pakistan has existed, film lovers flocked to the Nishat cinema, sinking into seats in its plush auditorium to watch Hollywood...

Pakistan Air Force cinema ‘secretly’ bans screening of Indian movies

The management of the PAF cinema has been running from pillar to post trying to find the reason for banning Indian films as the...

Obama consoles US massacre victims, survivors

President Barack Obama paid emotional tribute Sunday to the victims and survivors of the Aurora cinema massacre, as the shaken US town held a...

US mourns cinema massacre victims

Bomb squad experts will try Saturday to enter a gunman’s booby-trapped apartment, hours after a late-night vigil for the 12 killed in a US...

At least 14 killed in US cinema shooting: report

At least 14 people were killed and some 50 wounded Friday when a gunman opened fire at a crowded cinema premiere of the latest...

70-year-old cinema house demolished

“Tarranum”, a historic cinema house built before the partition, was demolished on Sunday. The owners of the cinema house said that the building had been...

Mud House and The Golden Doll seeks revival of cinema

The wait is finally over for those who were waiting impatiently for the release of ‘MudHouse and The Golden Doll’. First time film maker...

Skeletons in the closet of Pakistani cinema

The year 2011 proved to be lucky for Pakistani cinema. Many new Pakistani films were released this year including ‘Bol’, ‘Love Mein Ghum’, ‘Bhai...

‘Son of Pakistan’ premiere today at PAF Cinema

The PAF Cinema in Cantt will be showing new Lollywood release, ‘Son of Pakistan’, on Thursday, December 15, 2011. Red Carpet will be at...

Is independent cinema rising in Pakistan?

While members of Lollywood are still trying their level best to have Indian films banned, independent cinema it seems has begun to make headway...

Is ‘Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu’ too bold for Indian cinema?

Poor Shakun Batra, debutant director and Karan Johar. After all the money, time and effort that went into the making of the ‘Ek Main...

Cinema Revival

The Pakistani cinema industry, bolstered by some quality productions in the recent past, seems to be scrambling for its revival. Cinema in Pakistan was...

‘Thor’ hammers ‘Bridesmaids’ at cinemas

Thor has nailed down the number one spot at the US box office again. Paramount's 3D superhero film, starring Chris Hemsworth as Marvel's hammer-toting...

CineStar Cinema premiers Rio in 3D

LAHORE - CineStar Cinema held the premiere show for 3D films on Saturday, where selected guests were invited to view the newly-released animated movie Rio.
Prior to the film, many guests crowded the main hall of the cinema, waiting for the halls to open. Some celebrities were seen coming in, with others accompanying them.
All were excited to see the film in 3D, as this was the first time in Lahore, thanks to Mandviwala Productions, which opened Pakistan's first ever 3D Mall

Cricket live at a cinema near you…

LAHORE - Pakistan's cricket fans have now a great opportunity to entertain themselves with the city's main cinemas showing ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2011's knockout matches on big screen. Spectators were happy that, having been denied the right to host the Cricket World Cup, they could experience an 'extraordinary' atmosphere by watching matches live in cinemas.
Cinemas including DHA, Cinestar and Sozo World have started advance bookings for the matches of the CWC. It is

Good cinema, not stars, to shine at Twitter film awards

MUMBAI - After years of Bollywood award functions dominated by glamorous movie stars, fans in India are now using Twitter to honour deserving performances snubbed by the more mainstream events.
A rant on Twitter about an apparent bias in Indian film awards led to the launch of the Tweeple Film Awards, with more than 1,500 Twitter users voting to choose the jury alone.
"Film awards are commercialised, pander to stars and are given out depending on which star is attending the

2 local films too few to revive cinema this Eid

LAHORE: Cinema lovers across the city have been left disappointed with the country's film industry as only two Punjabi films will be up for showing on the occasion of Eidul Azha.
Movie aficionados criticised local film directors and producers for falsely claiming that Lollywood had seen a revival when but they (producers) had yet again failed to provide cinematic entertainment for people. Many people openly expressed their disappointment and stated that they would instead prefer