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Home on the train Bhowani Junction tells us about the British, Anglo-Indians and the railways in colonial India In last week’s column, I drew on Awtar Kaul’s film 27 Down to evoke the way that India’s train network can sometimes stand in for the country itself. But of course, the Indian Railways were not always so Indian. Along with cricket and the English language, trains are often spoken of as one of the ‘gifts’ of British colonialism. Such imperialist phrasing remains fiercely de...

Iqra Aziz dedicates Women’s Day to Neelo Begum Thank you for inspiring us all, she says SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors - Posted: Mar 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors Posted: Mar 9, 2021 | Last Updated: 3 weeks ago Photo: Instagram/Iqra Aziz Actor Iqra Aziz dedicated the International Women’s Day to the late Lollywood veteran Neelo Begum and all the strong women working at home and out. “Recently, we lost one of the strongest wom...

In her heyday, film star Neelo had the sass, the moves and the charisma to make it big in movies. The 1960’s belonged to Neelo who could act, dance, had a captivating smile, and also had multiple hits to her credit. Photos: Guddu Film Archive When the history of Pakistan’s film industry is compiled, the 1960s would be considered the most productive decade for films. The ’50s were the teething years for the industry while the ’70s were marred by the VCR invasion and action-based mea...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, eldest daughter of Pakistan’s former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, tied the knot with Mahmood Choudhry, the son of a US-based businessman, in a daytime ceremony Friday in Karachi. Her brother and Pakistan Peoples Party chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari took to Twitter and congratulated the newly wed couple with a heartfelt message. He described it as the “happiest moment” of his life, adding ...

This excerpt is from an article originally published in March 2017 In the 1960s, Pakistan’s filmmakers often found inspiration in the national struggle of the Palestinian people and audiences generally responded well to such films. Shaheed was a massive box office draw in 1962, and it seems to have inspired the making of Zarqa in 1969. Zarqa tells the story of an Arab woman who is able to become a fighter within the Palestinian liberation movement and through daring, courage and self-sacrif...

Veteran actor Neelo Begum has passed away at the age of 80. Her son, film star Shaan Shahid, announced her demise. "It is with the saddest of heart I share the departure of my mother as she has gone to her creator," he wrote on Twitter. "I don’t know what to write as words have become empty [...] just like the world without her is so meaningless. "My success and my failures both need her," the actor said in a tweet the next day. "The only hope that is still alive is to meet her one day beyo...