Bench, a Pakistani short-film made by actor and director Usman Mukhtar has been nominated in the best short-film category at the Independent Short Awards festival in Los Angeles (LA), USA. The film explores the struggles faced by a coupled played by Chaudhry and Mukhtar. At the moment, the film is doing festival rounds. It will be screen in Pakistan soon.
A man, identified as Zeeshan has moved Lahore’s high court and filed a petition against the popular drama serial ‘Ehd-e-Wafa’. Petitioner has claimed that the drama has negatively portrayed politicians and media personnel. He said that the roles being portrayed in the drama painted a negative image of Pakistan internationally. He has also requested to halt the episodes of drama from airing. The case has been taken up by the court.
Harbour, who plays Jim Hopper in the Netflix series, shared the teaser or Stranger Things season four on Instagram which reveals that Hopper is alive. The last season of the show left many unanswered questions but the biggest question was whether Hopper was alive or not. The 50-second teaser takes the audience back to Russia where people working on train tracks can be seen with a glimpse of a clean shaved Hopper at the end.
Armeena Khan took the internet by storm after it was unveiled that she got married secretly to her longtime fiancé Fesl Raza Khan on Valentine’s Day. Announcing the news on Instagram, Armeena in a loved-up post officially introduced Fesl as her husband to the world. Adding that she will host a wedding party later on. The actress got engaged to Fesl in 2017.
Actor Mahira Khan secures 18th spot in the world’s 20 most beautiful women list, according to women’s fashion and wellness website StyleCraze. Miss Universe Zozibini Tunzi held the top spot while Bella Hadid came in second and Depike Padukone secured the third position. The website said that Khan was one of Pakistan’s most popular and highest-paid actors.
Singer Ali Zafar has filed another petition in the Lahore sessions court seeking to have singer Meesha Shafi’s petition against him thrown out. In his petition, Zafar says Shafi filed a retaliatory defamation case against him, but the case against her is still being heard. He wants the court to order the hearings of her petition to be stopped. After hearing the arguments, the court reserved its verdict.
Actor Hamza Ali Abbasi took to social media on Tuesday to clarify somethings about religion and the coronavirus. In a tweet, he said: “Azaab in this world ONLY comes to munkireen of a Rasool when he is among them, for the rest, there is the Judgment Day. Whether it be a virus outbreak or an earthquake, these are means to bring death on centre stage as a reminder for all. Show sympathy. May Allah protect us all.”
Humayun Saeed is not starring in Money Heist. Saeed took to Twitter to clarify that that there was no truth in the rumours doing rounds on social media. Earlier, Social media was on fire with headlines like “Saeed to star as Islamabad in hit Netflix show Money Heist. The source of this rumour was a website called Parhlo
Rishi Kapoor has been admitted to a hospital in New Delhi due to an infection. Revealing the cause of his hospitalisation, Rishi said that it is nothing dramatic. and he has an infection which is getting treated. He returned to India in September 2019 from New York after undergoing treatment for cancer in the US for almost a year. He further added, “Pollution got me I guess.”
Pemra doesn’t really appreciate the portrayal of strong women characters in Pakistani dramas. Female writers, directors and actors are trying to educate women on their rights and empower them but the said actor-turned-director Angeline Malik discouraged such characters during a session at Adab festival 2020, calling them too ‘bold’ for Pakistani audience.