Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a filmmaker who has won two Oscars for documentaries, will collaborate with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on a project. The Oscar-winning director wrote on her Instagram account, “We’re excited to share Pakistan cricket with the world at the start of the HBL PSL.” She is producing a documentary about Pakistan’s 70-year journey in cricket.
Pakistani singer Nirmala Maghani’s legal team has filed a lawsuit against Zulfikar Khan, aka Xulfi, for copyright infringement over the hit song ‘Tu Jhoom’.Legendary singers performed the song on Coke Studio’s 14th season. Xulfi was accused of copying the melody of a singer from Umerkot. The latest soundtrack for the music franchise replaces Rohail Hyatt with Xulfi.
Nirmala Maghani, a singer from Umarkot, takes issue with some aspects of the credits list. She claims the melody of Tu Jhoom was lifted from a sample she sent to Xulfi back in June 2021 while eyeing a spot as a featured artist on Coke Studio 14. There was no response from Xulfi to her messages.
In the midst of reports that Disney’s limited series will undergo reshoots, prominent Pakistani actor Mehwish Hayat joins the cast of Ms. Marvel. The reasons for the reshoots and additional casting are unclear. The show was originally scheduled to premiere last year, but now it will air later this year. It seems pretty late in the game for new actors joining the project.
Naseebo Lal and Abida Parveen kicked off Coke Studio 14 with ‘Tu Jhoom’. The video has already gone viral on social media as fans show their excitement for the new season. Several Pakistani celebrities are fanning themselves over the song, including Mahia Khan, Ahmed Ali Butt, and Bilal Qureshi.
Pakistani superstar Humayun Saeed is all set to appear in a crucial role in an upcoming hit Netflix series. Saeed will be portraying Dr. Hasnat Khan, a close friend of the late Princess Diana, in the upcoming season of The Crown. The award-winning show has confirmed that Bin Roye will star in it.
The Crown’s upcoming season will feature Pakistani super-star Humayun Saeed in the role of Dr. Hasnat Khan. Saeed is the first Pakistani actor to be cast in a Netflix original. ‘The Crown’, a popular and award-winning drama, has cast him as Dian’s love interest in Season 5. Reports surfaced that the actor would play a Pakistani surgeon who was famously smitten with Princess Diana.
The Indus Valley International Film Festival named Asim Raza’s romantic comedy Parey Hut Love the Best Film in Wholesome Entertainment. This festival was organized by the South Asia Forum and Creative Heritage. The festival has been described as the first “borderless international traveling film festival” in South Asia. The film Parey Hut Love starred Sheheryar Munawar, Maya Ali, Ahmad Ali Akbar, and Zara Noor Abbas.
Alizeh Shah has taken strict action against those who captured and shared her smoking video online. FIA Cyber Crime head (Sindh) Imran Riaz took to his Instagram Story on Friday to lend his support to actress Alizeh Shah after a video of her smoking went viral. He said it is illegal to capture, upload, share, retweet, and transmit a person’s video without their consent.
PTV will air “Karakoram Highway – Where Men and Mountains Meet” on January 1. The documentary was produced by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and Delirium Productions in cooperation with Frontier Works Organization. The documentary showcases the unrecognized sacrifices made by many officials and individuals over the years that led to the undertaking of the highway.