Comments on: The biggest movie since Titanic…in Pakistan

By: nice

nice — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:32:22 +0000

this movie one of da best movie not only in pakistan but in sub-continent.we need this kind of movies.n pakisatni film industory relly doing a great job.n everyone in da movie so beautiful.

By: mulevi

mulevi — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:21:16 +0000

vhat is happening to our transliterati — “kay liye”?. Am I supposed to put my oh-so-post-colonial-hegemon-loving twang to it?

By: Amrita

Amrita — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:30:38 +0000

Amitabh: thanks for the link to video by Vital Signs. Really enjoyed watching that song during my lunch break.

I second that-- great video! Everyone in the movie is very pretty, quite gorgeous, I must say, in fact quite viable, in a silwer screen sense, if you know what I mean.

By: Harbeer

Harbeer — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:29:13 +0000

Shaad @ 12 said:

As long as we are talking about movie portrayals of moderate vs. non-moderate Muslims, I presume most you have seen My Son the Fanatic based on Hanif Kureishi's short story, right?

Great film, even greater story. I love the last line, "So, who's the fanatic now?" It's a pertinent question for some of the market fundamentalists on this site (and beyond), also.

By: Azriel

Azriel — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:34:38 +0000

The level of deprivation on this site!!, you didn't think that Pakistan had a viable film industry?? Punjabi films were the best, Maula Jatt is the epitome of the genre, a true action movie pind style. To get a flavour I offer up the following for your delectation, Fifty-Fifty a pakistani comedy sketch show did a spoof of the genre called bashirah in trouble. Class

By: morris minor

morris minor — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:46:35 +0000

the best-ever pakistani movies come from the pashto film industry. anyone who’s unfamiliar with this genre, which had its heyday 20 years ago, is in for a treat. fat ladies in spandex! men dressed up in bear suits! whoever directed and produced these movies makes john waters look like a boy scout. these are the funniest–and in some ways, the most surprising–movies on earth. sadly, the censorship-prone nwfp government has done its best to ban them, but they’re still available on dvd in pakistan. here’s a review of a pashto film classic, haseena atom bomb (its star ran unsuccessfully for parliament a decade ago), courtesy of the hot spot in islamabad: http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/reviews/h/Haseena.htm

By: Shaad

Shaad — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:56:28 +0000

As long as we are talking about movie portrayals of moderate vs. non-moderate Muslims, I presume most you have seen My Son the Fanatic based on Hanif Kureishi's short story, right?

By: Shaad

Shaad — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:52:24 +0000

Re: 8

Finally a movie that will amplify the moderate Muslim voice! Now all we need is a moderate Muslim leader.

There have been a number of moderate Muslim leaders in the country on the non-Pakistani side of India. Not all of them were necessarily honest or incorruptible, but moderate Muslim leaders nevertheless.

By: Kautilya

Kautilya — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:39:12 +0000

I had no idea that Pakistan had a viable film industry.

By: Preet

Preet — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:33:55 +0000

Thanks for the info on this movie. Amitabh: thanks for the link to video by Vital Signs. Really enjoyed watching that song during my lunch break.