Lok Virsa film club to screen movies from Saturday

Islamabad
The film club of National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, Lok Virsa will start screening of some movies to revive the film culture in twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad from Saturday (August 1).
The movie screening will start from the film ‘Heer Ranhja’ by Mandawa Lok Virsa Film Club while eminent
film director, Syed Noor will be chief guest on the
occasion.
‘Heer Ranjha’ is the super golden classical Punjabi
film having super story and songs.
The screening of this movie will not only relive the memory of the legendary ‘Heer Ranjha’ story but also create understanding of the value of classical Punjabi culture, said an official of Lok Virsa.
The movie is considered as one of the greatest ever Pakistani Punjabi romantic movie based on the classic story of ‘Heer Waris Shah.’
‘The Bicycle Thief,’ an Italian film will be screened on August 8.
‘Bicycle Thieves’ (Italian: ‘Ladri di biciclette’), released under the name, ‘The Bicycle Thief’ in the United States, is a 1948 film directed by Vittorio De Sica.
The film follows the story of a poor father searching post World War II Rome for his stolen bicycle, without which he will lose the job which was to be the salvation of his young family.
Adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini from a novel by Luigi Bartolini, and starring Lamberto Maggiorani as the desperate father and Enzo Staiola as his plucky young son, ‘Bicycle Thieves’ is one of the master pieces of Italian Neorealism.
It received an Academy Honorary Award in 1950 and just four years after its release, was deemed the greatest film of all time by poll of filmmakers and critics, fifty years later the same poll ranked it sixth among greatest-ever films.