Manal Faheem Khan

  • Planning families

    In the fifth most populous country in the world, with approximately nine million pregnancies every year, it’s ironic that women rarely, if ever,...

  • All things love

    All things love

    Not too long ago, Feroze Khan announced that he’s leaving the entertainment industry in order to follow a more enlightened path. And he did, for a...

  • Who says women aren’t funny?

    Who says women aren’t funny?

    Faiza Saleem and four other performers set the stage ablaze with the latest Auratnaak Show.

  • Arth 2: Is this the comeback we were waiting for?

    Arth 2: Is this the comeback we were waiting for?

    It has been 10 years since Shoaib Mansoor’s Khuda Kay Liye was released, igniting a fire in the hearts of many people who were starving to create,...

  • Rangreza serves a half-baked film

    Rangreza serves a half-baked film

    The Gohar Rasheed, Urwa Hocane and Bilal Ashraf starrer has too many hits and misses to qualify as either a success or a failure.

  • Why you should watch Na Maloom Afraad 2

    Why you should watch Na Maloom Afraad 2

    Considering the fact that Na Maloom Afraad 2 has gotten some tough competition from its competitor, Punjab Nahi Jaungi at the box office, the...

  • Here’s why Mehwish Hayat won’t go to Punjab

    Here’s why Mehwish Hayat won’t go to Punjab

    After a tragically disappointing year for Pakistani cinema, everyone is now desperate for a good film to revive our faith in Pakistan’s ongoing...

  • How is Pepsi Battle of the Bands shaping up so far?

    How is Pepsi Battle of the Bands shaping up so far?

    Will this work? Will it help upcoming musicians? As the show reaches its fifth episode and unveils the top three bands, Roots, Badnaam and Kashmir,...

  • Star light, star bright

    Star light, star bright

    Fizza Ali Meerza, producer for Na Maloom Afraad, Actor in Law and Na Maloom Afraad 2, is one of the few names that come to mind when thinking about...

  • Pepsi Battle of the Bands picks up the pace

    Pepsi Battle of the Bands picks up the pace

    The cola wars have begun. On one hand we have Coke Studio continuing with its 10th season, featuring a bevy of renowned musicians of Pakistan, and...

  • Sikandar Ka Mandar release ‘Gehri Neend’

    Sikandar Ka Mandar release ‘Gehri Neend’

    While much has been said about Pepsi’s much contested decision to eliminate indie band Sikandar Ka Mandar from Pepsi Battle of the Bands, we are...

  • Talking money with Nabeel Qureshi

    Talking money with Nabeel Qureshi

    The weeks before a film’s release, the behavior of the director reveals a lot about what’s in store for the audience. A director will be...

  • Getting to know Usman Mukhtar

    Getting to know Usman Mukhtar

    One of the best things that Janaan did was introduce us to a crop of new and talented young faces, such as Bilal Ashraf, Hania Amir, Ali Rehman Khan...

  • Pepsi Battle of the Bands is back

    Pepsi Battle of the Bands is back

    It’s the music industry that is going through a revival, not films. We are suddenly seeing a surge in local, original content, thanks to the...

  • The changing tide of Pak-India relations

    The changing tide of Pak-India relations

    Tensions were soaring high between the two countries after the Uri attack in 2016. Pakistan and India, who had finally reached a somewhat amiable...

  • What’s in a trailer?

    What’s in a trailer?

    As the film industry grows, so do the discussions revolving around Pakistani films. Much is being said about the state of local films that have been...

  • Wanted: One superhero to save Project Ghazi

    Wanted: One superhero to save Project Ghazi

    What was touted to be Pakistan’s first superhero film has turned out to be every producer’s nightmare. After months and months of finalizing the...

  • Natasha Baig’s fashionably Sufi collaboration with YBQ

    Natasha Baig’s fashionably Sufi collaboration with YBQ

    One of the newest and grandest additions to Pakistan’s music scene is singer-songwriter Natasha Baig, who has by now found her niche: Sufi music....

  • Natasha Kamal makes us proud

    Natasha Kamal makes us proud

    The 2017 edition of Torino Fashion Week was dedicated to modest fashion, a growing trend all over the world but pioneered by fashion designers from...

  • Project Ghazi is all set to create history

    Project Ghazi is all set to create history

    When was the last time we saw a female scientist who encounters a cocky soldier and then puts him in his place? In real life, probably never, but...