Can’t imagine making a film in any other language
“Mani Kaul could only see the opening sequence of the film which I edited with my editor at his house. He was waiting for me to come and show him the full edit, but time had other plans.” ... Roop Dhillon’s ‘Bharind’
Roop Dhillon is not a writer. He is an artist. The words one reads, the sentences structured are surreal, rebellious, and against the laws of grammar. Yet they work very well. He is a writer’s writer. The imagination from his pen creates vivid cinematic ... The land between KRH and HRK
Between Raj Kapoor’s Khush Rang Hina and Hina Rabbani Khar, my Indian friends have essentially been busy in showing off parts of Pakistan that sell to the Indian market - AP Photo,...A southern dream
Just a few months earlier when Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani first mentioned the idea of a Seraiki province, the PML-N ignored his words as political rhetoric. – Photo by Madeeha Syed/Dawn.com ....'Can I ever return home?'
Pakistan has changed radically since Moni Mohsin left for London 15 years ago. While part of her yearns to go back, she's appalled by the everyday violence, intolerance and corruption. And she fears for the family she left there ...Jazz album by Pakistan music
The rich strains of eastern music have for centuries wafted across the rooftops of old Lahore. Now you might hear something new: jazzy riffs and a bossa nova beat.,...Bharind (The Hornet) by Roop Dhillon
The first interesting thing about this book is that it is written by Roop Dhillon (Real name Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon), an Englishman. Roop was born in England, lives in England, but speaks Punjabi as a second language. He taught himself ...In search of a genius: Shyam Sunder
Thirty five years after the partition and two wars between India and Pakistan; in the year 1982 the melody queen, Malika-e-Tarannum Noorjehan visited India. It was certainly a grand occasion for millions of music lovers of Indian... Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating
A class view of poetry
Anhey Gorhey da Daan ਅੰਨ੍ੇ ਘੋੜੇ ਦਾ ਦਾਨ (Alms of the Blind Horse) a film in Punjabi directed by Gurvinder Singh and based on the novel of the same title on the so-called Dalit theme by Gurdial Singh has been selected for the 68th Mostra . ...