Lahore’s turn in Punjabi history
LAHORE DI VAAR by Mudassar Bashir; pp 276; Price Rs300 (pb); Publishers, Suchet Kitab Ghar, Ganga Ram Hospital Chowk, 11 Sharaf Mansion, Book Street No 1, Lahore. E-mail: schet2001@yahoo.com... The Lahore film industry's cultural roots
As the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's kingdom, Lahore continued to be a city known for its large numbers of courtesans and musicians, and there was much conviviality and entertainment prevalent at his court ... The establishment of the Lahore film industry
An American actress, Iris Crawford, also acted in the film. It is indicative of cosmopolitanism being an attractive feature of the Lahore that developed into a beautiful city under enlightened British administrators,...The Lahore-Bombay film linkage
Besides talented Urdu-speaking beautiful Punjabi men and women, who became the icons of mass audiences, a variety of Punjabi professionals were absorbed readily by the Bombay film industry . ....Conquering Afghanistan
If there's one thing that really gets me worked up, it is this: the western
media keeps peddling the fairy tale that no power – from Alexander 2300 years
ago to Britain in the 19th century and Russia 30 years ago ...Soon: Bhagat Singh Chowk in Lahore
CHANDIGARH: The Shadman Chowk of Lahore is likely to be officially named Bhagat Singh Chowk this year, two years after democratic, secular and socialistic organizations of Pakistan on their own named the place after the martyr....Bulleh Shah's Kafi sung by Farid Ayaz
Bulleh Shah's Kafi sung by Farid Ayaz and Abu Muhammad Qawwal ...Pakistan deputy attorney-general
Pakistan's deputy attorney-general is to clean the shoes of thousands of devotees at India's Golden Temple in Amritsar in 'penance' for the beheading of a Sikh in Peshawar two years ago...... Sufi singer Iqbal Bahu passes away
Pakistan singer Iqbal Bahoo passed away at the age of 60 on Saturday. He was shifted to a local hospital after he suffered cardiac arrest where he died today. Bahoo began his career from Radio Pakistan and later. ...Gurvinder is the best horse whisperer
It was September 2007. A young Film and Television Institute of India graduate was in Chandigarh, and he was still an unknown figure in Punjabi cinema.. ...