Star singer Aima Baig and actor Shahbaz Shigri are officially engaged as they hosted a grand ceremony today.
The couple had confirmed their relationship in January 2020 after months of teasing fans. Shigri, in an Instagram post had revealed that Aima is indeed his “better half”.
Sharing a picture of himself and the singer in Los Angeles, Shigri had swooned over Baig’s smile adding that she is his “partner in crime, homie, companion and a whole bunch of other things which, if I began listing down, would turn up the cringe level to a million”.
Since then, the couple has often indulged in PDA and shared loving notes for each other.
Star singer Falak Shabir surprised his wife Sarah Khan with multiple flowers and a heart shaped gold necklace. The Alvida actress was elated and expressed her gratitude on her social media handles.
The venue was well decorated with pink balloons and décor oozing romance.
Earlier, during a Question and Answer session on Instagram a fan asked for an advice for ‘single girls’, to which Sarah replied, “Get you a man like Falak”.
Falak and Sarah are excited to celebrate their first wedding anniversary on July 16th. The duo intends to make their fans a part of their celebration and they have a surprise planned for them on the occasion of their marriage anniversary.
On the work front, Sarah will be seen next in Laapata opposite Ali Rehman Khan and Ayeza Khan.
Ayeza Khan is playing a TikToker in her forthcoming drama Laapata co-starring Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed. The Mere Paas Tum Ho actress earlier announced her tribute for Mahira Khan in the drama and now she has announced her tribute to the veteran Indian actress Madhuri Dixit.
Ayeza announced the same on her Instagram account. Her character name is Geeti who loves making musical TikTok videos in this Khizer Idrees directorial.
HUM TV launched the first two teasers of their much awaited magnum opus, Laa Pata starring Ayeza Khan, Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed in lead roles. The teasers promise a colourful visual delight with loads of extravagance, great performances, weddings, light-hearted comedy, musical elements and top notch production value, vibrant sets, stellar ensemble cast, Khizer Idrees’s vision toppled with a crisp editing.
The drama also stars veteran actors like Asma Abbas in its supporting cast. Amidst the melodramatic and serious plays, Laa Pata seems like a breath of fresh air. Although the posters do give us a hint of some dark elements too especially with Ali Rehman’s character poster. The drama promises to be a blockbuster with all the right ingredients served with a star-studded star-cast.
The play has been directed and written by Verna fame Khizer Idrees, it is produced by Momina Duraid and will be aired soon on HUM TV.
The local drama industry is going through major content crises due to the repetition of themes and lack of experimentation. This was the reason that kept megastars like Mahira Khan and Saba Qamar away from the small screen platform for the last few years. However, the scenario seems to be getting better as some key upcoming projects are based on unique stories and trailblazing screenplays with fresh star-cast. We present to you the six most exciting dramas to look forward to in the second half of the year.
Ishq-e-Laa
Riding high on the success of his last venture, Dushman E Jaan, Director Amin Iqbal has managed to pull off a casting coup by getting on-board a stellar cast in his upcoming biggie. Powerhouse performers Sajal Aly and Yumna Zaidi are the leading ladies of this ambitious project, penned by the veteran writer, Qaisera Hayat of Alif Allah Aur Insaan fame. It features debutant Azaan Sami Khan as the leading hero, along with Adnan Samad Khan of Ehd-e-Wafa fame.
Superstar Mahira Khan is making a comeback to the medium of television after 5 years in this Farooq Rind directorial, co-starring Kubra Khan and Usman Mukhtar. Based on Umera Ahmed’s novel of the same title, this drama is apparently based around a dysfunctional family and sheds light on the impact of flawed parenting on children.
Actress Zainab Qayoom plays a pivotal role in the drama and also shared her excitement for the shooting spell.
Amidst a barrage of melodramatic scripts and emotionally turbulent screenplays, this drama promises to be in the light-hearted space. Produced by Momina Duraid, Laa Pata boasts of a stellar star-cast headlined by Ayeza Khan, Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan and Gohar Rasheed.
Gohar shared an interesting BTS from the sets of this Khizer Idrees directorial on Instagram. Ayeza plays the character of a TikToker, “Geeti Princess” and asked fans to follow her character’s account on video sharing app.
Imran Abbas and Saba Qamar are collaborating for the first time in this Saqib Khan directorial. After giving stellar performances in Baaghi and Cheekh, Saba Qamar took a break from television and shot for two feature films which will release post the pandemic woes. Written by Sara Qayyum, it also features Chupke Chupke fame, Sidra Niazi and Asad Siddiqui in significant roles. In his latest interview with Dawn, Imran said, “The subject is very nice and unusual, different from what is happening these days.”
Fahad Mustafa has roped in Danish Taimoor and Minal Khan for his upcoming production venture. The serial is touted to be a love story with some major plot twists. It is being directed by Jalan fame Abiz Raza. The project has been on floors since March 2021 and is expected to release towards the end of this month. Ishq Hai‘s team shared its multiple posters today on social media platforms, giving their fans a solid tease.
Urwa Hocane and Imran Abbas put their fans into frenzy when they announced their next drama for ARY Digital, Amanat. This dynamic on-screen pair has been having great fun on their sets and even shared some moments with their fans, including a video in which they are singing together. It boasts of an ensemble star-studded cast with names like, Saboor Ali, Haroon Shahid, Gohar Rasheed, Salman Saeed, Saba Pervaiz, Babar Ali, and Sheheryar Zaidi among others.
Music composer, Naveed Nashad has worked on its OST after delivering a chartbuster with Do Bol.
Ayeza Khan will be playing the role of a TikToker in her upcoming drama Laa Pata after Hania Amir, who played a mischievous teen in Dilruba, smitten by the video-sharing app.
Ever since Ayeza revealed about her character in the play, her fans have been asking for more details about the Khizer Idrees directorial.
The Mere Paas Tum Ho actress recently created a TikTok account by the name of her character, “Geeti Princess” and urged her fans to follow and support the account.
While Hania received a mixed response from the audience on her portrayal of a flirtatious social media star, Ayeza seems to be involving her fans in the process much before the serial’s telecast.
In her live stream chat, the Chupke Chupke actress only revealed that Laa Pata cast includes Sarah Khan, Ali Rehman Khan, Goher Rasheed, and Asma Abbas, many more names are a part of the cast like Rabia Naureen and Munazzah Arif, giving us an interesting set of actors.
Pakistani celebrities have been very vocal about the atrocities of Israel on Palestinians. They came out with hundreds of people in Lahore and Islamabad to March in solidarity with the Palestinians on Monday.
We have spotted Fawad Khan, Sadaf Fawad, Hania Aamir , Osman Khalid Butt , Maryam Nafees, Ali Rehman Khan, Armeena Rana Khan and Dananeer Mobeen.
Many other celebrities have supported Palestine through their social media handle.
Here are pictures of artists who supported Palestine in their ways.
“Such an overwhelming turnout in Islamabad,” said Hania Aamir. She was holding a placard that read: “Ethnic cleansing, colonial occupation, genocide. Call it what it is.”
The march and protests were held in Karachi, Islamabad and Lahore. Fawad, his wife Sadaf and Ammara Hikmat attended the protest in Lahore, while Hania, Ali Rehman, Dananeer, Osman Khalid, Maryam etc. were spotted in Islamabad and many other stars expressed solidarity with Palestine through their social media.
In Manchester, Armeena Rana Khan lit candles for Palestinian children who have been killed in Israeli airstrikes.
Celebrities including Maya Ali, Mahira Khan, Ayeza khan, Ayesha Omar, Hania Aamir, Sheheryar Munawar, Shehzad Roy and many other celebrities called out the Israeli violence in Palestine through their social media accounts.
With the constant airstrikes pounded on Gaza, at least 212 Palestinians, including 61 children, have been killed since the attacks began. About 1,500 Palestinians have been wounded.
More than 58,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israeli air strikes that have destroyed or badly damaged nearly 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip, according to the UN aid agency.
About 47,000 of the displaced people have sought shelter in 58 UN-run schools in Gaza, Jens Laerke, spokesman of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told reporters.
Ace producer Shazia Wajahat, whose ongoing drama Raqs e Bismil is currently making waves on television, celebrated her birthday on Sunday at the beach with colleagues, friends and family.
The beachside party was hosted by her husband director Wajahat Rauf. Celebrities including Hania Aamir, Ali Rehman Khan, Fahad Mirza, Dananeerr Mobeen, Yasir Hussain, Iqra Aziz, Urwa Hocane, Imran Ashraf, Shahzad Sheikh, Momin Saqib and many others were spotted at the birthday event.
Meanwhile, Wajahat penned a sweet note for his wife, saying: “Happy birthday to the love of my life. You not only won my heart 25 years ago, but you have a gift of winning over whoever you meet.”
“I don’t blame them, how can you not love this woman?,” he added.
Dananeer Mobeen, who rose to fame with her ‘Pawri Hori Hai‘ video, has made another funny video with Mahira Khan and Ali Rehman after joining the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Peshawar Zalmi.
In the new video, the social media sensation can be seen partying with popular stars including Mahira, Ali, Danyal Zafar, vlogger Shahveer Jafry and others after the victory of their team against Quetta Gladiators in the PSL match.
The girl, who is behind the viral video #pawrihorihai, delivered the famous dialogue in Pushto to entertain fans in a different way, saying: “Da za yam, Da zama Malgari dee. Aau da zamoonga pawri’ rawana da.” (Yeh Main Houn, Yeh Mere Friends or Ye Hamari Pawri Hori Hai)
The official account of Peshawar Zalmi shared the video with the caption: “Give it up for the kingdom!”
Mikal Zulfiqar calls for a movement to pay actors for reruns after watching his hit drama serial Diyar-e-Dil being televised again.
“Actors should get paid for reruns. It’s unfair. Start a movement!,” the actor expressed his opinion.
Taking to Instagram stories, Zulfiqar shared a picture from one of the scenes of the drama and wrote: “Hum TV is airing Diyar-e-Dil for the umpteenth time.”
In another story, the actor said: “If only we got paid for reruns. would never have to work another day in life.”
Yasir Hussain also took to Instagram and wrote: “Shukar hai khuda ka kisi senior actor ne ye bat keh hi di. Mikaal Zulfiqar aap chah gaye hain.”
Meanwhile, the famous drama is a Hum TV production that portrays Pakistan from a realistic point of view. The story highlights the honour and obedience one practises towards their parents as well as the importance of family and the age-old eastern culture of close-knit families. The drama is set in Khaplu Palace, Gilgit.
Farhat Ishtiaq’s powerful story shows us the real jageedar (landlord) of Pakistan. One of the main characters in the show, Agha Jaan, his role is played wonderfully by Abid Ali. He played a hard-working landlord, who has worked his way up the ladder of success.
The cast of the drama is strong and the acting definitely makes the serial worth a watch. With names such as Maya Ali (Faarah Wali Khan), Osman Khalid Butt (Wali Suhaib Khan), Hareem Farooq (Arjumand), Sanam Saeed (Ruhina), Mikaal Zulfiqar (Behroze Bakhtiyar Khan), Ali Rehman Khan (Suhaib Bakthiyar Khan) and Ahmad Zeb (Moeez Tajamul), one can expect nothing less than brilliant acting. Farhat Ishtiaq has managed to give each of her characters the luxury of telling their own story in their own way.
Diyar-e-Dil was developed by Hum TV’s senior producer Momina Duraid of MD Productions, the channel hired the award-winning director Haseeb Hassan to direct the series.
