Tag: BOL

  • The Glassworker collects Rs10 million in opening weekend

    The Glassworker collects Rs10 million in opening weekend

    Usman Riaz’s first hand-drawn animated film, The Glassworker, made a successful debut with more than Rs 10 million collected at the box office in its opening weekend. The movie has created interest among people of all age groups and brought audiences to Pakistani cinemas.

    The Glassworker is produced by Geo Films and directed by Usman Riaz and Mairam Riaz Paracha. The film showcases Riaz’s unique storytelling and artistic vision in the Studio Ghibli style. The film became a success story and is a new chapter in Pakistani cinema, after Geo Films’ previous hits like Khuda Kay Liye, Teefa in Trouble, The Legend of Maula Jatt, and The Donkey King.

    In an interview with BBC, the writer and director of The Glassworker talked about how many years it took to make the film.

    “These 10 years for me have just been purely driven with passion and obsession. The film’s production took four years, but the entire journey took 10 years. I was 23 when I started, and I am 33 now,” Usman Riaz added.

    The Glassworker was released on July 26, 2024 all across Pakistan.

  • Fahad, Danish or Sheheryar: Who’s headlining the most popular game show in Ramazan?

    Fahad, Danish or Sheheryar: Who’s headlining the most popular game show in Ramazan?

    Game shows in the holy month of Ramazan are a major form of entertainment for television audiences in which people are entertained by interactive games with enormous prizes.

    Three private channels are telecasting game shows such as ARY ‘s Jeeto Pakistan League hosted by actor Fahad Mustafa, Game Show Aisay Chalay Ga Ramazan League on BOL Entertainment headlined by Danish Taimoor and Khel Kay Jeet With Sheheryar Munawar, on Express Entertainment.

    According to the YouTube viewership, Jeeto Pakistan is the number one game show this year.

    Viewership Analysis (April 15)

    Jeeto Pakistan League Ramazan Special

    This game show was launched in the year of 2014. We have analysed an episode of ARY’s game show from Friday episode which has got around 434,513 views with 8,000 likes till April 22. This game show is based on the seven teams from different cities and each has a celebrity captain. In each team, the audience plays the game under the captain’s leadership. The winner’s team gets grand prizes. This year, the program has added one more team, Gujranwala Bulls. The concept of teams is similar to the Pakistan Super League (PSL). Some team captains are led by cricket players such as Shoaib Malik and Sarfaraz Ahmed.

    Game Show Aisay Chalay Ga Ramazan League

    This game show was launched in December 2018 and was hosted by actor Nabeel Zafar. Now it is being hosted by actor Danish Taimoor. The Friday episode of this game show has gotten around 66,000 views with approximately 2300 likes till April 22. In this game, all teams consist of young social media influencers mainly from the TikTok platform. Besides social media teams, audiences also get involved in several games such as the tug of war segment.

    Khel Kay Jeet with Sheheryar Munawar

    This show is currently lagging in the number game. According to its Friday episode, it has gained only a few thousand views on YouTube. This show is launched this year.

    Until now, it has around 29,00 views on the first part of the program. Other parts of the episode have only a few thousand views on YouTube.

  • ‘Shame’: Humaima Malick lashes out at bloggers for spreading false information on her marriage

    Actor Humaima Malick criticised online portals and bloggers over fake rumours of her marriage that are spreading over social media.

    She took to her Instagram handle and refute all the fake news related to her marriage. She further stated that every month media publish her marriage with some personality that embarrasses her and her family.

    She added that celebrities are photographed with those people whom they respect and bloggers circulate the fake rumours of marriage with them.

    In the end, she told the fans that she would announce her wedding publicly and requested her followers not to trust such misleading news about her.

    In her second post, Bol star addressed those bloggers who circulated the fake rumours about the marriage and penned, “Shame to all bloggers!”

    She uploaded another post where she highly criticised the actions for rating and increasing the viewership of media outlets.

    Recently, an actor uploaded a picture with a spiritual person whom she greatly respect and seek guidance to spend a peaceful life. However, some bloggers made him her husband and post fake news.

  • ‘Husband se larayi, ghar me hangama’: Nadia Khan reveals why she rejected lead role in ‘Bol’

    ‘Husband se larayi, ghar me hangama’: Nadia Khan reveals why she rejected lead role in ‘Bol’

    Actor and host Nadia Khan opened up on lost professional opportunities in a candid conversation with hosts Faizan Sheikh and Aadi Adeal Amjad on The Mazedaar Show. The Kamzarf star also revealed that she was offered roles from across the border as well.

    “I was offered the lead role in Bol by Shoaib Mansoor (director) and I really wanted to do it but I was married at that time and my former husband didn’t allow it.”

    “Aik Hangama mach gaya tha ghar pe, I tried to convince him by saying that their is no item number or romance as such in the film and its a clean script with a credible team.”, she added.

    “My son was also young so I couldn’t do it.”

    Nadia claimed that she was offered Humaima Malik’s role in ‘Bol’ but her family was against the role, which was beautifully written for her first. She added that the film’s director Shoaib Mansoor insisted her to accept the offer but her husband and in-laws did not allow her so she refused the role.

    Naseeruddin Shah - IMDb

    She also mentioned that earlier Indian actor Naseeruddin Shah was supposed to do Manzar Sehbai’s role in the film.

    Nadia Khan Indirectly Reveals Reason for Her Divorce in Live Morning Show - VeryFilmi

    Nadia parted ways with her husband later.

    Earlier in another interview she also spilled he beans on the matter.

  • Superstar Atif Aslam gets candid on Shah Rukh, Mahira and Sajal, confirms TV debut

    Superstar Atif Aslam gets candid on Shah Rukh, Mahira and Sajal, confirms TV debut

    Star singer Atif Aslam has opened up on working with Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan and Sajal Aly in his latest interview with BBC.

    On being asked by the host Haroon Shahid on why he refused to sing Gerua in Shah Rukh Khan’s hit film Dilwale, the Bol star candidly confessed that he got to meet the Raees hero once and found him to be a great man.

    Dilwale song 'Gerua': Interesting facts

    When Zero actor’s team got in touch with him and he even recorded the song and sent it to them but the team probably never sent it to Shah Rukh and he was surprised to hear the DDLJ hero stating that Atif was too busy to sing a song for him. He added that he can never be busy for the Don star and would love to sing for him in the future.

    Hona Tha Pyar Full Video - Bol | Atif Aslam & Mahira Khan | Atif Aslam & Hadiqa Kiani - YouTube

    Atif revealed that he recently met Mahira whom he debuted opposite as an actor in Bol and the Humsafar diva suggested that they shall reunite soon.

    I introduced Mahira Khan in movies, says Atif Aslam - Entertainment - Dunya News
    Lux style | Mahira khan, Pakistani actress, Celebrities

    He also revealed that their fans might see them in a music video together by the end of this year.

    While speaking of his Rafta Rafta co-star Sajal Aly, the Woh Lamhe singer stated that the Yeh Dil Mera star is without a doubt amongst the finest actresses of the country, it was ‘brilliant’ to work with her, he also thanked her to star in the song.

    Atif Aslam's Rafta Rafta is an ode to romance - Cutacut.com
    Atif Aslam And Sajal Ali Pair Up For A Photoshoot - Showbiz Pakistan

    He found her extremely professional and a ‘nice person to work with’. He concluded by saying that the Aangan actress has a very bright future ahead.

    On the work front, He will be debuting on television opposite Hania Aamir and Kubra Khan in Sang-e-Mah, which he hinted about in the interview by confirming that he will soon be seen on television.

  • VIDEO: Mahira Khan jams to Humsafar

    Mahira Khan recently participated in ‘Carpool Karoke’ with vlogger Imaara Dharani during which she jammed to songs from her films and dramas and shared some fun facts about them.

    Mahira, jammed to, Humsafar, which is her most special project.

    She also sang Hona Tha Pyar from her first film Bol, in which she was paired opposite Atif Aslam. Mahira, while talking about the song said that shooting it was a fun experience.

    Ballay Ballay from Bin Roye also made it to the playlist, with Mahira sharing that the film took two years to complete.

    How can any Mahira Khan playlist be complete without Zaalima from Raees? Zaalima was the last song on the Carpool Karoke playlist and Mahira revealed that the song was shot in Morocco.

    After winning applause for her acting, Mahira has recently turned producer with a web series titled Baarwan Khiladi.

    Baarwan Khiladi, which features young and upcoming actors including Danyal Zafar, Shahveer Jafry, Kinza Hashmi and Khaqan Shahnawaz, has a cricket-themed story.

  • ‘Murree Brewery is a juice brand’: BOL clarifies how beverages manufacturer sponsored its Iftar

    ‘Murree Brewery is a juice brand’: BOL clarifies how beverages manufacturer sponsored its Iftar

    BOL Network, which many deem as one of the country’s most controversial media outlets, has clarified its position after a viral screen grab from its Iftar transmission, showing Pakistan’s popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages manufacturer Murree Brewery as a sponsor, caused outrage over the internet.

    “Iftar sponsored by: Murree Brewery” could be seen popping up on television screens during BOL’s transmission in Ramzan as the channel hosted religious scholars, clerics and celebrities for Iftar every day.

    Here’s what Twitterati had to say about it:

    https://twitter.com/salarzai_/status/1262483061108871173

    https://twitter.com/FarazYasin97/status/1264691048699305989

    “Murree Brewery is a juice manufacturer,” actor Danish Taimoor clarified as he hosted his game show on BOL with host of the Iftar transmission in the hotseat.

    While it was also pointed out by several Twitterati that Murree Brewery also manufactured non-alcoholic beverages, Taimoor went on to name some of the juices and other non-alcoholic drinks by the beverages manufacturer.

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    “People are assuming its just alcohol. But as Muslims, we cannot even think of doing it,” he said as the host of the Ramzan transmission also clarified and said he had also apologised during his own show and the logo had been removed.

    “It was a misunderstanding and we cannot even think of doing something of the sort,” the two reiterated.