Actor Amar Khan has recently talked about working in India and broke her silence on viral meme from Hum Style Awards where people compared her expression with that of Deepika Padukone from Met Gala.
The Dil-e-Gumshuda star stated that she was embarrassed after seeing the picture and that was taken out of a video. Her assistant asked her to hold her breath for the pictures while she was managing her gown so she made the expression which went viral.
The Bela Pur Ki Dayan actor has recently appeared on Waseem Badami’s sports transmission ‘Har Lamha Purjosh‘ and the host asked her that if she will be offered to work in India, keeping the the situation between the two countries in mind, would she go and work there?
Replying to the question, the Qayamat diva said: “I will not at all go and work there, I will not do work there.”
Further giving an explanation to her answer she said, “I have studied film making from my country, I would love to work in my country, why to go there, their industry is already flourishing, we should work here.”
On the work front, Amar can currently be seen in ARY Digital’s Baddua, opposite Muneeb Butt.
Actor Humaima Malick has recently shared some pictures with sister Dua Malik and bhabhi’s (sisters-in-law) Alizey Feroze Khan and Sidra Ali from Mehfil-e-Milad on the occasion of Eid Milad-un-Nabi.
Taking to Instagram stories, the Bol star had shared some happy moments together. “Meri bhabhies meri pasand. These two are the source of happiness in our life, say MashaAllah,” she wrote as her caption.
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While she also penned a note for her sister Dua Malik.
“I may not be able to solve all your problems, but I promise you won’t have to face them alone,” wrote the Raja Natwarlal diva.
While Dua Malik is seeing reciting Naat at Mehfil-e-Milad.
British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed has expressed his views on the way Muslims are portrayed on screen internationally.
“The game right now is messed up. The game right now is rigged,” Ahmed said in a new interview with news outlet Muslim. “Muslims are either not on screen or they are [and] they’re the bad guys. They’re perpetrators or victims of violence. We’re either invisible or we’re villainized, cause the stories we tell about our community affect the laws that get passed, the people that get attacked, the people that get invaded.”
Watching a clip form the 2014, Clint Eastwood-directed blockbuster film American Sniper, in which star Bradley Cooper shoots a Muslim child during the Iraq War, Ahmed shook his head.
“”It’s actually hard to watch this and not get angry, It’s crazy to think that, like, how many people had to say this was OK for this to be made. It’s just super racist.”
He pointed out that most of the Muslim people featured were terrorists.
“[We’re] gonna look back on that and look at it with the same cringe as we look at, you know, films that had blackface in them. Or films with, like, you know, cowboys and Indians, [where] the only good Indian is a dead Indian,” said Ahmed, who’s been outspoken about the importance of diversity and his experiences with racism. “Really, that’s what you’re saying, the only good Muslim is a dead one. This stuff’s so dangerous, because it enables the invasion of countries. It enables hate crimes. It enables discriminatory and racist laws being passed.”
He pronounced such style of film “wack, outdated, racist” and said such carelessness “costs lives.”
The Rogue One: A Star Wars Story actor implored filmmakers to show a Muslim community that’s more diverse, when it comes to race, geography, gender, sexuality and abilities. In June, Ahmed and his film company, Left Handed Films, partnered with the University of Southern California’s Inclusion Initiative and others to address the problem of underrepresentation through grants and mentorships to Muslim filmmakers. This followed the university’s Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism’s report that, of the top-grossing movies from 2017-2019, just 10 percent had any type of Muslim character, while fewer than 2 percent of those characters had dialogue. In real life, Muslims comprise nearly a quarter of the world’s population.
Ahmed also co-wrote and starred in the new movie MogulMowgli, about a British Pakistani rapper, which is a background strikingly similar to Ahmed’s own. (He was born in Britain to a Pakistani family and has performed as a musician.) The character’s name is actually Zaheer, but he goes by Zed, and that’s also a situation familiar to the man who played him. Ahmed’s first name is actually Rizwan.
“Zaheer has changed his name to Zed and the question is, is that a choice he made or is that something he was forced to do, because [he wanted] to fit in, because people couldn’t pronounce his name,” Ahmed explained. “And I sometimes ask myself that question. I have kind of censored my full name, and on some level, I wonder whether it’s just got too much weight and too much history.”
On that subject, Ahmed had clearly made a decision.
“One thing I’ll say is, after this film, I introduce myself as Rizwan,” he said.
Corps Commander Karachi Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Nadeem Ahmed Anjum met Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, who is expected to formally approve the appointment of new director-general (DG) Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency within a few days, reports The News.
A source told The News that there is no official word available about this important meeting. However, while confirming it, the source hinted that the notification for the appointment of Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum as the next DG ISI is expected in the coming few days. The source expected it on Friday.
On October 14, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) parliamentary group had an emergency meeting at Parliament House where PM Khan assured the party leaders that the issue of the appointment of the new ISI chief has been amicably settled by him and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and that the government will complete its five-year term.
Later, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry told the media that the notification regarding the appointment of the new DG ISI would be issued in two to three days.
Pakistan lost the second warm-up match against South Africa on Monday after Hassan Ali could not defend 19 runs in the last over.
Pakistan had the upper hand, with South Africa needing 47 off the last three, but 18 and 22-run overs on either side of Shaheen Afridi’s 10-run 19th over proved costly.
Earlier in the day, Pakistan were put into bat and they made the most of the opportunity as they posted a sizeable total of 186 runs on the board after Fakhar hit five sixes and two fours on his way to 52 off 28 balls before retiring out as Pakistan managed to score 120 off their last 10 overs.
It looked like Pakistan were on a roll with the ball as well but then came a storm named Rassie van der Dussen, who single-handedly took the game away from them. In the end, South Africa ended up winning a thriller of a match on the final delivery by Hassan. Hassan’s expensive 52-4 spell was highly criticised by the fans.
Rassie van der Dussen’s Mohammad Nabi on India register another victory Buttler shows his class ✨
Actor Ahsan Mohsin Ikram’s father and entrepreneur Mohsin Ikram has responded to social media trolls for inappropriate and personal questions regarding the women of his family. His son married Minal Khan in September 2021.
He clapped back to netizens on his official Instagram account.
Earlier this month he responded to a troll on his Instagram handle. The netizen commented that Minal’s sister Aiman Khan gifted the newly-weds free tickets to Turkey.
Netflix’s Squid Game is the talk of the town these days and there is one more thing about it which has grabbed the attention of people, especially Pakistanis and that is the Pakistani migrant Ali Abdul, originally played by Anupam Tripathi, based in South Korea is from Delhi, India.
Tripathi was born in New Delhi on November 2, 1988, where he played a slave in a stage production of Spartacus. From 2006 to 2010, Anupam engaged himself doing theatre in New Delhi itself. He started his training in singing and acting in the year 2006.
He actually wanted to join the National School of Drama in New Delhi. However, he then moved to South Korea in 2010 to be part of the Korea National University of Arts after he received the Arts Major Asian scholarship.
Although initially, he had to face a few difficulties adjusting to the cultural and language differences of South Korea, over time he learned Korean and even became fluent in the language in a span of 2 years.
The 32-year-old actor made his acting debut with the South Korean film Ode To My Father in 2014. And the movie happened to be the fourth highest-grossing film in the South Korean cinema ever.
He was also seen in numerous Korean TV shows and films such as Descendants of the Sun, Hospital Playlist and the last one before Squid Game was the 2021 film Space Sweepers.
The turning point in the career of Anupam Tripathi is certainly his appearance on Netflix’s biggest debut series.
Anupam, who was overwhelmed with the name and fame he has been receiving after playing Ali in the Korean series, took to his Instagram handle recently and shared his gratitude.
He wrote, “It feels like a dream “, No words to express my gratitude to the people all over the world, who all are loving and blessing Ali and Squidgame. Thank you to all. Keep watching and keep blessing.”
His mother and brothers are proud of his success but but Tripathi could not share his success with his father, who passed away in 2017.
Meanwhile, Tripathi will be completing his post graduation degree in acting at the Korea National University of Arts by 2021.
Squid Game which was released on September 17 on Netflix and has become the biggest original debut series on Netflix. It has recently achieved the feat of topping the list of Netflix’s Top 10 shows in 94 countries worldwide.
A-list actresses Minal Khan and Saboor Aly indulged in a fun banter over weight loss on social media. The friend duo shared each other’s weight loss plans and target. The Jalan star also expressed her concern on how will she eventually manage to lose 5 Kgs.
Both appeared together on Ahsan Khan’s chat show and revealed that they are very close as friends and trust each other with personal life’s information.
On the work front, Saboor is currently starring opposite Imran Abbas in ARY’s Amanat, whereas Minal was last seen in Ishq Hai opposite Danish Taimoor.
Ahsan Mohsin Ikram and Minal are off to another international destination after Maldives and Dubai.
Actor Zoya Nasir clapped back to a troll on Instagram for criticising her choice of dressing. A netizen commented unpleasant remarks about her choice of dressing in her birthday picture.
The Zebaish star also exposed his hypocritical conduct.
She celebrated her birthday with close friends including singer-actor Farhan Saeed. The Meray Apnay diva took to her Instagram to share glimpses from her intimate yet fancy event.
Fellow female celebrities Aima Baig and Zara Noor Abbas sent love to Zoya on her birthday.
Pakistan’s pop singer Ali Azmat recently appeared on Ahmad Pansota’s show and talked about Pakistani Music and Arts. He also talked about the veteran singer Noor Jehan, a musical legend who is celebrated transnationally.
While Talking about the music industry of Pakistan’s transition over the years, the Jazba Junoon singer mentioned: “In my childhood, Noor Jehan used to sing on a show draped in Saari with big earrings and extra makeup on. We used to hate that woman.”
Passing ageist comments, he said: “Looked like a meatball, she was an old age woman at that time and we used to think that it’s not necessary for us to watch it.”
“This was the time when we accepted the other culture and it became a norm later on,” he added.
While mentioning the American society, he said that they are also not very fond of the sensationalism and forbid their children to do drugs and adopt it.
He also said that he is entitled to reject that. “I’m not a person that if Madonna is appearing on screen and I will stick my tongue out,” said Azmat while sticking his tongue out, adding, “Yes it happened but after few minutes someone said to close it, otherwise a fly will enter in your mouth.”
Meanwhile, the said remarks were strongly opposed by Ahmad Pansota.
