Pakistani Documentary Nominated For Oscar Awards

Emmy Award winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s latest film Saving Face has won an Oscar nomination in the category “Best Documentary, Short Subject”.

Saving Face is the story of two women from Southern Punjab who are victims of acid attack. “It’s a positive story about Pakistan on two accounts: firstly, it portrays how a Pakistani-British doctor comes to treat them and it also discusses, in great depth, the parliament’s decision to pass a bill on acid violence,” Obaid-Chinoy had said when her film was short-listed for nominations in October 2011, according The Express Tribune. The recently passed Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill requires that the perpetrators of acid violence be punished with life in prison.

Pakistani Documentary Nominated For Oscar Awards

Saving Face was released in the US in November, 2011, and the Oscars will be awarded on February 26, 2012.

Born in 1978 in Karachi, Sharmeen is the first Pakistani to win an Emmy award. She won it for her documentary Pakistan: Children of the Taliban in 2010. She graduated from Smith College in the United States with a bachelor of arts in economics and government and then went to complete two master’s degrees from Stanford University in International Policy Studies and Mass Communications.

Obaid-Chinoy began her career with New York Times Television in 2002 with the production of Terror’s Children, a film about Afghan refugee children, which won her the Overseas Press Club Award, the American Women and Radio and Television Award, and the South Asian Journalist Association Award. Since then, she has produced and reported on more than twelve films around the world. Her films have been shown on Channel 4, CNN, PBS, and Al-Jazeera English.

Sharmeen has a very ambitious social and educational reform agenda for her country. In addition to her career as a filmmaker, Sharmeen is a TED fellow and a social entrepreneur. She is actively working to bring about an “education revolution” in Pakistan’s Sindh province. “There needs to be an overhaul,” Obaid-Chinoy recently told Fast Company. “Textbooks are outdated and I’ve been working with the government on how to encourage critical thinking and move away from rote memorization….It’s tough, because the mindset is not there. The teachers are essentially products of the same system. We have to break the culture, which takes a long time.”

Sindh’s teachers are now spending significant time in professional training with education experts to try and reform the teaching of English, math, and social studies. “We’re really making this a movement for education for social change,” Obaid-Chinoy told Fast Company.

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Pakistani Actress Juggan Kazim on set Dancing and Shooting

Syeda Mehr Bano Kazim known by the stage name Juggan Kazim is a Pakistani Canadian actress, model, and television host. She has worked in numerous Pakistani and Canadian films. She was nominated for MTV Model of the Year in 2008. She is the brand ambassador for Garnier Fructis Pakistan.

Pakistani Actress Juggan Kazim on set Dancing and Shooting

Pakistani Actress Juggan Kazim on set Dancing and Shooting

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SALMAN KHAN REFUSES TO AUTOGRAPH PAKISTANI ACTRESS REEMA KHAN’S BOOBS
According to news reports, Pakistani actress Reema Khan was so “excited” with Salman Khan’s presence at a fashion event in Dubai recently, that she asked Sallu bhai to autograph her breasts. Salman Khan offered to give her an autograph on his shirt which he had flung into the air, but Reema Khan insisted that he sign her cleavage, which Sallu refused. When she kept at it, Salman Khan gave her the cold shoulder and subtly ignored her.

Salman Khan was in Dubai for his organisation Being Human which was a big success. Apart from the cricket match with Pakistani cricketers, Salman also had a fashion show where his friends from Bollywood like Ritesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Sharman Joshi, Vatsal Sheth and Chunky Pandey participated with gusto.

Salman not only proved to be a showstopper on the ramp, but stopped Reema’s heartbeats as well for a moment or two. Our source said, “Salman has a huge fan following in Dubai. After their cricket match that Bollywood won against the Pakistani cricketers, the next day’s fashion show saw a huge number of fans at the event. The crowds went berserk when Salman walked the ramp and he didn’t disappoint them. He removed his shirt and threw it into the audience. Then, in true Salman style, he threw himself into the crowd. Pakistani actress Reema Khan grabbed the shirt and wanted Salman to sign it. She initially insisted naughtily that Salman should sign the autograph on her cleavage but Salman refused. She then tried getting him to sign the shirt. However, Salman being Salman, just refused to sign and gave her a cold shoulder.”

While he might have won many fans with his antics during the fashion show, he definitely lost one in the form of Reema Khan. Apparently Reema Khan was so miffed that she said she will not attend any of Sallu events in future, our sources said.

دوبئی(نیٹ نیوز) پاکستانی ایکٹریس ریما خان نے دوبئی میں بھارتی ایکٹر سلمان خان سے اپنی چھاتی پر آٹو گراف کی درخواست کی جسے سلمان خان نے قبول نہ کیا۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق گزشتہ روز بھارتی ایکٹر نے اپنے خیراتی ادارے کے لئے فیشن شو کا اہتمام کیا اس میں حسب معمول سلمان خان نے اپنی شرٹ اتار کر لوگوں کی طرف پھینکی تو ریما نے اسے پکڑ گیا اور بھارتی ایکٹر سے کہا ”میرے سینے پرآٹو گراف دو “ مگر سلمان نے انکار کر دیا۔

Famous  television and stage actor Moin Akhter has died here on Friday, Geo News reported.

Moin Akhter was under treatment at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) due to heart disease.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’un – إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

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Sonakshi Sinha will replace Priyanka Chopra in Kunal Kohli’s next, Janam Janam Ka Saath Hai Tumhara Hamara opposite Shahid Kapoor. Sonakshi appears to be on a signing spree now (aakhir Salman Khan ka haath hai uske sar pe)!

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“I’m really looking forward to working with Shahid,” says Kunal Kohli. The director tweeted on Sunday morning: “Shahid Kapoor and me working together in my next film. Will hopefully sign the heroine in the next few days. Will keep you posted.” The yet untitled film will be starting in April once Shahid wraps up the shooting for Mausam. Kohli will be producing-directing the film.

Kunal’s film with Shahid is a love story and will have music by Pritam while Prasoon Joshi is writing lyrics. Has he finalized the actress? “I haven’t decided the actress. I wouldn’t want to speculate as I don’t believe in it. I will tell you once it’s finalized. We’ve just finalized Shahid. He was going away to Punjab to shoot Mausam and I was releasing Break Ke Baad. In the middle of it we finalized and signed.”

Kohli had earlier announced a film with Saif Ali Khan. He had also written about it on Twitter (now deleted) as to how things didn’t work out between him and Saif. So, is Shahid doing the same film as what was earlier being done by Saif? “It’s a completely different script,” says Kohli. Why didn’t Saif’s film go through in the first place? “Saif was signed by Ashtavinayak to do a film. He requested me to come in and see if I could do a film with him. I wasn’t ready with that script. I was also simultaneously working on this script for a while. I felt this is the script I want to make first, so I am making this film. That film I will do later when I am fully happy with the script.”

Having worked with seasoned actors like Aamir and Saif, Shahid is a much inexperienced actor in comparison, even though he’s wonderfully talented. “Shahid has done Kaminey, Jab We Met, Vivah, he has done some brilliant films. I am sure Mausam will be another brilliant film. He is a very very interesting talent,” says Kunal.

Kohli’s latest Production Break Ke Baad released last Friday. Talking about the response to the film, Kohli says,”Break Ke Baad is getting a good response from the youth specially. It’s too early. Let’s see how it goes.”

The problems for Raajneeti seem to be getting more pronounced. Earlier this week, there was a Mumbai-based social worker Naseem Khan who filed a petition in court against Raajneeti asking for its release to be stopped because one of the central characters apparently resembles Sonia Gandhi.

Now one hears that actor and self-styled star Kamal R Khan (or KRK as he likes to be called) has sent Prakash Jha a legal notice claiming rights over the title Raajneeti.

When contacted Jha admits Kamaal, known to generate publicity for himself through various controversies, has indeed sent a legal notice claiming copyrights over the title Raajneeti.

“But my lawyers are looking into it .There’s absolutely nothing in this claim. We shouldn’t give any importance to people who jump into the picture at the time of release for whatever reasons. Look at the way Rakesh Roshan is being harassed over Kites by some person claiming to be entitled to crores of rupees. Earlier we had someone making claims over Ram Gopal Varma’s Rann days before release. This is not done!”

Speaking on Mr Naseem Khan’s claims that Raajneeti casts aspersion on one of the most revered politicians of the country, Prakash Jha retorts, “Let all these self-styled supports of Soniaji come forward to show their loyalty. Am I an irresponsible citizen and filmmaker who would do something so foolish as to portray Soniaji in a bad light? No one has seen a frame of Raajneeti. How does anyone presume that Katrina’s character has any resemblance to Soniaji? Have I said it anywhere? Has Katrina said it anywhere? Let Soniaji watch Raajneeti and decide.”

Ram Gopal Varma very recently and Rakesh Roshan during the release of Krazzy 4 when composer Ram Sampat made plagiarism charges, had to opt for hefty out-of-court settlement to pay up to get their films released. This time both Rakesh Roshan and Prakash Jha are adamant on not giving in to what they see as arm-twisting tactics.

About an out-of-court settlement with the aforementioned Mr Naseem Khan, Prakash Jha said, “Over my dead body. I’d burn the prints of my film rather than give into such blackmail. No out-of-court settlement for me. I’ve seen enough legal obstacles in my life. This is nothing.”

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Even before the Hrithik Roshan- Barabara Mori starrer ‘Kites’ hits the screens, the movie is creating ripples enough about the sensuous and flirty scenes between the two actors, but the international version of the movie seems to have far bolder scenes than the desi version. The international one has a sizzling liplock between topless Barbara with Hrithik Roshan which is censored to the Indian audience. With Nandana Sen’s ‘Rang Rasiya’ already clearing off the censor with topless scenes, the question arises that do movie makers still doubt the maturity of Indian audience.

Payal Rohatgi, who is known for her ‘bold’ image says, “I think the Indian audience is not mature enough. Men download images to gratify themselves but movies are a different genre. Movies are meant for family watching and a raunchy promo will insure that family audiences don’t pull in. So movie makers are also vary,”

Film critic Taran Adarsh says, “At the click of the button you can access information. Technology cannot be curtailed. Anything can be seen online even if you try to keep it away from film prints.”

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Sherlyn Choprais bold and sexy and she has proved this by posing nude for PETA. The gal is again going to make guys fall weak in the knees by posing naked for a men’s magazine Playboy. To do the photo shoot, the actress has received a call from Hugh Hefner’s office with the offer.

“I have never posed nude therefore I was a bit apprehensive about the offer. But I got a photographer friend to do a few test clicks and I loved the results”, quips Sherlyn. She has got a fit and flexible body as she is a regular performer of yoga, “I can do positions which the magazine would love,” quotes Sherlyn.

“I wanted to meet him for a long time and the time has finally come. I will be going to his mansion. I have heard so many interesting stories about him and now it’s my chance to know him up, close and personal,” she added.

Sherlyn is over the moon with the offer and she was eagerly waiting for the opportunity for she wanted to make India proud by posing for the international magazine.

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Chandigarh, Former Miss India and actress Gul Panag will now be seen in a new avatar of a crusader disseminating awareness about social evils like female foeticide and drug addiction.

She has joined hands with the Chandigarh administration for this endeavour. The health department here has enrolled a city-based NGO Shamsher Singh Foundation under the ongoing partnership initiative programme of Chandigarh administration, said officials here Thursday.

Gul, founder member of this NGO, has signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the health department to work in this direction.

“We have assured the officials concerned that our NGO will work with full dedication and commitment. We will make this programme of generating awareness against female foeticide and drug addition a huge success in this region,” said Gul, 31, Thursday.

The actress is known for doing socially relevant films — her first film “Dhoop” was based on the real story of Kargil war hero Anuj Nayyar. In Nagesh Kukunoor’s “Dor”, she played Zeenat Fatima, who fights to save her husband, and received critical acclaim for her performance.

The administration has briefed Gul and other officials of the NGO about their roles and responsibilities.

“We have apprised them about their responsibilities in generating awareness about these issues. Their work involves monitoring of ultrasound centres to prevent sex determination tests as well as volunteering as decoy clients to conduct raids,” said Ram Niwas, health-cum home secretary of Chandigarh.

“The NGO will also motivate people by recognising the birth of second girl child in the form of celebrations of birthdays or festivals like Lohri. They will also identify drug addicts and help them to shun drugs,” stated Niwas.

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