Aishwarya Rai's Latest Shoot Bear A Resemblance To Hollywood Stars' Old Shoots

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The fans of Kate Winslet found it pretty amazing that Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai’s latest shoot for the first print cover of a new magazine, Peacock, by designers Falguni and Shane Peacock, resembles awkwardly similar to Hollywood diva Winslet’s old photo shoot for famous 2009 cover of Harper’s Bazaar magazine.

Designer Shane Peacock wrote; “Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: A Timeless Star. The Peacock Magazine is proud to announce the launch its first-ever print issue of the magazine with the timeless star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who was shot on the streets of the New York City. To avail your copy, log on to www.thepeacockmagazine.com. Issue available on stands, grab your copy now! @aishwaryaraibachchan_arb in New York City for our first print issue September Issue.”

Layered in a hot red feathered gown, Aishwarya Rai has been clicked while standing on a high ladder and holding one of the steps with one hand. Similarly, The Winslet wearing a white gown was holding the ladder with one hand.

It is very uncanny that Aishwarya’s copy-cat pose doesn’t end with Winslet. The Hollywood beauty Julia Roberts’ pose while climbing a big rock in a pink gown also resembles a lot. It was for Harper’s Bazaar.

It was critic Diet Sabya who swiftly pointed out the copy shoot but bolstered her criticism by sharing a collage of all three actress. Thus validating the comparisons. 

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Asim Jofa Initiated Green Pakistan, Clean Pakistan

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Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the Clean and Green Pakistan campaign and everyone is taking part in it. Pakistan’s celebrated designer Asim Jofa has also come forward to initiate a Green Clean Pakistan drive to show th love for his country by beautifying the cities.

The media fraternity of Pakistan including renowned actors, directors, government officials, and other influencers joined hands in reinforcing the social responsibility of being a Pakistani citizen by supporting the cause.

While talking to the media, Jofa, who initiated the campaign back in 2014, said, "To plant a tree today is to believe in a greener and cleaner Pakistan of tomorrow."

Celebrities including Faysal Quraishi, Maria Wasti, Sonya Hussyn, Shaz Khan, Sohail Javed, Zhalay Sarhadi, Nausheen Shah and Ayesha Toor all participated in Jofa’s drive of planting new trees at the famous ll-Talwar monument in Karachi.

The guest of honor for the tree plantation ceremony was Mr. Fakhr-e-Alam, who is on a journey to becoming the first National Hero of Pakistan to circumnavigate the globe in a single-engine aircraft.

It is a groundbreaking initiative by Jofa to supervise the restore, and beautify the local sites. The marked transformation of II-Talwar and III-Talwar in Clifton alongside the visible improvement of the famous Fish Roundabout (aka Zulfiqar Roundabout) at the junction of Hawksbay Sandspit, are all credited to the efforts of Team Asim Jofa.

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Review - Farhan Saeed's Maula Failed To Impress Music Fans

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Farhan Saeed, one of the founders of boy-band Jal and the leading actor of Suno Chanda, has released several musical hits for his fans. Pee Jaon, Thori Der and the recent success of a political anthem Ab Sirf Imran Khan, Saeed has proved that he can ploy different styles for his singing passion. However, actor-singer Saeed’s recent track Maula in collaboration with British-Indian music producer Rishi Rich, somehow failed to impress the music lovers.

He not only composed the song but also acted in the Maula video. The lyrics and vocals complement each other pretty well. Although Saeed did his job honestly with lots of hard work in this track, it the music where Maula actually fails to touch the standard. This the reason it seems as a pressed collaboration mostly done just for the sake of a teamwork.

The romance, club lavish scenes, glitzy attires and loving aspect of a couple, there is nothing unique in the video theme. One cannot pick what the director of video is trying to convey, as it is odd editing that makes this video more peculiar. The ending part with Saeed appearing alive, showing his love and cop-cars with their lights on in the background is not attractive at all.

Watch the video here,

 

The Maula’s video has been shot in London, England. The location selection is good but it is the blurred message that remains unclear till end and make spectator confused. There would be numerous topics that can be targeted in this video but the message didn’t work well and one will continue to think what was they (the team) was trying to say to audience. 

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TV One's Mysterious Series Dhund Is Rolling In on July 15th

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Keeping its tradition of presenting distinctive shows for its viewers, TV One is now ready to impress and entertain the Pakistani drama watchers with a totally different yet interesting concept, a mystery series called Dhund starring Maria Wasti, Mohammad Ahmad and Hassan Ahmed.

The teasers of the new drama series and OST composed by Wajid Saeed, were launched in a recent star studded event held in famous Pi Social Café, Karachi. The unveiling evening was attended by celebrities, media persons and bloggers. 

The décor of the event was done according to the theme of the drama. All the setting with lots of candles and dark atmosphere complimented the feel of a super natural TV play. The evening began with cast and crew meet and greet.

Dhund, is a tense and scary series directed by Faiz, showing eerie encounters with spirits from another world and how a brave woman helps them find peace. Maria Wasti can see dead people. Many of the angry spirits frightens Maria.  

The supporting cast includes Zhalay Sarhadi, Junaid (Juni), Laila Wasti, Asad Siddiqui and many others were also present at the event. The series’ soundtrack complements the mysterious feel of the play.

The writer Mohammad Ahmed said, "I started my writing career as a mystery writer, but I've been doing Rom-Coms for years now and that lost idea of mystery series recovered when Seema Tahir said Yes for Dhund.”

Producer Erum Binte Shahid added, "The concept of the mystery series Dhudh is different which will build a connection. Maria can see dead persons and owns personal tragedy whereas Uzair, (Hasan) plays a young smart and devoted police officer and he is a sincere friend to Maria. Nana Syed (Mohammad Ahmed Sahb) is playing Maria's grandfather who is also her close confidante.”

Watch Dhund, starting from today, every Saturday at 9 pm only on TV One.

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Pakistan's First Ever Film Festival To Be Held In New York

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Pakistan’s first ever Film Festival is going to be held in New York in the first week of December. The festival will screen some of the best films including Oscar nominated “Mah-e-Meer”. 

The other films will include Dobara Phir Se, Lahore Say Aagey, Actor in law, Academy award winner Sharmeen Obaid’s animated film 3 Bahadur, Dukhtar, Dance Kahani and Ho Mann Jahaan.

The Pakistan Film Festival is the result of the continuous efforts of Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, the Permanent Representative of Pakistan to UN. The aim of the event is to promote the local industry and soft image of the country among the Ambassadors and Representatives accredited to UN. The top lot of Pakistan’s film industry and media persons will also attend the event.

Frieha Altaf, the CEO of Catwalk Event Management & Productions who is handling the PR of the two day festival, said, “The Pakistan film festival 2016 will bring in a selection of some of the finest films coming out of the Pakistan Film industry after decades of its struggle and revolution. There is already a great buzz in New York for the event.”

The Pakistan Film Festival is part of Catwalk Event Management and Dr. Maleeha Lodhi’s continuous struggle to present country’s art, literature as well as all kind of cultural activities; reflecting the prominent features of the nation. 

The previous work in this regard includes Pakistan Festival London 2007, the street parade at Regent Street- London was followed by a festival in Trafalgar Square. It was attended  by Pakistan’s famous designers, singers, actors and sportsmen. The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 launch in 2015 at Lincoln Centre, New York was also the work of Dr. Lodhi and Frieha Altaf.

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Mein Hero Is A Journey Of Finding A Hero Within Oneself

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Mein Hero (I am a hero) is an initiative for the youth of Pakistan. It took 8 months, 3 schools, 750 participants and over 200 plus hours to develop “Hero” storylines by combining narratives, values, problem solutions and story writing skills of students to understand local issues and importance of individual actions.

The selected inspirational stories have been converted into comic books and adapted as theatre plays. These will also broadcast via radio in future. It is also converted in a short documentary.

The initiative is taken by AzCorp Entertainment, a for-profit social enterprise, to celebrate and enable unsung heroes of Pakistan, who represent the true spirit of a hero by making a positive change in their respective communities.

The vision is to relate heroes through thought provoking dialogues, critical thinking, social consciousness and positive approach. It provided meaningful and entertaining storytelling comprising of civics, social justice and gender equality based themes.

The ceremony held at NAPA was a token of appreciation from participants to unsung heroes like Mahnoor Baloch who runs her own driving school and Sohail Khan who runs a school with free education to poor children. It included the launch of small teasers of their journey and role for the benefit of community.

Along with this the ceremony also staged a play, written and performed by the participants from three partnered schools in Liyari, Shireen Jinnah Colony and Malir. The theatre play gave message about inter-faith harmony, multiculturalism, challenges faced by the communities and taking ownership of social problems.

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Lifebuoy Hosted Biggest CSR Campaign In Pakistan

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Lifebuoy hosted an event that raised the bar for all CSR campaigns in Pakistan that witnessed over twenty thousand registrations at PAF Museum. Fahad Mustafa along with many other celebrities pledged to wash our hands. Present at the pledge were Adnan Siddiqui, Anoushey Ashraf, Saira Kabeer and Yasir Hussain. 

Celebrities all over the country were excited to be apart of  High 5 Save 5 and called our to their fans to be a part of this campaign, amongst there were, Ali Zafar, Waseem Akhram, Sajal Aly, Feroze Khan, Syra Yusuf, Shahroze Sabzwari, Shahzad Shiekh, Aashir Wajahat, Sonya Hussain, Ahsan Khan, Zhalay Sarhadi, Hareem Farooq and many others. 

A recent study shows that 1.7 million children are unable to reach their fifth birthday due to easily preventable diseases such as diarrhea and pneumonia. Most of these lives can be saved through simple practices like hand washing with soap - one of the most effective and low cost prevention for illnesses like diarrhea and pneumonia.

Unilever Pakistan through its brand Lifebuoy co-founded Global Hand washing Day in 2008 with public and private partnerships. The day which is now is now celebrated in over 100 countries across the world has served as a powerful platform to extend the message of health and hygiene to billions. Through its social mission, Lifebuoy soap aims to impact over a billion lives around the world by 2020.

This year Lifebuoy is striving to make a difference through collective effort and save precious lives by encouraging people to High 5 for Hand Washing. People gathered at PAF Museum Karachi on 22^nd October to participate in this grand event. For each High5 collected, Lifebuoy aims to inculcate the healthy habit of hand washing with soap by teaching them the importance of washing their hands with soap at key occasions, before meals and after the restroom.

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The Music Launch Of Film Lahore Se Aagey

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ARY Films and Showcase Films hosted an exclusive media event for their joint production "Lahore Se Aagey", starring Saba Qamar and Yasir Hussain, in Karachi, officially kicking off the promotions of the film.

Lahore Se Aagey is an upcoming Pakistani romantic-comedy film directed and produced by Wajahat Rauf. It is the sequel to the 2015 comedy film Karachi Se Lahore and is scheduled to release on 11th November 2016. 

Lahore Se Aagey music album includes five tracks, out of which four have been composed by Shiraz Uppal – while Tere Bina, sung by Aashir Wajahat, is composed by Syed Adeel. The main vocals of the album are by Aima Baig, who has sung, Kalabaz (with Jabar Abbas), Be Fiqriyan and Ehl-e-Dil. Zara Si Laga Lo vocals are by Shiraz Uppal himself.

It was Saba Qamar who stole the show. The TV drama actress was looking beautiful in Natasha Kamal dress. She talked about her experiences of acting in a film. She also admired her director's efforts in dealing with the difficulties during the film shoot. 

Yasir Hussain, who was wearing a traditional dress by designer Amir Adnan, shared his experience and character details with media.

The film penned by Yasir Hussain, and also includes Agha Farhatullah, Mubashir Malik, Rubina Ashraf and Behroze Sabzwari in pivotal roles. 

“The entire team has put their heart and soul in putting together the music album of Lahore Se Aagey and now just hope these songs are imprinted in the hearts of listeners, since music is a very important part of the film and how the story progresses.” Wajahat Rauf, the producer and director of Lahore Se Aagey, commented.

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Jennifer Aniston 'Makes A New Friend' On Emirates

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Hollywood actress, director and producer Jennifer Aniston makes a return to the Emirates A380, and makes a new friend, in a new TV advertising campaign for the world’s best airline.

The ad builds on the success of the first Emirates-Jennifer Aniston ad launched last year, a much talked-about campaign which quickly went viral.

   

In a similar vein to the first light-hearted TVC, the Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning actress brings her distinctive personality, classic style, and a touch of humour, to showcase the A380. In the ad, Jennifer befriends Cooper, a young boy who she finds playing in her Private Suite in the Emirates First Class cabin, while she was freshening up in the Shower Spa. The two strike up a conversation and build rapport, as they stroll through Emirates’ Business Class cabin and Onboard Lounge.

Sitting on the stairs between the lower and upper decks of the aircraft, Cooper tells Jennifer about his aspirations to become a pilot – of ‘this plane’, pointing to his model Emirates A380 aircraft. In Economy Class, Cooper is finally reunited with his surprised parents where Jennifer chooses to remain and enjoy Emirates’ ice inflight entertainment system with Cooper. The ad ends with Cooper’s mother relaxing in Jennifer’s Private Suite, having exchanged places with the Hollywood star.

Boutros Boutros, Emirates’ Divisional Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, Marketing & Brand explained: “A year ago, when we launched our first ad featuring Jennifer Aniston, we were overwhelmed by what a social phenomenon it became. The humour resonated with audiences around the world, and the ad was viewed by millions of people, generating thousands of conversations. Fans of both Emirates and Jennifer loved her effortless charm and humour, and enjoyed a story that deviated from traditional airline advertising.

“We were overrun with requests to see Jennifer again. She has an enduring, universal appeal that is at once sophisticated, but also down to earth – a great match for our brand. This new ad perfectly captures the fun, spontaneity and glamour of flying on Emirates, and we are confident audiences will find it as memorable as the first.”

The TVC was directed by industry veteran and Oscar-nominee Bryan Buckley, who is acclaimed for his numerous Super Bowl ads. The script and creative concept was a collaboration between Buckley and Emirates’ in-house advertising team and produced in conjunction with the WPP Group.

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Servis Tyres Launches Its New Ad Campaign

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Servis Tyres TVC ‘Chalti Rahay Zindagi’ featuring Shaan, Danish Taimoor and Hamza Ali Abbasi

The brand Servis Tyres is a premium name in motorcycle Tyres and Tubes in Pakistan. It continues to innovate new tyre designs on regular basis. With a diverse portfolio of products, the company caters to all customers segments, be it an OEM, replacement market or an export customer. 

Servis Tyres, the trusted market leaders, has recently launched its new campaign with a star studded commercial. 

Servis Tyres left a trail of success with its previous TVC starring Shaan and took the challenge of penetrating in the market with effective advertising. The past TVC gave a massive uplift to the brand setting the bar high for any new communication to follow. 

A still from the new TVC of ServisTyre featuring Shaan Shahid, Hamza Ali Abbasi & Danish Taimoor

The concept of the new TVC of Servis tyres is inspired by the youth of today who are passionate about living life to its fullest. A life which is cultivated with friendship, love and adrenaline rush. They are the ones who experience life.

Depicting this youth, the idea is a song showing young bikers as they live a side of life that everyone would always wish for.

The New TVC Of Servis Tyres 

‘Chalti Rahay Zindagi’ showcases three friends as they set on a dream road trip.  What makes it even better is the stardom seen in this commercial. Superstars like Shaan Shahid, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Danish Taimoor have changed the face of the TVC with their very cool biker getup as they ride across different terrains on heavy bikes. 

Keeping the TVC very relatable to the audience, we see the group of friends in different locations while experiencing all the excitement that life has to offer. 

A Still from Servis Tyre TVC

Thinking of exploring Pakistan with friends ? Use ServisTyre  for a comfy road trip!

‪Servis Tyres‬ unveils its new ‪TVC‬ featuring ‪Pakistan‬'s stylish ‪superstar‬‪ ShaanShahid‬

While the encapsulating words draw the attention, the composition takes the listener to another world.  With the background score sung by Ali Zafar, his vocals have surely done justice to the complete look & feel of the TVC.

By all means, this TVC will surely grip the viewers’ attention and will remain a highlight for many years to come.

Superstars Shaan Shahid In Servis Tyres TVC 

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Movie Review - Shah Rukh Khan as "FAN"

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Photo: WEB

It has been seven days since Bollywood movie Fan is making headlines. It may be the story or the acting of the lead actor or the crisp chases, Fan touched the hearts of Shah Rukh Khan’s fans and boiled the blood of his haters.

It is a story of a young boy Gaurav who loves to act in local acting contest “Superstar Sitara Competition” and dreams to make it big like his idol superstar Aryaan Khanna. Gaurav is a lookalike of Aryan and that’s why he calls himself Junior and loves to refer Aryaan as Senior. After winning the Sitara competition, he went to Mumbai to meet his most favourite Iconic actor. Unfortunately, he failed in his attempt to see his Senior.

In quest to attract Aryaan’s attention, Gaurav did some nasty as well as illegal activity. His attempt became successful when Aryaan took notice of all the mess that he created to attract the famous celebrity.

Gaurav was surprised when Aryaan disliked his fandom and from this point onwards, Junior started planning messy things against Senior.

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Both characters of Gaurav and Aryaan are being played by the heartthrob of Bollywood “Shah Rukh Khan”. Bollywood viewers are well aware of his acting skills, but the way SRK played the double role of an obsessed fan and a huge film star showed his level of brilliance and perfection.

SRK compelled us to believe the innocence and the cunning side of Gaurav, at the same time, he gained our sympathies for 48 years old Aryaan. The level of SRK’s acting confuses his viewers throughout the film. In few scenes, people love to support Gaurav, but in next few scenes they understand Aryaan’s feelings and want to defend him.

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As a director, Maneesh Sharma did a good job by taking the full advantage of SRK in a double role and the services of makeup artist Greg Cannom, but failed to impress the audience through his thrilling story. He added unnecessary action sequences, pointless chases in an overly stretched storyline.

Watch only if you want to enjoy SRK’s outstanding performance and exotic locations with lots of action sequences, otherwise you will be disappointed due to its average predictable plot.

Rating:

We think that 2.5 out of 5 will be enough for this FAN.

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