Category: Movies

SOC FILMS’ A LIFE TOO SHORT debuts at DOC NYC

Pakistan’s leading and multi-award winning production house SOC FILMS’ latest documentary, A LIFE TOO SHORT, debuted at the 11th edition of DOC NYC, America’s largest documentary festival, in one of its most prestigious section — Short List: Shorts. Indeed, the Short List sections at DOC NYC showcases a selection of shorts that the festival’s programming […]

See Prime’s latest ‘Naam Kya Rakha’ is a must watch

Pakistan’s fastest growing web-channel, telling stories that need to be told, See Prime is back with another unique short film titled “Nam Kya Rakha?” starring Hajra Yamin, Fahad Shaikh, Faizan Shaikh and Shawaiz. Shayan (Fahad Sheikh), the lead protagonist in the story is a cricket fanatic who ends up on a hospital bed due to […]

SOC films’ HOME1947 wins the Best Short Film Award

HOME1947 is a deeply personal exploration of the lives and stories of the millions that were displaced in 1947 during the creation of two new independent states, India and Pakistan. SOC Films’ critically acclaimed series HOME1947 has won the Best Film [Short Documentary] Award at the South Asian Film Festival of Montréal 2020. HOME1947 Series […]

ANOUSHAY ABBASI STARS IN SEE PRIME’S ‘DANCING DOLL’

While making waves for her performance in the drama serial Prem Gali, actress Anoushay Abbasi is back playing a gut-punching take of a mother’s sacrifice and love for her daughter in the See Prime’s latest short-movie titled ‘Dancing Doll’ where is starring with child star Angel Kanwal. ‘Dancing Doll’ is a story of hardships a […]

OMER H PARACHA’S HOLLYWOOD PRODUCTION ‘ECHO BOOMERS’ RELEASED

Echo Boomers, Omer H Paracha’s first feature film as an Executive Producer, has now been released in selected theaters worldwide and is available for viewing in Pakistan on streaming platforms. Echo Boomers follows a group of disillusioned twenty-somethings, who use Chicago as their playground by breaking into the homes of its richest citizens and stealing […]

SEE PRIME MAKES US VERY EMOTIONAL WITH ‘NANU AUR MAIN’

See Prime has done it yet again! The entertainment platform launched by SEEME Production, has now released the award-winning popular short film, ‘Nanu aur Main’ starring veteran actor Qavi Khan and the talented Saboor Aly. Written and shot by Muhammad Belaal Imran and directed by Ali Sohail Jaura, the film features Erum (Saboor Aly) raised […]

May I have this seat? A short film with a message!

Sonia is a 25-years old, 8 months pregnant girl. She is going for her doctor’s appointment on the local city bus. The bus is over crowded and there’s no seat available. She is being stared at as if she were an alien by all the males. She is extremely uncomfortable. Then she Masood, a man, […]

Maan jao na: Romance, comedy and lots of drama

With romance, comedy, lots of color, drama, and some really good music, Maan Jao Na has all the ingredients that make for a good, light-hearted entertainer. The plot of the film revolves around a strong-willed young woman named Rania (played by Elnaz Nourozi), who’s an only child raised in urban Karachi. Rania’s immediate family includes her father […]

Pakistani film – Allahyar and the Legend of Markhor

Allahyar and The Legend of Markhor, directed by Uzair Zaheer Khan, comes as the latest offering from our nascent film industry. It revolves around the young character Allahyar (voiced by Anum Zaidi) who finds himself escaping the hunter Manu (Ali Noor) and helping a Markhor named Mehru (Natasha Humera Ejaz) reach home. Kudos to the […]

Film review: Padmavat offers a fairy tale sheen

The story Rani Padmavati (Deepika Padukone) – the wife of Maharawal Ratan Singh (Shahid Kapoor), is known for her beauty and valor in 13th century India. She captures the fancy of the reigning Sultan of Delhi, the tyrant Alauddin Khilji (Ranveer Singh), who becomes obsessed with her and goes to great lengths to fulfill his […]