Mr. I.A. Rehman didn’t sound too keen when I called him up, but he couldn’t refuse his friend, and I was learning to be something that didn’t come naturally to me – pushy.
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by Ajmal Hussain Now that the Indian biopic Manto (2018, directed by Nandita Das) has been released in theaters (but banned in Pakistan by Pakistan Censor Board) and is available for streaming, the inevitable comparisons to the Pakistani biopic, also called Manto (2015, directed by Sarmad Sultan Khoosat) have become the topic du jour. Both films are based on the […]
by David Studwell Beginning in August of 1947, the largest mass migration in history began as fifteen million men, women, and children left their ancestral homes to cross the newly drawn borders between India and the new country of Pakistan. During and after the partition of India over one million people died as a result of violence that erupted between […]
Theatre Wallay organized ‘Monologues in Process’ to give a glimpse of its project “Voices of Partition” to the select audiences. The event was held at USEFP premises on January 23, 2015. It was attended by around 50 people from different walks of life. The monologues were based on some stories of Partition survivors collected in the preceding weeks. Selected parts […]
by Sarwat Ali This article was published in The News on Sunday after Theatre Wallay staged ‘Godot ke Intizar Mein’ at Alhmara, Lahore in July 2012. It was good to see Theatre Wallay’s ‘Godot ke Intizar Mein’, an Islamabad play being staged in Lahore. It was even better than the next-door ‘Pawnay 14 August’, at Alhamra Hall 1, written by Anwar Maqsood […]