Working within strict censorship laws, Iranian films do not shy away from exploring sensitive social and cultural issues.
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Mollywood opens new perspectives on regional Indian cinema but is it a cut above Bollywood?
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While Akhri Station touches on taboo topics, it is less successful in showing the full spectrum of human experience
Sadaf Siddique Published 13 Mar, 2018 12:32pm
The mini-series' first episode tells the story of Yasmin whose no-good husband forces her into unthinkable circumstances
Sadaf Siddique Updated 15 Feb, 2018 05:39pm
Manto forces us to question whether our current system is also holding our artists back
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Ehteshamuddin on his Partition obsession, what's different about his next project and the acting role that got away
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Published 07 Dec, 2017 09:14am
When a heinous crime is committed against her daughter, Devki (Sridevi) finds herself taking the law into her hands
Sadaf Siddique Updated 11 Jul, 2017 11:59am
While director Saket Chaudhary gets full marks for novelty, he fails to adequately flesh his ideas out
Sadaf Siddique Updated 23 May, 2017 11:02am
What's good? Working women finally got their due. What's bad? We celebrated stalkers as heroes.
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Published 30 Dec, 2016 09:30am
Starring Osman Khalid Butt and Hareem Farooq, Sanam needs to be jolted from its slumber
Sadaf Siddique Updated 24 Sep, 2016 12:24pm
Ali Rehman talks Jaanan, films and why he's disappointed by the Pakistani drama industry
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Updated 09 Sep, 2016 03:03pm
Complaints about performance and gripes about set and lighting are getting more mileage than its masterful storytelling
Sadaf Siddique Updated 01 Jun, 2016 01:08pm
Sehbai wants Mah e Mir and Mor Mahal to serve as an answer to what orientalism teaches us: that we're low or outdated
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Updated 06 May, 2016 04:13pm
She graduated from writing novels to writing for TV, and yet, Faiza Iftikhar remains modest
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Updated 29 Apr, 2016 04:14pm
The first episode sees a hanging, some scheming, three wives and more
Sadaf Siddique Updated 26 Apr, 2016 01:53pm
Starring Imran Abbas and Ayeza Khan, the drama makes us wonder why TV characters only seem to fall for near relations
Sadaf Siddique Updated 24 Mar, 2016 11:55am
Political aspirations abound in this drama starring Ahsan Khan, Hira Salman, Irfan Khoosat, Mira Sethi and more
Sadaf Siddique Updated 25 Feb, 2016 03:50pm
While he endlessly debates the merits of tacos Ansari stands guilty of painting all Indians with the same brush
Sadaf Siddique Published 06 Feb, 2016 02:21pm
We compare your top picks with our critics' choices. Did the two match up?
Sadaf Haider | Sadaf Siddique Updated 01 Jan, 2016 02:01pm
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali focused on glitzy sets and didn't explore enough the core theme of religious intolerance
Sadaf Siddique Published 25 Dec, 2015 10:58am
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