This Friday both Hollywood and Bollywood will churn up sequels to earlier hits. B-town puts together yet another ensemble cast for the sequel to the 2007, Akshay and Katrina starrer Welcome titled Welcome Back.
CINE WATCH
A weekend of sequels
This Friday both Hollywood and Bollywood will churn up sequels to earlier hits. B-town puts together yet another ensemble cast for the sequel to the 2007, Akshay and Katrina starrer Welcome titled Welcome Back. The film that was initially hyped to star Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha together after years, now stars John Abraham, Shruti Haasan, Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia and the usual suspects – Nana Patekar, Anil Kapoor and Paresh Rawal. The film will also mark the return of actor Shiney Ahuja, who had been serving a prison sentence on rape charges. The original was packed with tones of rib-tickling humour, stylized action and larger than life characters. It remains to seen if the sequel matches up to the precedence set. Watch it for yourself in cinemas all over the country this weekend.
Hollywood goes all the way back to 2002 to bring us the beginning of another Transporter trilogy. The first in the series is Transporter Refueled. Ed Skrein of Game of Thrones fame replaces Jason Statham to take on the driver’s seat in this energy-fuelled, machismo-packed crime caper. While Variety defines it as ‘one of the most enjoyable bad movies of the year’, we’ll leave it to you to decide if its action that you’ll enjoy or the absurdity of it.
FASHION
Time for another Eid spree
Designers Farah Talib Aziz and Sobia Nazir are the first ones to cash in on the Eidul Azha fervour with their Eid-appropriate collection. The former has taken the lawn route collaborating with Lakhany Silk Mills and has another collection of sugar-coated floral prints and virtual gardens in store for us with hints of chikan kari in calming, summer hues. Sobia Nazir, on the other hand, adds a more formal touch to Eid fashion with embroidered chiffons and silks as well as cotton nets paired with embroidered silk pants. Both collections can be bought online and the catalogues have been uploaded on their respective Facebook pages.
HUMOUR
Comedy troupes take over Karachi
If you are looking for some heartwarming humour in a more casual setting, Adnan Jaffer, who was last seen in Jalaibee, and Tariq Raja of NAPA will come together as theatre group Qissa Farosh to perform the comical pieces of renowned Urdu writer Shafiq-ur-Rehman at The Second Floor, this weekend. This will be the group’s second coming at T2F after their 2013 performance on the works of Patras Bukhari. The tickets for the event are priced at PKR 500 and all proceeds from the event will be donated to the Sabeen Mahmud Foundation.
Bhands are back again this week. The troupe led by Shehzad Ghias, the New York return stand-up comedian who is gaining popularity for his political satire by the day, will be giving their second Improv performance at The MAD School tonight. So in case you missed out on it last week, here is your chance to get a dose of blun, honest humour for PKR 250 per person.
TALKS
Discover Manto
As the film industry gears up for this month’s biggest release – Sarmad Khoosat’s biopic on Saadat Hasan Manto – fans also get a chance to speak with the cast and crew before the film hits the big screen. The Last Word book store will be hosting a talk with the cast of the film including lead actor Sarmad where aspiring writers, fans of the controversial wordsmith and curious souls can discuss and debate over Manto’s relevance in the modern day and age and learn more about the project, its characters and music. While the event is not over the weekend and will be held on the evening of September 7, it’s one that deserves mention and can help to overcome the Monday blues. In order to attend the event, you’ll have to call in and RSVP. Further details are available on The Last Word’s official Facebook page.
