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Friday November 08, 2024
Suhayb Alavi

  • December 03, 2018

    Understanding Aslam Pervaiz, the hero and subsequent villain of Pakistani cinema

    Instep traces the life and legacy of Aslam Pervaiz, who passed away in November 1984, but left an unforgettable mark on the history of Pakistani...

  • July 20, 2018

    The power of the biopic

    As Sanju continues to rake in the moolah, it feels like a sign for local filmmakers to shift their attention from routine films to biopics.

  • April 19, 2018

    Remembering Ahmed Rushdi

    With his 84th birth anniversary around the corner, Instep remembers the founding father of pop music.

  • December 11, 2017

    Remembering Waheed Murad, the action star

    Whenever the name of superstar Waheed Murad comes to mind, it brings along memories of romantic songs, poetic dialogues and tragic scenes.

  • October 21, 2017

    Destiny’s children

    They say ‘it is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in us’; we charter the path of our life and if it allows us, fame. For some stars,...

  • October 07, 2017

    Looking back at a classic

    An imperialist government destroys a village, belonging to one of its artillerymen, just to make a road. The topchi rebels and leads a revolution....

  • September 30, 2017

    Remembering Syed Kamal

    It started out as a debate between a Raj Kapoor fan and this scribe. The RK fan wanted to ascertain the fact that Mera Naam Joker was released years...

  • May 17, 2017

    A tale of two clones

    It was March 1966 when Pakistan got its first Platinum Jubilee film, Armaan. There is a scene in the film where actor and producer of the film,

  • May 05, 2017

    The making of a legend

    Veteran actor Shabnam, who ruled millions of hearts for over two decades, is finally coming back to the silver screen after a long stretch of absence.

  • March 24, 2017

    Aina: the ‘greatest’ of them all

    Several successful films have been produced in Pakistan but the one film that survived the most turbulent period in the nation’s history and...