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Archive for April, 2009

Going Gaga for ‘Lady Ga-Ga’

 

A photo from her 'Pokerface' video

A photo from her 'Pokerface' video

You’ve probably seen her–a petite woman with the big hair, showstopping makeup and wearing lots of shiny spandex.

I am talking about the pop artist, Lady Gaga! She is, on the surface, an interesting mix of Gwen Stefani, Amy Winehouse,and yes, the ultimate diva, Cher.
I came across her rather unique , smoke filled ‘Pokerface’ music video on VH1 yesterday.

Mulaqat with MeErAA….@ HUM TV

Mulaqatis a  an ok effort   with  good cast including  across border fame Meera Ji,Part she  got is suited her well…   kind of  little hot for our TV screens at times…   It is just  me  or every one who watches   Classic movie Pakeeza, will notice  how ” Meena kumari “and our “Meera ji” resemble in their dialogue delivery … God knows if this resemblance is just a coincidence or … but have style we accept!

Adnan  Siddiqui is a natural  no matter what  role he gets to play … we still remember  him as a complexed husband he played in drama” Zaib un Nisa”.

Script and poetry is great By Zafar Mairaj…  title song ” taira mujh sey kia rishta hey”sun by Zara And Wiqar… is beautiful!

 Zaiba Bakhtiar looks beautiful ..she is also part of behind the scene efforts for this Play  ,which is good too.

 Aisha khan is not playing herself that is a good change for her viewers.

Rahi nagufta mere dil me -Amal

I was clicking  my way through the three-hundred something channels,bored as ever, when I spied Naseerudin Shah on the screen.

 

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His curly mop of grey hair was bent over a piece of paper–as smoke curled around his huddled body–and sitar plucks electrified the air.

 A scene from the sweetly-sad movie ‘Amal’–Naseerudin can not bear the poor rendition of this ghazal. So what does  he do? He effectively challenges the young musician in the small Delhi bar–and lends a face to a memorable couple of musical clarity.

http://desiclips.blogspot.com/2009/03/rahi-nagufta-mere-dil-me.html

Aik Din Geo Key Saath”@ Geo,

Most probably this is among, THE most known and longer running  programmes @ our private TV channels……… Host is famous” Suhail Wariach”….. He got really popular first for his unique style of asking questions… (He was interesting since the start)…. But he got more known as “Hum sab Umeed sey “kept making his parodies… they are hilarious.

“Aik Din Geo Key Satth “brought out some very diverse personalities in front of our TV screens, from actress Reema to Naseem Wali Khan, and Wasi Zafar….. and list goes on….  he will go to their homes and interview them in His very Casual way…… His style of interviewing did set a new trend for other anchors…

Pehla Safha @ Sama TV

  Every morning most of our TV channels will show some News analysis done by their experts,…. and why not …… our land is such a breeding ground for News, even entertainment channels can not avoid getting involved in serious programming …  

Pehla Safha is a good presentation and “Paras” as an anchor conducted well…. “Sama TV” has earned a good name regarding social and serious programming in a very short time.

 
 

 

Atiqa O…..some time witty

Atiqa Odho Seems to  get   better at  her comedy effort than her other ventures…. “Atiqa O“is an interesting sitcom…. at times it gets very witty and spontaneous. She looks the part as an experienced actress, play” Atiqa O”…….Still this sitcom needs to get a constant  flow of theme. …………………In matter of sitcoms  ” Nadaniyan “  at GEO by actors  duo Yasir Nawaz and Nida, is good ….. especially their jingle and brother is hilarious as a a freeloader.

Amor-ay-not Am-ohr!-Talking Ice cream

'We all scream for Ice Cream'

'We all scream for Ice Cream'

With its upbeat, overly colorful (almost psychedelic) ads–’Amore’ ice cream  attacks not only the eyes but the ears!

I have an issue with the way the brand, Amore, is being pronounced.

As it is spelled A-m-o-r-e–why on earth is it being repeatedly pronounced as Ahm-ohr?!

The proper pronunciation, as this word belongs to the Romance language family–such as  Italian and French– is Ahm-ohr-ay.

I wish the ad firm had done their homework!

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Oh and another thing–have you paid attention to how jingle,with corresponding words flashing on screen, talks about a pigeon-kabooter and then some flying? 

What does flying have to do with a new brand of ice cream? or any ice cream , for that matter?

Is there something ‘in’ the icecream that makes one want to fly?  :P

I wonder! 

Note to the lovely people at Amore Icecream: the last bit is a joke–do take it that way :)

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Whats Cooking….

Our midmornings, afternoons, and even nites are filled with dozens of cooking shows on  our cable channels… and we  are only talking about  presented from Pakistani channels…. we also  have to take BBC, andother food network type cooking shows…. There is a long list of hosts which are good at cooking and were known lready before this trend started  on tv ,like Rahat on Geo, and Mehboob, andZakir  etc…

 However most of   these people you will see answering live calls from remote towns    for  ingredients  or   to praise…some cooking  shows   are promoting healthy food rest is only focusing on …   Food. . apparently they have too much air time available … will see whole dish prepared in front of you…. there is no time restrictions to use elasped time or double dishes to show whole thing finished…

aLL gROWN uP ! AZfAR AnD MaNI sHOW

We like new Azfar and Mani , show on AAG TV…. these guys  always  had interesting perspective… how ever most of their efforts were not much in tune with  masses… their recent effort  seems like broad based ,  and they are not too self involved like  their female competitors…. and most of all they are better understandable…. Mani  got control over his speech…. and amazingly most of us can get it…

Their guests are from different back grounds which keeps it interesting …they seem grown up without being too serious… good show altogether they should keep it up!

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