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They are glamorous, no doubt. But they have no airs, no illusions, no grandiose plans of reaching stardom and then heading for Hollywood. Just a plain acceptance of the fact that their job is to act. We are talking of the filmstars of Pakistan. Wearing trousers and tank tops is the only concession Veena Malik — who debuted with Yeh Dil Aapka Hua and is currently one of Pakistan's hottest stars — gets as a result

of her stardom.

"My movie, Yeh Dil ... was a mega hit. It did well even in the US. That is why I am the chosen one. I have been invited to India to act in the first Indo-Pak co-production, a Punjabi movie titled Pind Di Kudi ," says Veena with pride. Bollywood, if it happens for her, is a dream come true. "Because the big-budget films here are mindboggling. In Pakistan, there is a dearth of new equipment, techniques and ideas. Most of the movies in Pakistan have a total budget of Rs 1 crore," explains Veena.

Soon, we are joined by Kamran Goraya, a journalist who works for Khabrein, Sheen (model and TV artiste), Reeja (an upcoming actress), Waris Baig (actor) and Shaukat Ali (leading folk singer) along with Saira Naim (the equivalent of Asha Bhosle in Pakistan). What follows is conversation that throws up some interesting facts about Lollywood...

• A typical modern Pakistani film? "Something like Ladki Punjaban directed by Saeed Noor," they chorus. Why? It is a family drama, no sex, no sleaze. Girl meets boy, falls in love and fights to stay in love.

• Popular movie themes? Family drama of the Karan Johar variety. A little bit of action, a lot of emotion peppered with comedy. Kyunki , "Nothing else will be tolerated. We are a religious country," says Reeja.

• Any sexy scenes? "Kya baat kar rahein hain aap! (what are you saying!) Sex is a big no-no. So are steamy bedroom scenes," says Sheen. "We believe in love, not sex," says Kamaal. "We express love with our eyes and body language," says Veena. So intimacy means..."We can hold hands and hug each other 'decorously'.".

• Jism and Murder possible ever?

" Bilkul nahin ! Never ever!" they exclaim, in unison. Needless to say, they have all seen these films, because "any movie released in India is shown on Pakistan cable channels within the next two days. But nobody dares to take such films to the censor board," says Shaukat Ali.

• How 'bold' can they dress? "Well, we can show the midriff and an occasional belly button," says Veena firmly. No short skirts, no off-shoulders, no cleavage here.

• Lollywood's dream ? "To work in Bollywood with Madhuri Dixit, Shah Rukh Khan and Amitabh Bachchan," says Farookh Rao, who owns a studio in Lahore, "Bollywood movies have such style, such finesse... we have a lot to learn."

• Current scenario ? No films are being made. Actors are not signing films because they're waiting to see what the governments of the two countries do in terms of simultaneous releases and co-productions. "Musharraf is a liberal fellow.He loves music and even sings very well. Guess he'll do something," laughs Veena.

• One thing you won't find in a Lollywood movie? "India-bashing. While you guys do it a lot, we can never get past the censor board if we utter one word against India in our films. We have a law that bans it."

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I think people shod understand ..lollywood shown vulgarity not like bollywood....but sometimes corruption and recomendation exist.

veena's argument is india-bashing is wrong!..'teray pyar mein' is anti-india ..which she has worked!

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i LOVE her answer of a typical modern pakistani film!

'• A typical modern Pakistani film? "Something like Ladki Punjaban directed by Saeed Noor," they chorus. Why? It is a family drama, no sex, no sleaze. Girl meets boy, falls in love and fights to stay in love.'

i rest my case.

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she's right about no india bashing, since there is no point makin movies against each other...cuz in the a movie is a movie not reality

n indian actors who make such movies, act all hard on the screen, man i can take em one on one

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n indian actors who make such movies, act all hard on the screen, man i can take em one on one

lol

NO FIGHTING

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what vulgarity are u talkin about ..what s shown in movies is nothin compared to what happens in real life.....girls on delhi and bombay streets are more provoccatively dressed than what u see in the movies....vulgarity is sucha relative term ..i can understand u r a religious society and no one s keepin a gun to ur throat to watch our movies....and when u do ....buy an original product like civil citizens rather than pirating it . another point of all these indian overtures is find a viable foothold in ur society so that u start payin us for the entetainment we deliver u ..oh u owe us a lotta money ..lol

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rickyyyyyy said:
what vulgarity are u talkin about ..what s shown in movies is nothin compared to what happens in real life.....girls on delhi and bombay streets are more provoccatively dressed than what u see in the movies....vulgarity is sucha relative term ..i can understand u r a religious society and no one s keepin a gun to ur throat to watch our movies....and when u do ....buy an original product like civil citizens rather than pirating it . another point of all these indian overtures is find a viable foothold in ur society so that u start payin us for the entetainment we deliver u ..oh u owe us a lotta money ..lol

we r not paying u man but the pirated movies costing u to much that is why the indian film makers r very interested in officially releasing thier movies in pakistan so my son its another way around

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Members!Indian again active!

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what vulgarity are u talkin about ..what s shown in movies is nothin compared to what happens in real life.....girls on delhi and bombay streets are more provoccatively dressed than what u see in the movies....vulgarity is sucha relative term ..i can understand u r a religious society and no one s keepin a gun to ur throat to watch our movies....and when u do ....buy an original product like civil citizens rather than pirating it . another point of all these indian overtures is find a viable foothold in ur society so that u start payin us for the entetainment we deliver u ..oh u owe us a lotta money ..lol

we r not paying u man but the pirated movies costing u to much that is why the indian film makers r very interested in officially releasing thier movies in pakistan so my son its another way around

hahah read ur own statement and discover how logically and grammtically inept u are....that s exactly why we want to release em officially so that u go to the cinemas and pay for the tickets like the rest of the world does.

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lollywood sucks and so does lahore's unprofessionalism...

if films made in karachi pakistan movies will be hit

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rickyyyyyy said:

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rickyyyyyy said:
what vulgarity are u talkin about ..what s shown in movies is nothin compared to what happens in real life.....girls on delhi and bombay streets are more provoccatively dressed than what u see in the movies....vulgarity is sucha relative term ..i can understand u r a religious society and no one s keepin a gun to ur throat to watch our movies....and when u do ....buy an original product like civil citizens rather than pirating it . another point of all these indian overtures is find a viable foothold in ur society so that u start payin us for the entetainment we deliver u ..oh u owe us a lotta money ..lol

we r not paying u man but the pirated movies costing u to much that is why the indian film makers r very interested in officially releasing thier movies in pakistan so my son its another way around

hahah read ur own statement and discover how logically and grammtically inept u are....that s exactly why we want to release em officially so that u go to the cinemas and pay for the tickets like the rest of the world does.

man its not that easy ur dreaming too much making movies like murder and thinking that pak govt. will allow such kinda movies in cinemaz lol day dreaming is not gud for health my dear neighbour.

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saif_ali_khan said:
lollywood sucks and so does lahore's unprofessionalism...

if films made in karachi pakistan movies will be hit

WHAT DIFFERENCE WOULD IT MAKE....THATS NOT THE ISSUE...THE ISSUE IS MONEY....THE WHOLE SETUP...GOOD PRODUCTION HOUSES ...GOOD THEATRES...FILM GOIN PUBLIC...INSTITUTIONS....FASHION...CENSORSHIP..AND RESPECT FOR ART AND ARTISTS...FACILITIES....BUSINESS SENSE....AESTHETICS ...FREEDOM OF SPEECH..UNRESTRICTED SOCIETY..ETC..I COULD JUST GO ON

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