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Aaminah Haq makes acting debut in short film
By Anjum Gill
LAHORE: Famous supermodel Aaminah Haq launched her acting and producing career on Monday with the release of a short film called Satori. The film is aimed at marketing the ABCD designer label owned by co-producer Ammar Belal.
Satori is a silent film based on the theme of revenge, similar to the recent blockbuster Kill Bill directed by Quentin Tarantino. Ms Haq and Mr Belal, speaking at a press conference, explained that the style of the film was similar to many Hong Kong action flicks. “The story supports the philosophy of the yin and yang - the eternal struggle between love and hate. This film is in essence an amalgamation of the influences that defined a genre, a way of life and the basic premise of good and evil coexisting in each one of us,” Mr Belal said.
Kill Bill and the Matrix trilogy also inspired the ABCD Summer Collection 2004. Mr Belal has designed each costume used in the film himself. “Satori takes inspiration from all my favourite martial arts movies. The film is in four segments with distinct colours and symbols to introduce the 2004 collection,” he said. “For instance,” he said, “the Red segment stands for the symbol of love in Chinese and comprises of bold eveningwear marked by the logo of a dragon. The Golden-Yellow segment, symbolising strength, features sportswear denoted by a Thai print of a lion.”
“The Blue segment features water and includes my beachwear collection marked by an intricate Chinese fish motif. The Cream segment stands for longevity and all the basic styles of the collection which are used all year round.”
Ms Haq was optimistic about the experimental film and said it would probably be sold to Geo Television. She also added that for her, “even if ten people appreciate it, my mark is made,” since it was a conceptual film. Satori is directed by Sikandar Mufti and features Aaminah Haq and Naeem Haq in the lead roles. Depilex was in charge of all the arrangements for the movie, and director Mussarat Misbah was present at the film screening
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This is without doubt a great concept but it would have been much better had this film been shot on 35mm or been a full length feature film. If we really want to promote ourselves and show the world what we are really capable of then it has to be through films. We won't get any where by producing tele films or dramas.
This tele-film will be shown on T.V and everyone will just forget it which will be a shame. Had it been shot on 35mm at least it could have been sent to film festivels around the world if it was good enough or shown on the big screen
Also before other films like "Raat Chali Hay Jhoom Kai" which had a great concept but was only shown to a select audience at the Commonwealth Insitute and has never been released on DVD. The film "Daira" which was based on the brilliant novel "Moth Smoke" by Mohsin Hamid was shown on T.V and released on DVD. Over the last two years other short films have been made and have only been shown at the Kara Film Festival in Karachi.
The problem with all these films is that they all have been shot using video cameras and not one has been made on 35mm using film cameras. In turn what has occured that neither have these films been released in Cinema halls and also none of these films could be sent to International film festivels because the first condition that a majority of film festivals have is that all material must be shot on 35mm. So unfortunately very few people have seen these films or have even heard of them and that includes full length feature films. Its just a waste of talent.
On the other hand one just has to look at "Khamosh Pani", a full length feature film, a Pakistani director, shown at diffrent film festivels around the world and wins first prize for Best Film at the Swiss Film Festival. It is something like this which makes you proud and gets Pakistan international fame and shows the world what we are capable of.
The same thing could be said of "Yeh Dil Aap Ka Huwa", especially when its premiere was held at the Leicester Square in London and all the British and Asian Media covered this because it was the first time that a Pakistani film had its premiere at the Leicester Square.
When the film had its premiere in Manchester, the BBC North West News did a feature on the premiere and suddenly Javed Shiekh and Co were on British Television and every one was talking about Pakistan and Pakistani films.
This is why I feel very frustrated when I see and hear about the likes of Shoaib Mansoor, Jami, Asim Reza, Saqib Malik, Mahreen Jabbar, Ehsan Rahim and others all are thinking of making movies but no one really is coming forward. We Keep on saying that we have so much talent but when the hell are we ever going to show it.
Its high time that these and other talented people must come forward before its to late. These are the people who I feel can revive the film industry and show the world what the real Pakistan is and what our culture and traditions are.
One just has to look at Iran and India. Nothing is impossibe because we have all the talent in the world.
amna haq 
