Assalam-o-Aalikum -
and as this article says, Pushto movies who used to be worst and most adult-rated, are coming back to sanity. Besides coming up with good family and social genre movies, their music has improved too. I hope rest of the industry in Pakistan can learn from them. Movies can be used to avoid non-islamic stuff and include themes matching with Islam to improve the society and its image. Our movies, in the past have done just that. Shaheed and Zarqa (super hits made about Palestine struggle) and Yeh Aman are great examples. though Islamically they were not 100% correct but they are far better than what we churned out

All is not lost though. Hasan Askari made an excellent movie in the backdrop of 1947. it is called "Jannat ki talash" and it was run by PTV prime this year. i recorded it too. once again, it was a great effort though not 100% in islamic terms. It had a great message and it showed the maturity of this great producer (who also made excellent "Tere Pyar mein" and an OK "Chalo Ishq Larain". Recently Laaj falls in similar category. people like Hasan Askari and Rouf Khalid and actors like Resham (who surely could improve but worked in Jannat ki talash for free since it was a movie about muslim struggle) should be appreciated.

We can still have with movies but we need to support better subjects and issues (besides the technology).

Your brother in Islam

Mashood Yunus

Assalam-o-Alaikum -
yeah unfortunately this is hypocricy at its best. Blame goes to our authorities who are always willing to use women for their cause. there was a reason Allah has asked men to take care of these beautiful creatures of world. we are supposed to respect them so much that a man is not supposed to raise his gaze (eyes) in front of a woman out of respect and abstain from maligned thoughts from Satan.

As of urdu, this language is extremely helpful in learning Quran since it is closest foreign language to Arabic. though I am from punjab, my parents always made sure that they gave me urdu books to read when I was in UAE and USA. we truly should invest in Urdu which is a mixture of Turkish, Farsi, Arabic and Sanskirat. the word "Urdu" itself means "Lashkar" or "Army". it is a turkish word. this came into existance when muslims of many races (turksih, arab, indian, persian) were gathered in the army of muslim Khilafah about 350 (I think) years ago. It is important that we learn as many language as we can since as a muslim we are encouraged for that

Mashood Yunus

Asslaam-o-Alaikum -
I watched the whole drama in one night two days ago. I rented it from local store. it surely is a great drama and everyone has done a great job. laiba (the youngest one) has overacted in few episodes. though the story is very realistic, i read some reviews which were not fair to the drama. http://www.pakvibes.com/art.php?action=view&item=65

presentation of the drama is beauty and so are the issues discussed in it. parents of the four girls make a graceful couple (abid ali and jahan ara hai). it also has some religious teaching in there as well.

any way enjoy it, it surely is a great drama

I have been looking for <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/pa2/humPakistan/people6.html">"Raj hansnee"</a>. it is a true story of a hindu girl in LA who converts to islam for this pakistani guy. girl becomes a very nice and praticing muslim whereas guy is mostly a so-called moderate (non-practicing) muslim like myself and many of us. when they have a kid, the guy runs away to pakistan and girl goes after him to get the kid.

in real life, the firl met bushra ansari since guy is her relative. bushra ansari told her that she cannot help but she will surely make a drama. bushra did and she knew that PTV will not run it for whatever stupid reasons so she took it straight to a private channel. i think either Indus or ARY ran the drama.

in real life, the girl is more solid on islam and beleives that it is Allah's test. she is back in LA and is still fighting the case in a pakistani court. Angalina Malik (http://www.pakvibes.com/art.php?action=view&item=48) was the heroine

if any of you have heard of this drama, please let me know

mashood yunus

Assalam-o-Aalikum -
I had read this LAME review in "The News" last week but didn't post it here because the reviewer/critic sounded like writing an intellectual editorial.

tyring out too many formulas is not an issue neither is the business (though we know that business is getting better). Rauf Khalid has done some top class work in this movie. do you know why he started the english version of the movie? probably because he sensed the difference of audience among Pakistani locals and Pakistani expatriates.

Jinnah, an excellent movie, made from an historic point didn't do much well in Pakistan but do we expect the pakistani public to understand a movie of that calibre? anyone into serious movies would love Jinnah. it was a mini masterpiece considering the story, acting and cast.

Laaj is one of those extraordinary movies. you will find this movie far above the trash churned out by lollywood on regular basis but you will not find it as a movie filled with extreme masalah. Laaj has many messages in it and in Rauf Khalid, we have found someone who reminds us of Shabab keranvi or even nazrulIslam.

you will be surprised to see the move. only intelligent people like Rauf Khalid can make it. it is not of same entertainment value as YDAKH but then remember YDAKH was a whole different genre. there was not much of a message and it was a purely well made family entertainment social drama. laah has a whole different genre and all of you will love it. it is equally good as many hollywood historic movie.

It will for sure get the money it worths over time so hang in there as we are in for a surprise. rauf khalid always knew that such kind of movie will pick slow. he still plans to release the english version as he knows that it could be nominated for critics choices.

mashood

Assalam-o-Aalikum -
I had read this review in "The News" last week but didn't post it here because the reviewer/critic sounded like writing an intellectual editorial.

tyring out too many formulas is not an issue neither is the business (though we know that business is getting better). Rauf Khalid has done some top class work in this movie. do you know why he started the english version of the movie? probably because he sensed the difference of audience among Pakistani locals and Pakistani expatriates.

Jinnah, an excellent movie, made from an historic point didn't do much well in Pakistan but do we expect the pakistani public to understand a movie of that calibre? anyone into serious movies would love Jinnah. it was a mini masterpiece considering the story, acting and cast.

Laaj is one of those extraordinary movies. you will find this movie far above the trash churned out by lollywood on regular basis but you will not find it as a movie filled with extreme masalah. Laaj has many messages in it and in Rauf Khalid, we have found someone who reminds us of Shabab keranvi or even nazrulIslam.

you will be surprised to see the move. only intelligent people like Rauf Khalid can make it. it is not of same entertainment value as YDAKH but then remember YDAKH was a whole different genre. there was not much of a message and it was a purely well made family entertainment social drama. laah has a whole different genre and all of you will love it. it is equally good as many hollywood historic movie.

It will for sure get the money it worths over time so hang in there as we are in for a surprise. rauf khalid always knew that such kind of movie will pick slow. he still plans to release the english version as he knows that it could be nominated for critics choices.

mashood

Dear Ricky -
People on this forum are also pakistanis and muslims and they know better what to make their priority. all of them are excellent people who listen to things objectively and hold their religion more dear to them than anything else. you have underestimated them but then you, the opportunist, like a rascal jumping among the gentlemen, had to jump in to use this chance to cause mischief among us.

your choice of words speak for you and your upbringing. it happens to be that I know you are an indian (from your previous posts on this forum). However I have met some very nice indians too. Alas you will not be one of them. It is sad that you will be added to my trashlist but oh well, you must already be on many's I would say since that is where trash talkers like you belong. Rascals like you are not liked in any forum, Ricky. consider changing your name again!

take care, Ricky THE KNUCKLEhead

Assalam-o-Aalikum -
I appreciate the comments. I request you to read following in a broader term of a nation which has one Allah, one Quran and one prophet and not in the limited sense of one flag.

I wish we understood the difference between Islam and Muslims. There is a reason why new reverts to Islam are far better muslims. they do not have misconception where nationality or culture are supported when they conflict with religion. Islam has no problem with cultures if they are in conflict to Islam. Allah promised us that Islam will previal. if you remmeber, in 12th century muslims were some of the most lazy people who never stood to defend themselves. Soon, tataris killed them and those races do not even exist. then those tataris came to Islam. in the same token, nationalities do and might die out but Islam will previal. ever wondered why new muslims are far stronger, patient and practicing while we, the so-called born muslim are not even educated correctly by our families (in most cases, npot all).. many times the new muslims have to be saved from muslims practicing culture or nationalistic agendas.

<b>Pakistan and Islam</b>
if we love Pakistan because it is for Islam and we practice Islam then Alhamdulillah, for us any muslim country would be important. applying that it could be "Sab sey pehley Malaysia" or "Sab sey Pehley Mauritania". in that case nationality doesn't matter. but all of you are smarter than me.. all of you know that nationlistic slogans only get once message across and that is about nationalism. let us sit back and ponder what are we here for (as in surah baqrah, ayahs 30s) and what have we become.

this is misconception which everyone is working hard to push in our minds especially our Youth's. Pakistan and Islam are not 100% same if that was the case we would have seen Islam being implemented in Pakistan. if you know, Islam was primarily used for family law and in 1973 it was made part of the constitution and its implementation is dependent on the government (which is not a khilafah by any means).

Making a country for muslims doesn't mean it is made for Islam. I agree with you that we have to care about Pakistan but Alhamdulillah there are so many people who support Pakistan in the sense of religion. they purely support it in the shade of sacrifices made by more than 1 million people who wanted to live as independent muslims. even Quaid (who never claimed to be religious scholar) had a vision of Pakistan as a practicing lab.

Nationalism is what Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) warned against. He mentioned that those who die in the state of supporting tribalism, die in the state of Jahiliyyah. We started in the name of tribes and now we are into nationality.

life after death is serious matter for all os us. once again, can we stand in front of Allah and say that when we said "Sub sey pehley pakistan", we meant "sab sey pehley Islam". if Insha-Allah pakistan practiced true Islam, it will be in its entirety, we cannot skip half of Islam and use other. If Pakistan gets on this route, it will help only Pakistan. but if not, History has seen nations coming and going and no one even remembers them today.

Please do love Pakistan but just as much as any other muslim country because they are all ours. our Ummah. Our salvation in this world is only through that kind of Unity and not is false slogans which separate us. Going by this, we ultimately take care of lot of our internal problems about unity as well. Allah said that he created us in tribes to make it easy for identification. following one Allah, all of us tribes are one and together.

My dear brothers and sisters, it is of paramount significance that we understand the aim of this life. even not now, may be 10 years down the road this will make more sense to us. as we approach towards death, may Allah broaden our horizons. I pray for all of us.

Asslam-o-Aalikum my dear brothers and sisters -

I am fairly new to these forums and to tell you the truth didn't mean to run into this forum. however once In, I found out about all of you brothers and sisters from all over the world.

I felt that I should share this thought of mine with you.

When we were made and sent to this world, there was a purpose. I am sure all of you are have at least one Quran english translation at home. After 9/11, it was Mr. pervaiz musharraf who made a fake slogan such as "Sub sey pehley Pakistan". then we noted a song made by someone on that slogan.

I only want to ask you, when you will in front of Allah (and all of us will be eventually, no matter how young we feel now), can we say this to him? can we tell him that Although you sent us to spread the message about your oneness in the world, we came up with our agendas such as "Sab sey pehley Pakistan"

It is heartwarming to see that many of you feel strongly about Pakistan but I request you to ponder that Pakistan is the only country made in the name of Islamic theory and if we love pakistan, that has to be in line with our two nation theory. we needed to have a country to practice our religion, to have our own industries (since others wouldn't like to let muslims do it such french and english not allowing egypt to set up industries in 1800s), to be a good example for our muslim Ummah all over the world. at the same time, we are supposed to live peacefully with other nations and take care of their needs as well (like Hadhrat Umar farooq did or like Salahuddin did). we have a great example in Prophet (pbuh), sahabah and some ulemas.

We are in this world for Allah and so it is "Sub sey pehley Islam" most probably

just wanted to share my thoughts. Jazak Allah Khair (may Allah reward to good)

Dear friends - Asslaam-o-Alaikum -
"Khoey ho tum kahan" was one of the biggest hits of 2001. I am surprised you have missed this movie. Songs were excellent, music was done by Zain (who is doing it for larki punjaban now). An excellent copy of american movie "perfect murder". must watch

Dear friends - Asslaam-o-Alaikum -
"Khoey ho tum kahan" was one of the biggest hits of 2001. I am surprised you have missed this movie. Songs were excellent, music was done by Zain (who is doing it for larki punjaban now). An excellent copy of american movie "perfect murder". must watch