Passing through the empty chairs at one of the famous cinemas of Peshawar, Arshad cinema, viewers of the new Pashto film Badnam (2017) of legendry actor Arbaz Khan did not amount to more than two ...

Pashto cinema is undergoing an identity crisis; it is now synonymous with buxom women with gyrating hips. Its audience is critical of these vulgar dance sequences and the days where these very films ...

PESHAWAR: Local artists, literati and movie-buffs gathered here on Monday to celebrate contribution of Aziz Tabassum, the director of first Pashto film ‘Yousaf Khan Sherbano’, which laid down ...

LAHORE: Pashto cinema seemed to have finally taken a hit in 2016. The industry had been hanging by a thread for long enough and we were destined to see its downfall. In 2017, the situation remained ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his face covered by a cloth. A colleague rewinds a reel manually while on screen, through the hashish smoke ...

The screening of four Pashto movies on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr is all set to dazzle the cinemas with hopes to revive the ailing regional film industry through providing a spice of entertainment ...

Eid-ul-Fitr celebration will be adorned with the screening of three Pashto films, promising to inject vitality into the regional film industry while offering a delightful blend of entertainment and ...

Prominent Pashto singer Irfan Khan has filed damaging suit of Rs one million in the court of District and Session Judge Peshawar against a local cinema owner, producer and director of a Pashto movie ...

A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his face covered by a cloth. A colleague rewinds a reel manually while on screen, through the hashish smoke, a woman bounces on a bed ...

Welcome to the strangely innocent and overwhelmingly seedy world of Pashto cinema, or Pollywood, which once made its home in Pakistan's wild frontier town of Peshawar, but is now confined to a handful ...