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Breaking news: Malkoos album is released

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Malkoo's New Album 3rd with R.D.B is released now

Bhatti Dollar Kaman Chalya "13 songs"
its released by By TP Gold.named Bhatti Dollar Kaman Chalya with "13 songs"

song list
http://www.malkumusic.com/bhatti.html download also his demos from his site.

INFO: [Atif Aslam's Pakistani Album] 19/12/2006

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Apart from Doorie Atif IS releasing A pakistani Album Its confirmed by Atif's Guitarist MEHMOOD REHMAN he said On 17/12/2006

(:doorie is atif's indian album, so to speak. it's got a few tracks from jalpari, and a few new ones with the composer who was responsible for tere bin. it's not the proper second album, jalpari's successor to the throne. I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait for that a little more. we're doing our best to release it, but some issues have to be resolved, too. we're tired of waiting ourselves! we wanna play the new songs, get feedback on them, hear what people have to say (not that i really give a sh*t),
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And on (19/12/2006)
Mehmood bhai said ,"doorie is an album which has some songs from jalpari, and a few new tracks that have been recorded in india, for india. it's not supposed to be a pakistani thing, and the official second album is yet to come out, with 12 new tracks. that will be what you should compare jalpari to."

Atif Live

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Hey guys
atif aslam is comming to islamabad
2nd december, lok virsa, 6:30 pm
Its an earthquake relief concert

for info:0321-5240253

Concert Review: Noori n Call live at Lahore Grammar School

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Chicks rock out

Noori and Call play live for the girls of Lahore Grammar


There's definitely something about listening to a band playing live music. And that too in the winters. There's a definite energy that's almost tangible along with the improvisation part that just makes it so much more compelling. It's when a particular tune goes slightly out of synch or a note off key, and when you realize that each and every musician is striving to 'nail it' – that's the magic of listening to music, 'live'.

Creative HQ and JAWS Productions recently put up a gig at Lahore Grammar School Main Gulberg whose poster boasted of some pretty decent acts – primarily, Noori and Call. However the concert started off with some of the school's very own 'all girl' bands. It was extremely refreshing and promising at the same time to see some of them playing the sitar, tabla and guitar with such endearing enthusiasm. Right then it really made me think how badly our music 'industry' needed an all girl band, I mean how cool would that be?

The Rising gave an introduction performance soon after by playing one of their own songs and then later a cover of U2's 'With or Without You'. If bands feel the need to do covers they should pick songs which they can pin and play and sing to a T. Else it just comes across as a really mediocre karaoke performance that can be pretty detrimental to a fresh new band's reputation.

Sahil made a special guest appearance but their lip-synching went cringingly wrong as the CD kept getting stuck. It made one wonder why they didn't opt to playing live since the theme of the concert was 'Coming Back to Live'. But to give credit where it's due, Sahil is welcomed as a refreshing addition to the industry with their album being much anticipated after two exceptional singles.

Call nailed it. They undoubtedly knew how to get the crowd of girls going. Their performance was absolutely impeccable and right on key. Junaid's vocals were super-charged, effective, and truly 'live'.

Noori graced the stage straight after and played songs from their latest album towards the end. Watching them perform, I recalled two of Ali Hamza's rare bootleg songs which did the circuit while he was still a student at LUMS. The songs were 'Gawalmandi' and the comical 'BC' and were very "underground" in Lahore at the time, usually passed on from one person to the next. One hopes to see Ali Hamza doing more vocals in the future as 'Meray Log' was particularly well-sung.

Lollywood movies Up for grabs this Eid

A farewell to the Sixth KaraFilm Festival

Drama Review: Bus Youn Hi on Hum TV

Yours, mine and ours

These days, it is rare for a TV show to grab hold of one's attention long enough to watch the programme in its entirety. Pleasantly enough, this is just what happened one fine day while I was channel surfing and came across a sitcom, Bus Youn Hi, on Hum TV.

The Talking Filmain presentation is produced by Adil Sher, directed by Nasir Khan and written by Amna Khalid, and the story revolves around five upper middle class urban youth. The cast includes Uzma Hasan as Fizza, Beensih Mehmood as Sehr, Hassan Ijaz as Ali, Danish Raheel as Maqsood, Saad Azhar as Bill and Usman Wallah as Samad Bhai.

Fizza and Sehr are cousins and their next-door neighbour, Bill, completes the trio of friends. Bill's best friend, Ali, also befriends the girls and has a mild crush on both of them. Last but not least, Samad Bhai is Bill's elder brother for whom Sehr has a soft spot. Enters the simple small town boy Maqsood, Fizza's class fellow, and joins the group. His innocent and funny demeanor endears him to all the group members.

What is so special about Bus Youn Hi? For one, the characters are believable and one can sense that they are real people. All the actors, though new, fittingly represent today's spirited youth and their issues.


What is so special about 'Bus Youn Hi'? For one, the characters are believable and one can sense that they are real people. All the actors, though new, fittingly represent today's spirited youth and their issues

In a bid to give sitcoms an outrageously comic angle, usually one of the characters is shown resorting to buffoonery. But what is refreshing here is that there are no over-the-top crazy antics by any of the characters. Another plus is its music besides the background score which blends well overall. The title song, Bus youn hi chalte rahe, Bus youn hi milte rahe, by Beenish Mehmood and is also quite catchy.

Bus Youn Hi is essentially about friendship and human values. Honesty and compassion in today's youth, which appear to be rapidly disappearing virtues, have also been highlighted here. Moreover, it shows how relationships develop at a tender age and how one goes through the pains of growing up, evolving as an individual and as a friend over time.

Only a few episodes of the sitcom have gone on air and to be honest, it is a good effort by the team. However, it is obvious that it has been made on a shoe-string budget, hence you see the characters in the same room, backyard or, for that matter, even the same car. What also appears odd is the fact that the friends keep talking about their families but none of the characters have so far been shown with them. One hopes that as the story develops, we will get to see them, unless it is a conscious decision by the director to leave it to the imagination of the viewers.

The sitcom is in the process of developing its storyline and characters and hopefully with time, more characters will surface, resulting in a larger audience as well.