Did you know?: Meesha Shafi performs at Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2012

L’Oreal Paris Pakistan spokesperson and actor-singer-model Meesha Shafi performed at the official Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2012, according to a press release; the fourth edition of the film festival opened up with a music performance by Meesha and her musician husband Mahmood Rahman.

After the couple kicked off the night with their numbers, the Qawwal Brothers — Farid Ayaz and Abu Mohammad — took the stage for a collaborative performance featuring songs from the soundtrack of Meesha’s cinematic debut venture The Reluctant Fundamentalist.

Following the music performances was the screening of the film, which is an adaption of author Mohsin Hamid’s bestseller and is directed by the internationally acclaimed film-maker Mira Nair.

The Oslo-based stylist Amar Faiz styled Meesha in a custom-designed white, chiffon and silver lace couture gown by Cecilie Melli. She paired up her dress with a sexy Swarovski clutch, a Dyrberg/Kern bracelet and a polki solitaire ring by Amrapali.

Music comes from my heart: Komal Rizvi

LAHORE: 

Following her performance in “Coke Studio” season four, singer Komal Rizvi left the audiences in the subcontinent mesmerised with her edgy vocals and ultimately landed her a record deal in India.

In a recent interview with The Express Tribune, she reveals that her next album, Komal, will be releasing November 28 in India. She also plans to return to Pakistan in the near future and release a single called “Jhulay Lal” for her devoted fans.

“We wanted the album to have a certain direction,” says Rizvi, commenting on her latest project. “The sound falls more in the Sufi-folk genre but it also has a bit of a filmy touch to it.” The album contains eight songs and three singles, which will further accompany the album. Following her “Coke Studio” fame, she instantly received an offer from Saregama HMV, one of the biggest record labels in India, to record an album.

With her new album, Rizvi says she has focused on making music she likes. “At the end of the day, music is something which is very personal and I feel everyone has their own preferences,” she says. “This will actually reflect in every song of my album and all I can say is that, it’s from the heart.” Through her music, she wants to show her fans the different sides to her personality. “It’s not necessarily serious music. Some of the songs are and some aren’t — they show different shades of me.”

Commenting on the non-film music scene in India, she says it’s rather unexplored and small in size. However on a more positive note, there are a lot of musicians and singers experimenting in that field regardless. “The film industry is huge, so musicians can afford to experiment with non-Bollywood music and they won’t end up dying of hunger,” she says. While she admits Bollywood is extremely competitive when it comes to playback singers, people are still quite welcoming and as a result, she has signed some projects. “It’s still premature to go into the details of these projects — at least till the films’ release dates are announced,” she reveals.

Rizvi feels India has a more welcoming and positive environment as compared to Pakistan on several levels. “The circumstances in Pakistan’s music industry are quite unstable and therefore even the inexperienced and rather new artists, are not cooperative or friendly,” she admits, adding that this is a result of the insecurity amongst artists in the industry. However, there is a bright side to this as well as she says, “The advantage of being an independent singer here [in Pakistan] is that you can experiment a lot — you don’t have to be stuck with one specific sound.” She enjoys all kinds of genres whether it’s R&B, folk, soul or rock.

As far as exploring other options in her career are concerned, Rizvi says she is interested in acting as well as she has tried her luck at it in the past. “I have thought about it. I was offered a couple of films and a horror TV show as well, but for now I have decided not to do it,” she says. “The reason is, I want to wait till I get a good script — a film with substance. I don’t want to do the family-drama sort of films.”

Karavan has reunited after two years

There is good news for all the Karavan lovers — the rock-pop band has reunited and is back with a bang! They recently performed live together at a concert in Karachi after being in hibernation, or as reports say, “after they split-up two years ago.”

In 2002, the band’s single “Agay Hi Agay”, received a great response from fans and allowed them to rise to fame. Other hit singles include “Dil Ki Pyaas” and “Shor” from their third album called Gardish. While the band itself had split, Tanseer Dar, lead vocalist of Karavan, did not stop pursuing his dream in music — he collaborated with Nabeel Chishti (an ex-member of Aaroh) on a project called “The Nabeel Nihal Project” a few months ago.

While we look forward to Karavan rocking the city with its new and original beats, their future plans still seem a little vague — will they release singles or will they restrict themselves to only performing live shows? We are yet to find out.

Drunk Resham caught with dacoits watching blue films in 5 star hotel

Recently a leading newspaper published news that Resham was caught red handed with dacoits in five star hotel in Lahore.

In this hotel room dacoits and Resham were drunk and were watching blue films.

Earlier this film actresses Resham and Mubashir Lucman’s scandal had been doing the round in the media.

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Veena Malik Planning to Set a World Record for Maximum Kisses

Veena believes kissing is the best way to express one’s love and emotions for someone.

According to a report, Veena expressed her dirty intentions few days back when she said in a press conference that she is planning to set a Guinness Book of World Record through maximum kisses in her upcoming Hindi movie “The City That Never Sleeps”.

“I think kisses are very important and ridiculously beautiful expressions. It is such a beautiful expression of how kisses of all kinds can cure the world with love,” Veena was quoted in the report.

Bollywood starlet is, nowadays, busy working in India for shoot of her new movie being produced by Satish Reddy and directed by Haroon Rashid.