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Maria Wasti
Maria Wasti (born August 14, 1980) is a Pakistani film, television actress and host. She currently hosts the game show ''Croron Mein Khel'' on the Pakistani television channel BOL Entertainment. Biography Early years Maria Wasti was born in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. She spent her early years there before moving to Pakistan with her family. She is the niece of Rizwan Wasti and Tahira Wasti. Wasti's parents wanted her to be a doctor, but she preferred a career in entertainment. At the time, the only television network active in the country was the government-owned Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). It would be later in the 1990s that Network Television Marketing (NTM), the country's first privately owned channel, showcased content specifically targeted to the young generation and Wasti became interested in acting. First teleplay In the mid-1990s, Wasti was approached by Bakhtiar Ahmed, the programme manager of PTV Lahore Centre, to be cast in a play called ''Sarah Aur Ammara'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dar Es Salaam
Dar es Salaam (; from ar, دَار السَّلَام, Dâr es-Selâm, lit=Abode of Peace) or commonly known as Dar, is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over six million people, Dar is the largest city in East Africa and the seventh-largest in Africa. Located on the Swahili coast, Dar es Salaam is an important economic centre and is one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. The town was founded by Majid bin Said, the first Sultan of Zanzibar, in 1865 or 1866. It was the main administrative and commercial center of German East Africa, Tanganyika, and Tanzania. The decision was made in 1974 to move the capital to Dodoma and was officially completed in 1996. Dar es Salaam is Tanzania's most prominent city for arts, fashion, media, film, television, and finance. It is the capital of the co-extensive Dar es Salaam Region, one of Tanzania's 31 administrative regions, and consists of five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilquis Edhi
Bilquis Bano Edhi ( ur, ; 14 August 1947 – 15 April 2022) was a Pakistani nurse who helped save the lives of over 16,000 children. During her career as a nurse and marriage to Abdul Sattar Edhi, she was one of the most active philanthropists in Pakistan. She was the co-chair of the Edhi Foundation, a charity organization that provided many services in Pakistan including a hospital and emergency service in Karachi. For her contributions, she was awarded the 1986 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public ServiceRamon Magsaysay Award Citation accessed 30 June 2008 and the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice in 2015. She was also a recipient of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diya Jalay
''Diya Jalay'' is a Pakistani television series directed by Babar Javed who co-produced it also with Asif Raza Mir under banner A & B Entertainment. It stras Savera Nadeem, Mir, Adnan Siddiqui and Faysal Quraishi in leading roles. It aired on ARY Digital from 4 January 2010 to 17 May 2010, with a total of 20 episodes. At 10th Lux Style Awards, the series received Best Television Actress - Satellite nomination due to Nadeem's performance. Plot After a rift with her childhood fiance Sameer, Nadia refuses to marry him. She is criticized for this decision and forced to marry a middle aged widower Faizan Ali Shah due to her increasing age. He treats her not more than a known person and insults her dur to her middle-class background but she tries to fulfill her duties and manages to get along with his children. After years, when children grown up Faizan decides her daughter Hania's marriage with Asfand but things get complicated when Asfand mistakes Nadia as Hania and falls for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khandaan (TV Series)
Khandan may refer to: * Khandan Rural District, rural district in Iran * Khandaan (1942 film) (pre-Partition Punjabi Urdu film) * Khandan (1965 film) (Hindi film) * Khandaan (1979 film) ''Khandaan'' () is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by Sibte Hassan Rizvi under the New World Enterprises banner and directed by Anil Ganguly. It stars Jeetendra, Sulakshana Pandit, Bindiya Goswami and music composed by K ..., an Indian Hindi-language drama film * Khandaan (TV series), a 1985 TV series {{disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Style Awards
The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry in Pakistan. Categories have changed over the years, but most are awarded by panels of judges who are experts in the respective industries, with some "people's choice" awards in the film and TV categories. The ceremonies, which are televised, have usually been held in Karachi, but in some years have taken place in Lahore, Kuala Lumpur and Dubai. History The Lux Style Awards were created and developed in 2002 by Naheed Chowdhry, the female executive who headed the Unilever Lux team at the time, in collaboration with Frieha Altaf, TV and event producer and former model. It is the largest annual awards ceremony held in Pakistan as well as the oldest. "I wanted to ensure that there was a sustainable legacy created that impartially assess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuch Dil Ne Kaha
''Kuch Dil Ne Kaha'' is a Pakistani television series, directed by Babar Javed, produced by Moomal Shunaid under banner Moomal Entertainment, and written by Bushra Ansari who also played the leading role in the series. Alongwith Ansari, it also stars Jawed Sheikh and Maria Wasti. It revolves around a middle-aged woman who is in an unloved marriage. Plot Shaista who is in an unfulfilled marriage, becomes friend of a stranger during her holidays. After the holidays, when she returns to her house it reveals on her that her husband has affair with her cousin, Savera. She calls her new friend who consoles her. Cast * Bushra Ansari as Shaista * Jawed Sheikh as Ahsan * Maria Wasti as Savera * Noman Masood as Kabeer * Kanwaljit Singh * Imran Abbas as Nadeem * Shehroz Sabzwari as Naveed * Sarwat Gillani * Shehryar Zaidi * Seemi Pasha Seemi Pasha is a Pakistani film and television actress, former model, from Lahore. She is best known for portraying the roles of mothers in Paki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Lux Style Awards
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The 5th Lux Style Awards ceremony was held in Expo Center in Karachi, Pakistan. The show was hosted by Shaan Shahid, Meera and from the members of BNN. The show had the performances by Mehreen Raheel, Faisal Qureshi, Ali Zafar, Faisal Rehman, and Mehreen Syed. Some of the film and music categories were removed from the award. Winners and nominees Films Television Music Special Chairperson's Lifetime Achievement Award ''Mehdi Hassan'' References External links Lux Style Awards ceremonies 2006 film awards 2006 television awards 2006 music awards Lux Lux The lux (symbol: lx) is the unit of illuminance, or luminous flux per unit area, in the International System of Units (SI). It is equal to one lumen per square metre. In photometry, this is used as a measure of the intensity, as perceived by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riyasat
''Riyasat'' ( ur, ) is a Pakistani TV serial aired in 2005, written by Asghar Nadeem Syed and directed by Kamran Qureshi. A true story of love revolves around lives of people from two different societies, today's modern Dubai and a small seaside village. A tale that covers drugs and gold smuggling, human trafficking and evasion from the law. Plot Qadir Jogi, ( Talat Hussain), a fisherman involved in human trafficking and gold smuggling, becomes enemy of Shahnawaz Khan ( Nadeem Baig), the owner of a small shipping company when he refuses to help Qadir in smuggling. The enmity reaches to the next generation, Nadir (Adnan Jilani) and Ahmed Nawaz Khan (Humayun Saeed) which starts from business competition and reaches to a woman, Sherry (Zainab Qayyum) who marries Ahmed Nawaz. The enmity of Qadir Jogi results in losses of Shahnawaz's young daughter, and then his honest army man son-in-law lives. Taking Seth Moosa Karim's help, Shahnawaz succeeds in getting Qadir Jogi deported fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4th Lux Style Awards
The 4th Lux Style Awards ceremony was held in Expo Center in Karachi, Pakistan. The show was hosted by Junaid Khan and Aamina Sheikh and from the members of Banana News Network. The show had the performances by Humayun Saeed, Zara Sheikh, Veena Malik, Ali Zafar, Meesha Shafi and Sadia Imam. Some of the film and music categories were removed from the award. Films Best Film ''Salakhain'' Television Music Special Chairperson's Lifetime Award ''Shamim Ara'' References Lux Style Awards Lux Style Awards Lux Style Awards Lux Style Awards The Lux Style Awards is an award ceremony held annually in Pakistan since 2002. The awards celebrate "style" in the Pakistani entertainment industry, and it is the oldest event dedicated to cinema, television, fashion, music and film industry ... Lux Lux Lux {{award-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorat
''Moorat'' ( ur, ) is a TV serial, the English title is Eunuch's Wedding which premiered on ARY Digital. The serial is directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Seema Ghazal and produced by Humayun Saeed & Abdullah Kadwani's production house 7th Sky Entertainment. The story of a boy who was always snubbed and beaten by his brother and father and tried finding love outside the home. Eunuch's Wedding dubbed as a taboo subject of 'eunuchs' who suffer endlessly in silence wrapped in slurs and miseries. A sensitive story that unfolds their deprived and isolated world and yet portrays eloquently how they too are not far away from the human emotions and feelings and their world not much different to ours. Cast Main * Abid Ali as Eunuch Reshma * Maria Wasti as Kosar * Kashif Mehmood as Eunuch Babra * Asad Malik as Police Officer Majeed * Deeba as Sughra * Munawar Saeed as Karim * Mehmood Akhtar as Eunuch Shola * Ehtasham Warsi as Eunuch Bijli * Rashid Farooqui as Eunuch Chamki * Adnan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dharkan (2001 TV Series)
''Dharkan'' is a 1972 Indian film directed by Devendra Goel. The movie stars Sanjay Khan, Mumtaz, Rajendra Nath, Helen, Alankar Joshi, Roopesh Kumar and Bindu (in a cameo role). It was produced and directed by Devendra Goyal, and the music was given by Ravi. Plot It is the story of the rebirth of millionaire child Deepak Rai, who accidentally shoots his friend, Suraj Prakash (Sanjay Khan) at the age of 10 and believing him to be dead, runs away from home. 14 years later, Deepak discovers that Suraj Prakash is not dead and decides to go back home with friend Kewal Sharma (Roopesh Kumar). On discovering that Deepak is a millionnaire, Kewal Sharma kills Deepak on the train journey to Deepak's home city (Anandgiri) and starts living Deepak's life. Meanwhile, the real Deepak Rai (killed) is reborn as Rekha's (Mumtaz's) brother. 5 years later, Kewal Sharma marries Rekha, who is Suraj Prakash's girlfriend. On discovering that Rekha's husband is a drunkard and a womaniser, Rekha's fat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boota From Toba Tek Singh
''Boota from Toba Tek Singh'' ( ur, ) is a 1999 Pakistani drama serial. It was aired by Pakistan Television Corporation in Urdu language and had a total of 22 TV episodes. It was written by Khalil-Ur-Rehman Qamar, directed by Dilawar Malik. This drama serial was very popular back in 1999. Plot The story revolves around a character Boota ( Faisal Qureshi) who belongs to Toba Tek Singh and is the only son of a landlord. He is a mischievous fellow who has failed to do well in school. Boota changes overnight when he falls in love with Mahru (Farah Shah) whose car breaks down near his village when she and her grandmother ( Khursheed Shahid) are going to Lahore. Boota soon runs away from home and goes to Lahore. Mahru runs an advertising agency and her assistant Faani (Kashif Mehmood) takes Boota to the boarding house of Zohra Khatoon ( Deeba) where he lives. Meeru ( Babar Ali) is a fellow resident there who belongs to a broken home and hence has a shattered personality. He makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
