Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: March 23, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
Strapping on bullet-proof vests, amidst a platoon of armed men – directors Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi are ready to embark on a risky expedition right in the heart of war-torn and ravaged Baghdad to meet a band.
But not just any old band, rather, Iraq’s sole Heavy Metal band – ‘Acrassicauda’, Latin for [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: March 8, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
2004 saw the release of Atif Aslam’s immensely popular, ‘Jal Pari’ and after a two year hiatus, the singer churned out a rather boy-ish and frivolously experimental album called ‘Doorie’.
Criticized on local turf for being a ‘sell-out’ – primarily due to the singer’s lucrative deals across the border, in addition to a few [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: March 5, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
In the early 2000s, two thoroughly charismatic young men released a song called ‘Aadat’ which put the Pakistani music scene in quite a little tizzy.
Sung by frontman Atif Aslam, along with a close friend – and guitarist – Gohar Mumtaz, ‘Jal’ (the name of the band) experienced national recognition which truly sky-rocketed once [...]
Posted by: Sonya Rehman on: March 5, 2008
By Sonya Rehman
It really amazes me how superstitious people can get about certain things. So much so that superstition itself has nestled itself so neatly and smugly into the fabric of our everyday lives. Superstitions such as walking under ladders, black cats crossing your path etc all breed bad luck. Okay, so I didn’t get [...]
