Sound of Lollywood: There are movies with lots of songs, and then there is ‘Ishq-e-Laila’

Iqbal Bano sings one of the best tunes in a superb soundtrack by Safdar Hussain.

Nate Rabe

· Mar 11, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: The one song in ‘Black Mail’ that is worth the price of admission

It is called ‘Don’t Drink Darling’ (naturally).

Nate Rabe

· Feb 18, 2018 · 07:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: To French hit ‘Ne me quitte pas’ with love and the same regret

Jacques Brel’s 1959 pop hit gets repurposed for the Pakistani movie ‘Amber’ from 1978.

Nate Rabe

· Feb 04, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Comedy ‘Uff Yeh Beevian’ has one redeeming feature, and it’s a song

‘Zinda Rahein to Kiski Khatir’ has been composed by the prolific M Ashraf.

Nate Rabe

· Dec 02, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: A touch of warm Bengali folk music in ‘Aakhri Station’

Suroor Barabankvi’s movie, set in East Pakistan, is an underrated labour of love.

Nate Rabe

· Nov 18, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: When the Sabri brothers qawaali ‘Bhar Do Jholi’ saved the day

There is little else to recommend in the 1975 Pakistani movie ‘Bin Badal Barsaat’.

Nate Rabe

· Nov 02, 2017 · 09:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: Screen darling Anjuman teams up with Musarrat Nazir for a double treat

Energetic dance and superb singing lift the rendition of ‘Mera Laung Gawacha’ from the Pakistani movie ‘Dulari’.

Nate Rabe

· Oct 17, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: Go on, makes eyes at someone

The tune is catchy and the singing is infectious in the song from the 1978 Pakistani movie ‘Qayamat’.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 26, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: A hip-swinging dance number from the Pakistani Laila-Majnu movie

Tasadduq Hussain’s score for ‘Nai Laila Nia Majnu’ (1969) includes a tune that throbs with the very essence of rock ‘n’ roll.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 16, 2017 · 10:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: The classy classical number by the one and only Noor Jehan

‘Lamian Manzilan Dil Door Kinare’ from the 1951 hit ‘Chan Ve’ is lush with orchestral strings that lift the emotional register.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 09, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Sound of Lollywood: The big difference between ‘Amar Akbar Anthony’ and its Pakistani rip-off

What the Hindi movie does not have but ‘Akbar Amar Anthony’ does: the rip-roaring dance number ‘I Am Black Beauty’.

Nate Rabe

· Sep 02, 2017 · 10:15 am

Sound of Lollywood: In ‘Lakhon Mein Aik’, a reminder of the unhealed wounds of 1947

Zia Sarhady’s script is set in Kashmir in 1948, and examines the effects of independence on Muslim and Hindu families.

Nate Rabe

· Aug 27, 2017 · 01:30 pm