Another Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Documentary Grabs Oscar Nomination

Another Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy’s Documentary Grabs Oscar Nomination

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s narrative, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness has been assigned in the Best Documentary – Short subject class for the 88th Academy Awards.

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“Sanams” in Pakistani Media and Film Industry

“Sanams” in Pakistani Media and Film Industry

A name is a part of person’s personality, Very True but when it comes to Pakistan, the name “Sanam” of few actresses who are very popular as times goes on. This article will look at four such “Sanam” who have gained a lot of fame for their work. Details are following. Sanam Baloch: Sanam Baloch is one of the most Popular Personality of Pakistani Television. She is not only an actress but also the host…

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Sadequain and Calligraphic Modernism

Sadequain and Calligraphic Modernism

This article examines the career of the immensely productive Sadequain Naqqash (1930-87), Pakistan’s most celebrated art­ist. A self-trained, larger-than-life figure, Sadequain charted a singular trajectory in enacting a paradoxical subjectivity. He remained close to national aesthetic ideologies that promoted calligraphy under the increasing Islamization of the 1970s and 1980s, yet maintained a persona that simultaneously relayed aspects of transgressive Indo-Persian Sufism into a dialogue with transnational modernism during the 1950s and 1960s in order to…

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Sadequain’s Calligraphy

Sadequain’s Calligraphy

Sadequain’s calligraphy at Lahore Museum. Sadequain’s calligraphy at Lahore Museum. Sadequain’s calligraphy at Lahore Museum. Syed Sadequain Ahmed Naqvi, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance, Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Pakistani Awards), also often referred to as Sadequain Naqqash, was a world-renowned Pakistani artist, best known for his skills as a calligrapher and a painter. He is considered as one of the finest painters and calligraphers Pakistan has ever produced. Sadequain was responsible for the renaissance of Islamic calligraphy in Pakistan….

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