Behind the Curtain:
Making music in Mumbai's film studios
by Gregory D Booth
Oxford University Press, 2009
If the high technology that governed the making of A R
There is a strikingly curious par adox about the relationship of the Pashtoons, otherwise Pakhtoons or Pathans, with music and the performing arts in general. In this deeply religious and
Pathaney Khan, who died on 9 March 2000, was one of the most popular singers of Pakistan, a flagbearer of a tradition going back a thousand years. During his lifetime,
The Pakistani film industry struggles for originality as pirated Indian movies steal the show.
What we today call Bollywood cinema is the common heritage of all those who contributed at
At a time when Marshal MacLuhan was talking about the global village, when. Rolling Stone began publishing in America, Melody Maker started coming out in England and Time-Out happened in
Interview with Junoon's Salman Ahmad
Sangeeta Lama and Khalid Ansari interviewed Salman Ahmed of the group Junoon about their music, their Sufism, the controversy surrounding their tour of
Junoon's fame has deeper roots in the hearts of Pakistanis than any notification from the Ministry of Culture.
When the Pakistani band Junoon toured India in May earlier
Urdu and Punjabi pop have swept Pakistani teenagers, as well as adults, off their feet.
Pakistan is swinging these days—and one is not talking about the inswings or outswings
