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Pakistani actor and producer Adnan Siddiqui, who has worked alongside late star Sridevi in the 2018 Indian film ‘Mom’, said arts sports and entertainment bring a sense of solace, an escapism for people, and it’s unfair to make them a victim of politics.

Adnan, who has worked with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie in the series ‘Homeland’, and with Irrfan Khan in ‘A Mighty Heart’.

In an interaction with Ians, Adnan talked about the boundaries for an actor, and how arts or sports can bring that one connection between the two nations- India and Pakistan.

“I have always maintained very vocally and vociferously that art, sports and entertainment are neutral grounds and they should never be mixed work politics. These fields bring a sense of solace, an escapism for people. It’s unfair to make them a victim of politics. Art bridges distances and should be allowed to do so,” he said.

Islamabad, Oct 5: Pakistanis paid rich tributes on the 16th death anniversary of legendary playback singer Masood Rana, who was widely known as 'Pakistani Rafi'.

The event was observed Tuesday, The Dawn reported Wednesday.

Rana was born into a Rajput landowner family which migrated from Jalandhar in India.

He began his singing career in 1955 on Radio Pakistan and formed a musical group in Karachi in the early 60s with two famous names of showbiz - Nadeem Baig and Akhlaq Ahmed.

Rana made his debut as a playback singer in 1962 when he sang for the film 'Inqalab'. He became.

Pakistanis paid rich tributes on the 16th death anniversary of legendary playback singer Masood Rana, who was widely known as .Pakistani Rafi..The event was observed Tuesday, The Dawn reported Wednesday.Rana was born into a Rajput landowner family which migrated from Jalandhar in India.He began his singing career in 1955 on Radio Pakistan and formed a musical group in Karachi in the early 60s with two famous names of showbiz . Nadeem Baig and Akhlaq Ahmed.Rana made his debut as a playback singer in 1962 when he sang for the film .Inqalab.. He became one of the top male singers in Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades, the Dawn reported.He got a major break when renowned actor Saqi introduced him to producer and director Iqbal Shehzad and musician Deebo.He was popularly seen as Pakistan.s answer to India.s Mohammad Rafi.A specialist in singing...

Going over this limited list, it is apparent that as much as Pakistani cinema is scoffed off as a rag tag bunch of sub-intelligent films, the aesthetic and critical liability can be turned over its head inviting informed insights

Genre films are best exemplified by Westerns, Sci Fi, Musicals, Action/Adventures and any number of such labels that are designed to lump films together that share certain similarities. Such commonalities may be tonal (Film Noir, Horror), conceptual (Sci Fi, Fantasy) or textual (Biopic, Period Drama, War) in nature.

Genres enable the viewers to form certain expectations from films that work as an identifying device. For instance, with the knowledge of watching a Film Noir, the viewer anticipates the basic set of conventions and motifs that operates as a comforting and familiar visual as well as a cerebral experience.

Having stocked up a sizeable movie watching experience in Pakistan, some of...