Kolachi - Pakistan's 1st Science Fiction Movie

Kolachi is another interesting addition to our local cinema. It is Pakistan's first science fiction movie. The trailer has been released virally and has created quite a positive stir amongst Pakistanis and movie lovers. The film will go into production in April 2011 and will be released in 2012.

Kolachi's story is written by Summer Nicks - a Pakistan based Australian filmmaker.  The director of the movie is Mansoor Mujahid. The star cast includes Meher Jaafri, Summer Nicks, Hisham Aziz, Moiz Badshah, Akbar Islam, Saqib Khan, Fawad Khan and Shahroz Subzwari.

Kolachi is about Karachi that can exist five minutes from now or five years from now.

This is what the director said about Kolachi:

“The Karachi we are aiming at is a cross between New York and Iraq. If we look at what has happened in the city in the past few years, we find that a lot of foreign investment is coming but our basic ethnic and sociopolitical issues have not been resolved as yet”.

“The film is about how all the issues from target killings to bomb blasts will eventually erupt into a bigger issue that Karachi will have to face. So, largely it is about concerns that will eventually lead the character of this city to apocalypse,” .

Here check out its  teaser trailer. You won't be disappointed!

The Dancing Girls Are Out Of Business

The dancing girls in the Shahi mohallah of Lahore also known as Heera Mandi or Diamond market are pretty much out of business now. It is no more a place where the men used to spend their time looking at the dancing girls who were trained in the arts of song, music, dance and seduction. Unlike other markets, this market was quiet in the daytime but was very active in the night.

Mostly, the dancing girls focused on dance and music but a few were involved in the sex trade also. The reason why they are out of work and most of them have left Heera mandi is because of the bomb blasts that took place near the market. They were afraid that there was no security provided to them. Thus, they were forced to close their business and move out.

Some have gone to other areas of city and some have gone to places like UAE and UK. It is doubtful if they would do well if they go for prostitution in the other countries because laws are different there and they could get into trouble. While some who only focused on dance and music are now forced into prostitution because they have no other way to earn money now. Because of poverty and less opportunities to work, most women are saying that they have no choice but to go for prostitution now.  Some of the smarter women opted to work through the internet and they attract affluent clients for their services.

Thus terrorism and security threats have taken their toll on many occupations of Pakistan.