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Scottish Man Wins 'Mountaineering Oscar' After Near-Death Experience On Pakistan Mountain
The award is given to climbers who pursue uncharted territories with a deep-rooted respect for the mountains.
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RRR’s Naatu Naatu, Chhello Show, All That Breathes Shortlisted for Oscars 2023: Details
Three entries from India have been shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards. RRR's energetic dance song “Naatu Naatu” has earned a place in the Original Song category. Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show / The Last Film Show has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature segment, competing against 15 other entries. In the Documentary Feature Fil...
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Pakistani Man Kills Sisters In Suspected Dishonour Killing
Pakistani police are hunting a 29-year-old man who shot his two sisters dead in a suspected dishonour killing, officials said today, two days after a Pakistani filmmaker won an Oscar for a documentary on such murders.
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Oscars: Malala Yousafzai Says Pakistan is 'Grateful' to Sharmeen Obaid
Malala Yousafzai, youngest ever Nobel laureate, said that the entire nation was proud of Sharmeen Obaid and grateful to her for raising voice for women rights. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness, based on honour killings, won the Best Short Documentary Oscar
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Pakistan's Zinda Bhaag to be screened at National Film Development Corporation's Film Bazaar
Naseeruddin Shah starrer Pakinstani film Zinda Bhaag is set to be screened during the seventh edition of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) initiative 'Film Bazaar', which would begin from November 20 in Goa.
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Pakistani film on 'Indian agents' sets new box office record
As a police compound in Islamabad comes under terror attack, an 'Indian female agent'-cum-social worker in Pakistan is dancing with a mercenary celebrating their success. This is a scene from 'Waar', a film doing roaring business in Pakistan.
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Pakistan's Oscar film has an Indian connect
Pakistan's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category, Zinda Bhaag, ironically has an India connect - and in more than one way. The neighbouring country's Oscar entry - its first after 50 years - couldn't after all do without drawing on Indian expertise to make a mark.
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Pakistan to submit Oscar entry after 50 years
Pakistan will submit an entry for the foreign language film category of the Oscar awards after a gap of five decades though a committee has not yet chosen the movie.
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Pak acid attack victims fear backlash over Oscar film
Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan.
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Saving Face, Byaari win at SAARC Film Awards
Saving Face, the acclaimed Pakistani movie on victims of acid attacks, has won the best documentary prize at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards.
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Time magazine names Mamata Banerjee among world's 100 most influential people
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world. She joins a club of "people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world," that includes US President Barack Obama, billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Pakistan's first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chi...
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Pakistan's acid victim commits suicide in Italy, buried in Karachi
Barely a month after Pakistan bagged its first Oscar for a documentary on victims of acid attacks, the country's most famous face of one such assault ended her 13-year ordeal by jumping out of her sixth-floor apartment in Italy on March 24. After funeral prayers at the Edhi Shelter Home, Yunus was buried at a graveyard in the Defence Housing Autho...
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Pride over Oscar win, shame over content
The Oscar that went to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Los Angeles is a first for Pakistan. Chinoy, who dedicated the award to the women of Pakistan, has been internationally recognised in the past.
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Pakistani director wins Oscar for film on acid attack victims
Pakistani documentary film "Saving Face", which uncovers the story of hundreds of people, mostly women who become acid attack victims, was honoured with the Oscar award for best documentary (short) at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Pakistani documentary earns Oscar nomination
A Pakistani filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar for the first time in the event's history for this year's Academy Awards.
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Scottish Man Wins 'Mountaineering Oscar' After Near-Death Experience On Pakistan Mountain
The award is given to climbers who pursue uncharted territories with a deep-rooted respect for the mountains.
-
RRR’s Naatu Naatu, Chhello Show, All That Breathes Shortlisted for Oscars 2023: Details
Three entries from India have been shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards. RRR's energetic dance song “Naatu Naatu” has earned a place in the Original Song category. Pan Nalin’s Chhello Show / The Last Film Show has been shortlisted for the Best International Feature segment, competing against 15 other entries. In the Documentary Feature Fil...
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Pakistani Man Kills Sisters In Suspected Dishonour Killing
Pakistani police are hunting a 29-year-old man who shot his two sisters dead in a suspected dishonour killing, officials said today, two days after a Pakistani filmmaker won an Oscar for a documentary on such murders.
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Oscars: Malala Yousafzai Says Pakistan is 'Grateful' to Sharmeen Obaid
Malala Yousafzai, youngest ever Nobel laureate, said that the entire nation was proud of Sharmeen Obaid and grateful to her for raising voice for women rights. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy's A Girl In The River: The Price of Forgiveness, based on honour killings, won the Best Short Documentary Oscar
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Pakistan's Zinda Bhaag to be screened at National Film Development Corporation's Film Bazaar
Naseeruddin Shah starrer Pakinstani film Zinda Bhaag is set to be screened during the seventh edition of National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) initiative 'Film Bazaar', which would begin from November 20 in Goa.
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Pakistani film on 'Indian agents' sets new box office record
As a police compound in Islamabad comes under terror attack, an 'Indian female agent'-cum-social worker in Pakistan is dancing with a mercenary celebrating their success. This is a scene from 'Waar', a film doing roaring business in Pakistan.
-
Pakistan's Oscar film has an Indian connect
Pakistan's entry to the Oscars in the Best Foreign Film category, Zinda Bhaag, ironically has an India connect - and in more than one way. The neighbouring country's Oscar entry - its first after 50 years - couldn't after all do without drawing on Indian expertise to make a mark.
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Pakistan to submit Oscar entry after 50 years
Pakistan will submit an entry for the foreign language film category of the Oscar awards after a gap of five decades though a committee has not yet chosen the movie.
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Pak acid attack victims fear backlash over Oscar film
Survivors of acid attacks whose plight became the focus of an Oscar-winning documentary now fear ostracism and reprisals if the film is broadcast in Pakistan.
-
Saving Face, Byaari win at SAARC Film Awards
Saving Face, the acclaimed Pakistani movie on victims of acid attacks, has won the best documentary prize at the 2012 SAARC Film Awards.
-
Time magazine names Mamata Banerjee among world's 100 most influential people
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the world. She joins a club of "people who inspire us, entertain us, challenge us and change our world," that includes US President Barack Obama, billionaire investor Warren Buffet, Pakistan's first Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chi...
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Pakistan's acid victim commits suicide in Italy, buried in Karachi
Barely a month after Pakistan bagged its first Oscar for a documentary on victims of acid attacks, the country's most famous face of one such assault ended her 13-year ordeal by jumping out of her sixth-floor apartment in Italy on March 24. After funeral prayers at the Edhi Shelter Home, Yunus was buried at a graveyard in the Defence Housing Autho...
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Pride over Oscar win, shame over content
The Oscar that went to Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy in Los Angeles is a first for Pakistan. Chinoy, who dedicated the award to the women of Pakistan, has been internationally recognised in the past.
-
Pakistani director wins Oscar for film on acid attack victims
Pakistani documentary film "Saving Face", which uncovers the story of hundreds of people, mostly women who become acid attack victims, was honoured with the Oscar award for best documentary (short) at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
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Pakistani documentary earns Oscar nomination
A Pakistani filmmaker has been nominated for an Oscar for the first time in the event's history for this year's Academy Awards.
