Author Archives: Mehar Khursheed
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14th June, 2013
Weekly Classics: Platoon
The jungle and the heat coupled with Chris’s idealism is simply setting the stage for the brutality and mindlessness.
The jungle and the heat coupled with Chris’s idealism is simply setting the stage for the brutality and mindlessness.
27th May, 2013
The Shelter of Music
We take it for granted that some have selflessly given their time and lives to helping the ones we have abandoned.
We take it for granted that some have selflessly given their time and lives to helping the ones we have abandoned.
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19th May, 2013
I would want you to know who Zahra Shahid was
She was incredible and strong, and the world couldn’t touch her with a diamond bullet. Even now, she has dodged you.
She was incredible and strong, and the world couldn’t touch her with a diamond bullet. Even now, she has dodged you.
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3rd May, 2013
Weekly Classics: The Silence of the Lambs
Fiction adapted so impeccably from such a fruitful piece of literature rarely ever graces the screens and in that respect and in many others, this movie is a masterpiece.
Fiction adapted so impeccably from such a fruitful piece of literature rarely ever graces the screens and in that respect and in many others, this movie is a masterpiece.
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20th April, 2013
Lolita: A Book Review
So attached to aesthetic value is Nabokov that the starkest of crimes flow by through your consciousness and you don’t even realize that he is violating you.
So attached to aesthetic value is Nabokov that the starkest of crimes flow by through your consciousness and you don’t even realize that he is violating you.
15th April, 2013
The resurrection of Umru Ayar
Umru Ayar is an eastern literary treasure and an orphan adopted by whomsoever possessed the creative license to mould him into a sell-able story.
Umru Ayar is an eastern literary treasure and an orphan adopted by whomsoever possessed the creative license to mould him into a sell-able story.
9th April, 2013
Night of the soul: Napa Festival 2013
Despite paddling around in fountainhead of tales of the overly dramatic and sensational, no one can tell a story as colourfully as us.
Despite paddling around in fountainhead of tales of the overly dramatic and sensational, no one can tell a story as colourfully as us.
8th April, 2013
The city of rebirth
Within the boundaries of our own, slowly decaying city, we witness the resurrection of Punerjehan.
Within the boundaries of our own, slowly decaying city, we witness the resurrection of Punerjehan.
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24th March, 2013
The perks of being a wallflower: A Book Review
It is Charlie’s portrayal of the feeling of belonging so great that being part of the stars is not just cheap, drug-induced lyricism.
It is Charlie’s portrayal of the feeling of belonging so great that being part of the stars is not just cheap, drug-induced lyricism.
15th March, 2013
Warzone peace offerings
With depictions of umbilical cords, roots of a tree, fractions of the human heart, inflections of womb-like nuclei, the theme is dominatingly positive
With depictions of umbilical cords, roots of a tree, fractions of the human heart, inflections of womb-like nuclei, the theme is dominatingly positive
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8th March, 2013
Weekly Classics: Withnail and I
Here is a piece of work that is named Britain’s best comedy and that took Bruce Robinson seven years to write into a book and then change into a screenplay.
Here is a piece of work that is named Britain’s best comedy and that took Bruce Robinson seven years to write into a book and then change into a screenplay.
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15th February, 2013
Weekly Classics: The Warriors
This is definitely a ‘guy’ film. It admittedly makes you curious about what it would be like to get into a fight.
This is definitely a ‘guy’ film. It admittedly makes you curious about what it would be like to get into a fight.
17th January, 2013
Pakistan needs a laugh
An in-depth interview with Saad Haroon, discussing the what and why of comedy how it resonates within and outside the borders of Pakistan.
An in-depth interview with Saad Haroon, discussing the what and why of comedy how it resonates within and outside the borders of Pakistan.
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14th December, 2012
Weekly Classics: Brazil
The things you can look for in this film and possibly find; sentient technology, Greek mythology and the most well thought-out reverse deus ex machina your eyes will ever see.
The things you can look for in this film and possibly find; sentient technology, Greek mythology and the most well thought-out reverse deus ex machina your eyes will ever see.
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8th December, 2012
The Picture of Dorian Gray: A book review
There is nothing about the novel that is not aesthetically sound. You want to write down every sentence somewhere for fear of it flitting away from your mind.
There is nothing about the novel that is not aesthetically sound. You want to write down every sentence somewhere for fear of it flitting away from your mind.
6th December, 2012
‘Carnage’ in the city
It left far too much to be desired. The idea, ideally, is to show the slow descent into chaos. Not the cliff dive into the deep end of all that’s hysterical.
It left far too much to be desired. The idea, ideally, is to show the slow descent into chaos. Not the cliff dive into the deep end of all that’s hysterical.
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23rd November, 2012
Weekly Classics: Fight Club
Any praise or critique of this film is in clear violation of the first, second and third rules of the entire concept of Fight Club.
Any praise or critique of this film is in clear violation of the first, second and third rules of the entire concept of Fight Club.
22nd November, 2012
Art=(love)2
Pakistani American film maker Mumtaz Hussain as the co-writer and director has done some wonderful things with the film.
Pakistani American film maker Mumtaz Hussain as the co-writer and director has done some wonderful things with the film.
21st November, 2012
Playing ‘badminton with society’: Sarnath Banerjee and Mohammad Hanif
It had the vibes of a professional adult’s revolution and it was brought to us in an idealistically intimate and honest way.
It had the vibes of a professional adult’s revolution and it was brought to us in an idealistically intimate and honest way.
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3rd November, 2012
On the Road: A book review
The reason this book attracts an audience of 100,000 strong every year is that it is indifferent in the face of adversity.
The reason this book attracts an audience of 100,000 strong every year is that it is indifferent in the face of adversity.
