Monday, August 2, 2010
Aaj TV News Caster Fight With Makeup Artist
Newsreader singing in studio newdesk unaware of running camera
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Mili Naghma Hum Zinda Qoum Hain
Fatima Jafry Amjad Hussain Benjmen Sister Tehseen Jawad.Tumam Ahal e watan ko jashan e Azadi Mubarrak.Pakistan Zindabad.Allah Hamaray Watan ko shad bad rakhay ameen.
Mili Naghma Jug Jug Jiay Maira Pyara Watan
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Mishal Husain
Hussein is married and has three sons, her eldest, Rafael was born in 2004, and she gave birth to twin boys on 19 June 2006. She returned from maternity leave to present the evening news on 17 December 2006.
In 2009, The Times named Husein as one of the most influential Muslim women in Britain.
Somy Ali
Born to an Iraqi mother, Tehmina and a Pakistani father, Madad, she has two sisters, Hina and Huma and one younger brother, Mohammed. After studying at the Convent of Jesus & Mary High School in Karachi until the age of 7, she, her mom and brother re-located to Florida U.S.A, before moving to Mumbai, India to focus on her acting career, where she appeared in 9 movies and had several modeling assignments. She worked in Bollywood from 1992 to 1999 in the business.
In January of 1999, Somy returned to the U.S.A to obtain a degree in psychology. She attended the Nova Southeastern University of Florida and in three years time graduated with her Bachelor's degree in psychology. Somy worked at a local radio station doing talk-shows on social and political issues for two years while working on her bachelor's degree, it was during this time that she became very interested in journalism and decided to attend the University of Miami to obtain a master's degree in print journalism.
Saadia Afzal
She hosts a political talk show in which top Pakistani politicians, international politicians from the government and opposition members plus global analysts and other famous personalities have appeared.
She is based in Islamabad where the head office of PTV News is located. She has worked as a reporter as well. She is currently studying for her Masters degree in Mass Communication at the National University of Modern Languages in Islamabad.
Afzaal is known as an articulate in her work as a journalist. She speaks Urdu and English.
SHIREEN BHAN
She has worked with UTV as an Associate Producer, and is working with CNBC TV18. She has hosted numerous shows for the channel, like India Business Hour, Power Turks and Young Turks among others.
She enjoys a wide fan base and was also felicitated as the ‘FICCI Woman of the Year 2005’.
BARKHA DUTT
She started off with Star News, and later went on to join NDTV, where currently she is working as the Managing Editor. She has juggled the roles of an anchor and a reporter with equal panache. She was widely appreciated and acclaimed for her courageous and exemplary reportage during the Kargil War, in the year 1999. She has addressed major issues as an anchor through her television shows like We The People and Reality Bites on NDTV 24X7.
Barkha has been conferred with several awards and felicitations because of her work, some of which include, The Inlaks Scholarship in 1997, Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award (2005-2006), The Chameli Devi Award for the Best Woman Journalist, The Kostas Kyriazis – Greece’s most prestigious journalism award among others.
Naghma Saher
She was awarded a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in rural development. During this time, Naghma worked with Aaj Tak for a month as a researcher. She went back to academics only to join Aaj Tak later in November 1999.
She started her career in the television media as a reporter in 1999. Before that she had a brief stint as a print journalist with Asian Age.
A shy person by nature, Naghma was into academics and coming face to face with million of viewers was certainly not something she planned for herself.
She joined NDTV in 2003 and has since been anchoring primetime news on NDTV India while also reporting on important events. Covering stories that touch human lives has been Naghma's forte. On her talk show, Salaam Zindagi, she gets to use her natural sensitivity while handling stories of courage and success.
Today, she is a known face on NDTV. From print journalism to broadcast journalism, this lady has come a long way. An anchor of several prime time shows, Naghma has also worked with the United Nations Population Council and the Centre for Social Research (CSR) - an NGO which focuses on women issues
Ali Saleem (Begum Nawazish Ali)
The genesis of the Begum, in India to participate in the Lakme Fashion Week (Spring Summer 2008), may be traced to Saleem's itinerant childhood. The eldest of three sons of an army colonel and a Government officer, he drew stability from the companionship of his mother whom he describes as strong and brave, and in the wearing of her clothes and make up. At 14 occurred the incident of which he no longer speaks—a meeting with a psychologist forced upon him by his parents. "I was the only one in my family who wasn't confused about my identity," says Saleem, 28. "I was a woman in a man's body." Nevertheless, the meeting paved the way for his parent's acceptance of his now open bisexuality. Saleem spent several years as a theatre and television actor but it was in 2004 that a conversation with a friend, the surgeon Omar Adil, reignited his fascination with playing the opposite sex. "He said 'there's a woman inside you, and it's time you brought her out,'" recalls Saleem. "I did, and named her for Dr Adil's neighbor, Nawazish. At the time my director asked 'what will the Begum sound like, what will she say? I said 'I don't know.' What I do know is that the moment the make up is on I am the Begum. When it's off, I'm Ali.
Saleem's Begum is, of course, crafted from a man's fantasies. Her face is near flawless, without the harsh lipstick lines or the colour saturated complexion of men who play women. If anything, it is her height of over six feet that betrays her. She wears saris; but her personality doesn't always display the constraint associated with the garment. When being interviewed she exaggerates the Begum character into parody, her flirtatiousness causes men as well as women to titter with nervousness. On her own show, however, she limits herself to the occasional sexual innuendo. (Her response to director Mahesh Bhatt's, "Your heart is so open," was "Trust me jaani, that's not the only thing that's open.") She is most often graceful and modest; and her questions reveal the probing intellect of Saleem, allowing for a talk show that is at the least about a man in a woman's clothes. What remains unchanged throughout and demands respect from her audience, however, is the Begum's sharp and fearless political commentary. "Democracy has become a mockery," she recently said on air. Her country is currently under Emergency.Growing up during the tumultuous leadership of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq who imposed martial law, Saleem's political consciousness matured early. "We travelled everywhere," he says. "It allowed me to see the impact of Haq's policies, American interest in the region, the influx of Afghan mujahedeen's, and the growth of madarsas and jihad. And of course, I learnt that hating India made you a better Pakistani. When Haq's plane crashed and Benazir Bhutto came to power I was nine years old. Bhutto was the first politician who made sense to me, who spoke of the people. She was sane! I was so impressed I couldn't read enough about Pakistan's political history. My journey started then, and I haven't stopped asking questions. So when Mr Pervez Musharraf says we have economic prosperity, I have to reply 'I don't see any of that benefitting the common man.'
In his political sketches—he is particularly famous for his Bhutto impersonation— and interviews with politicians, Saleem is perhaps closer to the South African satirist Pieter-Dirk Uys than Australian Barry Humphries—of Dame Edna Everidge—to whom he is most often compared. Uys created Evita Bezuidenhout, a white Afrikaner socialite during the Apartheid years, using her to expose the injustices of national policy. Post apartheid, he hosted as Bezuidenhout the nation's premier leaders including Nelson Mandela on a talk show. "Evita was (my) bulletproof vest," said Uys once. "To this day I use her to say things I can't as me."
While Saleem will no doubt go on to create an array of characters in his lifetime, the one he is now privileged to inhabit is living through some political turmoil. Religion conservatism inside Pakistan, and nationality outside it, are defining characteristics. It is a time that has allowed him, as the Begum, to voice the thoughts of what he hopes but isn't entirely convinced, is the majority public opinion.The precariousness of his situation was revealed in July this year when Aaj TV retired the Begum. It was a month after the channel, which had hosted the show, was among several temporarily blacked out under PEMRA, Pakistan's Electronic Media Regulatory Authority. The move followed the Government's opposition to positive media coverage of pro-democracy rallies protesting the suspension of the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Even more than her political ideology, the Begum's popularity outside Pakistan—this year she has been profiled by every English language newspaper of note, including The New York Times—lies in her prominent success in a society viewed as regressive in its ideal of womanhood. However, as Saleem himself will admit, the Begum can exist only because she is a man in a patriarchal society. As the beloved son of a distinguished family, Saleem is allowed his indulgences. In a country with the appearance of sexual conservatism, exists a vibrant if largely underground gay scene in which Saleem, who says he loves to "party, party, party!" and whose connection with the Begum is a shared "zest for life and outrageousness" is comfortably ensconced. His sexual orientation, his doppelganger the Begum, and therefore the Begum herself, enjoy greater reign than if the situation was reversed and Saleem had been a woman playing a man or had been a lesbian. The status of an upper class birth also cushions him. He thrives in the very circle of privilege in which the Begum so delightedly moves. Of course, it may also be argued that the Begum's femininity divorces her entirely from Saleem. A prominent politician claimed to be unaware that the Begum was a man until her met her. One assumes it was a pleasant surprise, for he was happy to go on air.
The gin and tonics have taken their toll and the Begum, in a voice as sweet as toffee, requests the camera crew that she be excused. She slithers out of her seat and walking towards the bathroom, hitches the sari to his waist.
Niharika Acharya
As of April 2009, She is now the Managing Editor of Voice of America's India Service.
Niharika Acharya was born in the small hamlet of Sarahan in northern India. She earned a Master of Arts in the prestigious Mass Communication research centre at Jamia Milia Islamia university in New Delhi. She graduated and topped in her class in political science from Lady Shri Ram College for Women in New Delhi. She completed her schooling from a New Delhi based school Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute
Hayley McQueen
Hayley McQueen (born December 9, 1979) is a TV sports presenter and reporter and RTS award winning producer. She was previously a presenter on Sky Sports News and one of the most popular female presenters.
Hayley is the daughter of former Manchester United and Scotland football player Gordon McQueen.
Hayley has a (BA Hons) degree in PR Marketing & Journalism where she specialised in Broadcast Journalism.
Hayley began her television career working as a runner and production assistant for Richard & Judy before joining the internal television channel of Middlesbrough F.C. as a reporter and then producer. She then joined Middlesbrough Football club's "Football in the Community" scheme before being snapped up by the Sky Sports News TV Channel, where she regularly presented the 10 o'clock news and "Through the Night." She was the evening presenter for Fox Sports where the best of the news selected from Sky Sports airs on Fox in the US where she gained a large American fan base. McQueen had the opportunity to join a network in America upon leaving Sky Television in December 2006 but stayed closer to home & took up position as anchor on MUTV's new relaunched channel, where she presents the news, daily talk & match day live build up & phone in shows as well as conducting regular interviews with players past and present.
She won a Royal Television Society award as a producer for "best non-factual production" for a series of programmes for young football fans in the North East. She has also produced and presented an independent documentary on "The Fashion of Football, from Best to Beckham," which won an award at London Graduate Fashion week. In her career so far she has interviewed many big names in the world of sport and has conducted many interviews with David Beckham over the years.
Melissa Theuriau
Theuriau obtained a DUT in News-Communication from the Technical University (Institut universitaire de technologie or IUT) Pierre Mendès-France in Grenoble, and later a Master's degree in Audiovisual Journalism from the Institute of Communication and Media (ICM) at Échirolles.
Theuriau was a reporter at Match TV in 2002. Since 2003, she has been a reporter and anchor for La Chaîne Info, where she became better known to the French general public. She made her breakthrough as a newscaster and travel show host for LCI, the news channel and for TF1. Her programs were LCI Matin (LCI Morning), the 6:40 news on LCI and TF1 from Monday to Thursday and the Voyages travel show on Wednesdays at 13:55 on LCI.
In May 2006, she surprised the management of TF1 by refusing the offer to be the anchorwoman of the weekend evening news of TF1, as a summer replacement for sitting anchorwoman Claire Chazal. In June 2006, M6, another French television channel, announced her arrival for September as editor-in-chief and presenter of Zone interdite, a weekly magazine show featuring investigative reporting. She also presents Un jour, une Photo and Deux, trois jours avec moi on the French TV channel Paris Première, in partnership with Paris Match. Un jour, une photo features stories behind iconic and historic photos. Deux, trois jours avec moi is a weekly travel programme in which an invited guest reveals more about him or herself during a trip.
Since September 2006, she has been a writer in chief and anchor of the TV magazine Zone interdite ("Forbidden Zone") on Métropole 6.
In March 2007, she launched, with five other journalists (Claire Chazal, Marie Drucker, Laurence Ferrari, Béatrice Schönberg, and Tina Kieffer), the organization “La Rose”, which works with UNICEF to help educate girls.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Rabia Butt
Rabia Butt
came and conquered and unquestionably has the potential to be one of Pakistan's next top models.
With a Lux Stlye Award for the best new emerging talent, one can only say that Rabia is here to stay and excel. She is a simple person who loves to keep loose curls and tries to dress up in casual and comfortable outfits.
The Vixens
Rabia Butt appeared on the cover page as Vaneeza Ahmed aka Vinny and Faiza Ansari joins her in the photo shoots.
The following video is the photo shoot for the magazine and features all three of the models. Photography was conducted by Maram Abroo who needs not introduction; one of the leaders and pioneers in the business.
The hot and steaming makeup was done by the KR. Crew.
The shoot aired on the 24 hours Pakistani Fashion channel "Style 360" in a program called "Snap Shot".
Enjoy!
Nadia Hussain
Being a wife and a mom, she gives the young models of today, a run for their money. She has maintained herself remarkably.
The following shoot of her is Farah Sohail's bridal shoot, where she looks stunningly beautiful.
The shoot is photographed by Shahbaz, the designer is Farah Sohail, and the lovely makeup by Shama Abdullah. It aired on Snap Shot program of Style 360 Pakistani fashion channel.
Nirma in Red
She appears absolutely stunning and appealing with some very impressive and seductive facial expressions and body language.
We have been seeing Condom ads a bit frequently on Pakistani channels these days, mostly with messages regarding family planning, but this is one truly hits the main course; the JACKPOT for a condom ad!
Scandalicious Meera
Meera appears in the following "Snap Shot" photo shoot on 24 hours Pakistani Fashion Channel Style 360. Photography is done by Naeem Akram while Moon makes her look good through some pretty descent makeup. This shoot was for Style 360 itself for one of their promos.
Zara Sheikh
This shoot is for the eastern designer line by Salina Wardah. Makeup done wonderfully by Maggie's and the photography is by Fasial Karighar.
Maria Wasti
But this particular and one of the rare video photo shoot will make a strong point that she can be as good as any current Pakistani fashion models!
She poses here for a western line of designs by Sanam Agha (quite a hottie herself).
The shoot is photographed by Munna Mushtaq, a very famous and successful photographer and also the brother of Pakistani model Gia Ali.
This shoot aired on program Snapshot of channel Style 360.
Pakistani Models: Ayyan
Her syle, dare, beauty and the one rare feature that many of the Pakistani models lack, i.e. a good height makes her a real deal!
Ayyan is one of those who came, people saw, and she conqured the hearts!
She is at the moment, the most appearing Pakistani model on magazines, photo shoots and ramps.
The following is one of her very popular photo shoots that aired on Style 360. The shoot was for "Hanif Jewler" with a display of very exotic jewellry along with even more exotic Ayyan, captured on the camera by the photographer Fazal Abbas; along with some lovely and attractive makeup by KR. Crew and finally the shoot cordinated by Fatima.
Ayyan looks absolutely breathtaking with dresses of various colors made more brilliant by some lovely jewellry.
Pakistani Models: Sara Gilani
Yes! this is the one and the only Sara Gilani.
Sara Gilani belonged to an era of the Pakistani Fashion Modeling, when it was emerging from the ashes. Although Pakistani Models like Vaneeza Ahmed, Amniah Haq, Iman Ali, ZQ and of course Iraj Manzoor were already there, but this particular period saw the emerging of many fresh faces and this emergence has not stopped yet, in contrast to the previous ones.
Sara Gilani has been out of the modelling scene for quite some time now, also has gain a bit of weight, but she is still in the fashion/media biz. I guess she has stepped into some executive class now ;-)
Well I would not bore anyone with the history lesson anymore, and will come straight to business :-)
It would not be wrong to say that almost everyone who has been following DailyTimes Sunday Magazine, must have had remembered this particular photo shoot. The shoot features Pakistani Model Sara Gilani and Nomi Qamar and was for a Valentines Day Special Issue, some years back. The attire was provided by Mehdi while the photography was done by Shahzad Raza.
The poses here are pretty bold (or romantic as some might say).
When I first saw these, like many others, wished I could see the video for this shoot.
Many thanks to "Style 360", the 24 hours Pakistani Fashion Channel, finally got it! :-)
So without further ado, let check out the video!
Pakistani Models: Diya Mughal
The Fashion Model she was referring to was the fresh addition to the Pakistani Fashion World, Diya Mughal.
This shoot aired on Snapshot of 24 hours Pakistani Fashion Channel Syle 360. It was for Alle' Nora makeup, with makeup artist being Aaliya Tipu, photography by Shahbaz and the model is Diya Mughal.
Pakistan Fashion Week (2010), Rizwan Beyg
Faiza Ansari, Ayyan Ali, Maha, Nooreh, Amna Ilyas, Mehreen Syed, Rachel, Rabia Chaudhry, Nadia Hussain, Rubab, Cybil, Mehak, Marium, Rabia Butt and Iraj.
THE BODY SHOP (Pakistan)- Press Conference for STOP CHILD TRAFFICKING in...
TBS Pakistan, partnered with 'Ecpats representatives in Pakistan - PPA & PAHCHAAN Ngo- which works for the protection of children.
TBS PAKISTAN, Launched "SOFT HANDS KIND HEART" hand cream which is retailed at Rs 890/- and proceeds of which would go to Pahchaan.
The event was well attended and we thank SAMAA TV, Style 360 TV, Ary 1, HUM TV, for providing excellent Media Coverage.
Jana Malik Versatile Actress / Model 01 Post by Zagham
News Beat with Meher Bokhari Apr 16, 2010 SAMAA TV 1/5
Naila Nadeem, Pretty in Brown Pinstripes
Iman Ali want marriage with who not a rich man
Rabia Chaudhry, White N Roses
Naila Nadeem, In Pink Over Fuchsia
Naila is wearing a fetching fuchsia dress and talking about the pitfalls of a weakened faith and how one is led astray.
OST NAJIA "Kyun Itna Yaad" For HUM TV Sung By Alisha Chinai
Singer: Alisha Chinai
Directed By: Roomi Insha
D.o.p: Shahzad Kashmiri
Edited By: Sheraz Fayyaz
Produced By: Momina Duraid
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Sara Chaudhry Biography | Marvelous pakistani actress
However parents had always been very encouraging and have helped her at every critical juncture of her life. She says, My parents are like my friends and they have always made the right decisions for me. It is because of my parent’s prayers and efforts that I’m here and the credit for my success goes to them.
In the absence of any training institute youngsters have to face a lot of problems in this field. Sara related her experience, In the beginning, I was a little confused as I never had done such things before, but something in my mind that gave me the confidence and strength to carry on i.e. to do something different. However, with the passage of time, a thought started coming into my mind that this was not what I really wanted; what I desired was to become an actress.
There are different rumors about her marriage. I want to share my search about this aspect of her profile,
Sara Chaudhry Drama List
01. Tareekiyan (Drama Serial)
02. Teray Jaane ke baad (Drama Serial)
03. Dil Diya Dehleez (Drama Serial)
04. Tere Pehloo Mein (Drama Serial)
05. Get Married (Comedy Serial)
06. Lo Mankay Chali Main (Comedy Serial)
07. Teri Ik Nazar (Drama Serial)
08. Woh Rishtey Woh Natey (Drama Serial)
09. Her movie is called URAN.
10. Noukar Wohti Ka rewind (telefilm).
11. Din Dhallay (Drama Serial currently being aired on PTV)
Reema Khan Biography – Charming Girl of Pakistan
Reema Khan best known by her screen name Reema, (birth name Sameena) is a Pakistani film actress, director and producer who has more than 200 films and multiple awards to her credit.
She debuted as an actress in the film Bulandi, directed by Mohammad Javed Fazil in 1990, opposite Shaan. At the time of her debut in Bulandi, it was the reign of Anjuman, Neeli, Nadra and Shahida Minni. The great success of Javed Fazal’s Bulandi not only helped Reema to stick in Lollywood but also gave a durable pair of Reema and Shaan to Lollywood.
Thanks God – i have not searched a lot at this time. As number of sources confirm her date of birth – October 27, 1971. But she is still a baby doll. Reema Khan was born in Lahore, the city of lights, with an initial brought-up in Multan, the city of the Saints. This wonder girl of Pakistani film industry received her early education in a leading convent school in Multan. Later her family shifted to Lahore for her higher education.
Reema’s early films with Shaan, such as, Zherilay, Ishq, Naag Devta, Pyar Hi Pyar, Sailab, Dil, Aag, Shama and Sahiba inspired Pakistani film viewers due to her acting. However, the real period of her success started from 1993, when she got hit films with Shaan, such as Hina, Anjuman, Chakuri, Chandni, Neelam and Insaniat.
Dr. Shaista Wahidi Biography – TV Presenter Pakistan
Her date of birth is N0vember 26, 1976.
She received her early education from Habib Girls School, Karachi. Later She joined Bahria College where she passed her Matriculation in 1992. After completing FSc from Govt. College for Women, Karachi she joined Sindh Medical College to study Medicine.
Her career initialize with radio anchorperson which led her to become a News Anchor at a private TV Channel. She is talented and intelligent so she grooms herself after hosting live shows on TV. Her first TV show was “Hum aur App Barah-e-Rast” which aired on the same channel. Shaista joined another channel, in 2005, and embarked on a new talk show, titled, ‘Shaista and You’ and Then, she did ‘Bakhaber Savera’.
She is now hosting one of the popular TV Shows of Pakistan “Good Morning Pakistan” on ARY Digital. She is doing her job very professionally, I must add the best choice of dresses by her. Her clothes/dresses are really decent, attractive and girls are eager to style like her.
Sadia Imam Biography – Glamorous Pakistani Model
Oh no, She is so famous and i am unable to find her date of birth. I have spent a lot, to find exact data about her age but fail. Some links claim about her age,
Don’t forget to share information about Sadia Imam age, as i am not convinced by above URLs.
She is the most sought after and the most frequently found face in every other Drama Serial. She has not only played varius roles in Drama Serials and Long Plays but has also participated as a model in commercials, cat walks and musicals.
Sadia Imam Drama Serials
* Uljhan (PTV)
* Colony 52
* Jab Jab Dil Miley (PTV)
* Hum Se Juda Na Hona (PTV)
* Dil Dard Dhuan (ARY)
* Aangan Bhar Chandni (ARY)
* Tapish (PTV)
* Dohri (ARY)
* Koonj (Eveready Pictures) (Geo TV)
* Uljhan (PTV)
* Meray Naseeb Ki Barishain (GEO TV)
Rani Mukherjee Indian Hot Actress Biography
Mukerji comes from a film-oriented family of Bengali origin. Her father Ram Mukherjee is a retired director and one of the founders of ‘Filmalaya Studios’. Her mother Krishna was a playback singer. Her brother Raja Mukherjee is a film producer, now turned director. Her maternal aunt, Debashree Roy, was a Bengali-film actress and her cousin Kajol is a Bollywood actress.
Mukerji is a trained Odissi dancer, and began learning the dance in tenth grade. Mukerji studied at Maneckjee Cooper High School in Juhu, and later enrolled at Mithibai College in Mumbai.
While in school at the age of 14, Mukerji did a cameo role in her father’s Bengali film Biyar Phool (1992). In 1994, Salim Akhtar, a family friend, offered her a film called Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1994) but her father was against it as she was too young. Mukerji turned down the offer and Urmila Matondkar was cast instead.
Two years later, Salim Akhtar came up with another offer and insisted on her playing the protagonist of Raja Ki Ayegi Baraat (1997). After a long discussion with her father, she agreed to do the film. When the film was unsuccessful at the box office, Mukerji returned to college to complete her education.