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					<title><![CDATA[What The Odyssey Teaches Us About Human Imperfection And The Demons Within]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/23-Aug-2026/odyssey-teaches-us-human-imperfection-demons-within]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is a feeling of uncertainty writing about events that occurred 3,500 years ago in and around the Aegean Sea at the end of the Bronze Age and at the culmination of the Minoan-Mycenaean civilisation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:24:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meet Sanam Hasan - The Publicist And Producer Championing South Asian Independent Cinema]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Sanam Hasan is warm, vibrant, and going from strength to strength, doing South Asian women extremely proud.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zeinab Masud Agha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:54:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Meeting Dilip Kumar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When I asked Dilip Kumar which was his greatest role, he answered Devdas.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Film, Legacy, Memoir, Memory, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Akbar Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:19:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Riz Ahmed’s BAIT Refuses To Translate The British Pakistani Experience]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s a moment early in BAIT where Riz Ahmed is sitting across from a severed pig&rsquo;s head, talking to it like it might answer back.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:55:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cinematic False Flags: Deconstructing The Anti-Pakistan Narrative In New Releases]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Recently released Indian movies Dhurandhar, Sky Force and Border 2 in the post-Pahalgam crisis have refreshed the political role of the Indian entertainment industry, laced with multileveled anti-Pakistan narratives.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Attiq ur Rehman]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Attiq ur Rehman]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:49:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Dhurandhar And The Politics Of Bollywood Propaganda]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Upon its release in December 2025, Dhurandhar was readily accepted as another commercial success in the profitable Bollywood spy genre, and box office collections saw its revenue soaring well past 350 crores in the weeks after its release.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farwa Imtiaz]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farwa Imtiaz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:29:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cinematic Republics: Muslim Identity, Pakistan And The Poetics Of Belonging In Hindi Film]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the long history of Indian cinema, few questions have proved as persistently generative, or as persistently uneasy, as those surrounding the Muslim presence on screen and the idea of Pakistan just beyond it.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Book Review, Books, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review, SPOTLIGHT]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr Aftab Husain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:59:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Badshah's Crown - Why DDLJ Still Plays In A Theatre After 30 Years]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time there was Madhuri, who taught us that Ek, Do, Teen went beyond just numbers.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sarah Fazli]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 02:46:26 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Is The New Superman Movie Worth Seeing? ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Superman was introduced in 1938.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 22:55:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ticket To Change: Balochistan's Filmmakers Challenge Censorship And Stereotypes]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-May-2025/ticket-to-change-baloch-filmmakers-challenge-censorship-and-stereotypes]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The woman sitting on the bike behind her husband, holding election tickets in her hand with hopeful desire, shredded the tickets on the road in despair.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Farida Gul]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film, Reports]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Farida Gul]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 13:38:53 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Why Filmmaking Matters, Even When It Is Not Perfect]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-May-2025/why-filmmaking-matters-even-when-it-is-not-perfect]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Filmmaking is more than entertainment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arfa Ijaz]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Arfa Ijaz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 18:37:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Last Flash: Burying Dr Kildare And The White Saviour Gaze]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Apr-2025/the-last-flash-burying-dr-kildare-and-the-white-saviour-gaze]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Dr Kildare is dead.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fawzia Afzal-Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Diary, Editor's Picks, Entertainment, Features, Film, Legacy, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fawzia Afzal-Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 01:37:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Reagan’s Life, In Hollywood’s Eyes]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Feb-2025/reagan-s-life-in-hollywood-s-eyes]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In the biopic, Reagan comes across as a larger-than-life figure, a romanticist, a communicator who could out-talk any political opponent in the US, the crusader against communism who brought about the fall of the USSR.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Perspective]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:10:08 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Voice Of The Wild: Sir David Attenborough’s Cinematic Journey ]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Jan-2025/voice-of-the-wild-sir-david-attenborough-s-cinematic-journey]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[He was born on 8 May 1926 and few could have foreseen that this child&rsquo;s journey would lead him to become one of the most beloved and iconic biologists, natural historians, conservationists, explorers, documentarians, narrators, and broadcasters.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ubaid Sahil]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Entertainment, Features, Film, History, Legacy, Television]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Ubaid Sahil]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:05:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[If You Listen, You Can Hear A House Speak]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Nov-2024/if-you-listen-you-can-hear-a-house-speak]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[There is a strange visual duality to time.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Nwa Abbas Rizvi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Nwa Abbas Rizvi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2024 23:02:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Her Earth Advocates: 10 Filmmakers Complete 'Patakha' Film Mentorship Programme]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[[Karachi, 1st November 2024] Two-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, proudly celebrated the successful conclusion of the fourth iteration of Pakistan's largest filmmaking grant and mentorship program Patakha Pictures, "Her Earth Advocates," featuring ten filmmakers from across Pakistan.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Advertorial, Film, News]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[News Desk]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:40:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Joyland And Vulnerable Masculinities]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Oct-2024/of-joyland-and-vulnerable-masculinities]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Saim Sadiq&rsquo;s Joyland, a Pakistani film released in the year 2022, was banned in Pakistan by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the pretext of &ldquo;highly objectionable material which does not conform with the social values and moral standards of our society.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wajiha Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Entertainment, Features, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Wajiha Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 14:37:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Of Faiz And Films]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[I have felt all my life that Faiz was such a multifaceted person that looking at him just as a poet extraordinaire does not do justice to his persona.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Music, Poetry, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:26:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Laapataa Ladies: Exploring Complex Eastern Relationships With The Veil ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Kiran Rao's 2023 Netflix comedy-drama Laapataa Ladies is not your average fare from Bollywood.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wajiha Anwar]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Film, Culture, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Wajiha Anwar]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 12:57:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Inside The Minds Of The Israeli Far Right]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As summer's end draws closer, now would be a good time to ask: have you watched Errol Morris&rsquo; Academy Award-winning documentary The Fog of War (2003), in which he interviews Robert McNamara, the controversial US secretary of defence during the John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson administrations at the height of the Vietnam war? Or The.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film, History, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:49:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Gulzar’s Creative Journey: Impressions From Pakistan On His 90th Birthday]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When the innocence of childhood clashes with the material realities, then a world of ideas is populated and the fire burning at the level of imagination carves new paths and lands while finding a way.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film, Legacy, Music, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Raza Naeem]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 22:26:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Golden Era Of Sindhi Films]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Sindhi film industry boasts a rich history spanning both Pakistan and India.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:19:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Memory Of A Pakistani Cult Classic]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Cult Classic: 
noun: Something, typically a film or book, that is popular or fashionable among a particular group or section of society.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Nadeem Farooq Paracha]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jul 2024 16:24:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shyam As Forgotten Star]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The book under review is a biography of actor Shyam (born Sialkot 20 February 1920 died Bombay 25 April 1951) who died when he was shooting for the film Shabistan (1951).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film, Legacy, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 17:08:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Act Of Killing: Lessons From Indonesia's Privatised Genocide From The 1960s]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[When I watched The Zone of Interest, nominated as it is for five Oscars, after the last scene in which Rudolf H&ouml;ss suddenly has a vomiting attack, I decided that I had to watch The Act of Killing again &ndash; because both films end in the same way.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patryk Tadeusz]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2024 16:08:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[One Life: True Story Of Sir Nicolas 'Nicky' Winton]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Movies have always been my steadfast companions since childhood.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haris Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Haris Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:40:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Watching Jonathan Glazer's The Zone Of Interest As Israel Massacres People In Gaza]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don&rsquo;t you remember?&rdquo; (Mark 8:17-18).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Patryk Tadeusz]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Review, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:32:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Oscar Stages And Khuda Ki Basti: A Tale Of Global Recognition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In the vast realm of storytelling, certain narratives transcend the confines of time and geography, becoming cherished cultural phenomena that resonate with audiences worldwide.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumtaz Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Film, Literature, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mumtaz Hussain]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 02:02:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Film Review | A Story Of Untiring Efforts ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Books and movies have always remained my very first buddies and my companions since my childhood.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Haris Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Film, Lifestyle]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:57:57 +0500</pubDate>

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										<description><![CDATA[In the tapestry of reality, the hidden spectrum of colours unfurls itself within the simplicity of black and white.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumtaz Hussain]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Culture, Editor's Picks, Features, Film, Reflections, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 14:20:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Circus Of Life: The Ordinary Culture Of Zindagi Tamasha]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In 1958, Raymond Williams published an essay titled &ldquo;Culture is Ordinary.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Maham Sajid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:18:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Yom Kippur War Through Golda Meir’s Eyes: 19 Days That Transformed Her Career]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Yom Kippur, one the holiest days of the Jewish calendar, fell on 6 October in 1973.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film, History, Review]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2023 21:15:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Kavita Daiya Explores The Cultural Reality Of The 1947 Partition]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture in Postcolonial India by Kavita Daiya is an analytical account that explores the political and cultural reality of the Partition of India in 1947.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fathima Sheikh]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Culture, Features, Memory, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2023 03:55:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Oppenheimer's Guilt And The Tragedy Of The Atom Bomb]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The life of the putative father of the atom bomb, Robert Oppenheimer, is explored in great depth in the three-hour long eponymous biopic which is now being screened worldwide.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ahmad Faruqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film, Legacy, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:56:03 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Ban On Screening Barbie in Pakistani Cinema Lifted]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Punjab film censor board on Tuesday finally cleared the Warner Bros.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:09:21 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Barbie Blows Competition Out Of Cinemas]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jul-2023/em-barbie-em-blows-competition-out-of-cinemas]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The live-action comedy surrounding the life of the pristine plastic promise called 'Barbie', originally created by toy manufacturer Mattel and turned into a movie by Warner Bros, has smashed the North American box office record, earning nearly three figures for a second successive weekend and earning nearly a billion dollars in its first ten days.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 22:36:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Barbie' Kept Off Screens In Punjab]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Young girls, teens and even older women, all decked out in pink, and some men as well, were left disappointed when they turned up at cinemas in Punjab but were only offered a refund as their movie of choice "Barbie" was not yet approved for screening by the provincial censor board.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 22 Jul 2023 13:09:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hollywood In Trouble As Actors Throw Weight Behind Writer's Strike]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As if dwindling box office returns amid skyrocketing budgets were not a big enough headache, the ongoing strike by writers in Hollywood - which has held up several major productions - saw A-list actors joining up and effectively grinding production across the valley to a halt.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:19:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Indian Music In Transition: The Initial Decades]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[As the Subcontinent was going through a difficult transition in 1946-48, from a restive British colony to two hostile nations, male singing in Indian films was also going through a profound transition.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2023 22:22:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[REVIEW: Madaari - The Drums Beat But Who Is Dancing?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jun-2023/review-madaari-the-drums-beat-but-who-is-dancing]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Most people believe that we are slaves to our actions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gibran Ashraf]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:35:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Unfinished Endings: Remembering The Iconic Tom Alter]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The youngest of three siblings, Tom Alter, was born on June 22, 1950, in the hill station of Mussoorie, in the northwest state of Uttarakhand, India.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:25:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[British Businessman Shakeel Meer Makes IFFA 2023 Splash]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[DUBAI: British-Pakistani businessman Shakeel Ahmad Meer has announced new ventures with Bollywood stars.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Special]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2023 17:09:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Remembering Rangeela: Subcontinent's Legendary Comedian-Actor]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Over the years, Pakistan has produced illustrious names in the field of comedy and Saeed Khan aka Rangeela was one of them.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Kamran Khamiso Khowaja]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 15:26:24 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Documenting The Rise Of A Thriving Balochi Film Culture]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Some 47 years ago, back in 1976, the first Balochi feature film Hammal o Mahganj, based on a Baloch folktale of love and resistance, was made by the prominent TV actor Anwer Iqbal.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sher Jan P. Shohaz]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sher Jan P. Shohaz]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:33:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shahida Raza And The Real-Life Feminisation Of Zinda Bhaag]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[“Look how one story leads to another” is a punchline of Pahlwan, the wisecracking baddie of the Pakistani film Zinda Bhaag (2013).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tooba Mushtaq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Culture, Focus, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:40:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Invisible Classics: 20 OP Nayyar Songs That Never Hit Cinemas]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The name of composer OP Nayyar is synonymous with the Golden Age of Bollywood movies – the 1950s to 1970s.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Features, Culture, Music, History, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2023 06:23:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[How To Watch Pathaan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[With millions of Indian and Pakistani film watchers and enthusiasts talking about Shahrukh Khan’s latest film Pathaan, I finally mustered the energy to go and watch the blockbuster.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ayesha Siddiqa]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:17:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Zia Mohyeddin Takes His Final Bow]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The living legend of Pakistani films, television and stage Zia Mohyeddin has taken his final bow and passed into oblivion.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tariq Aqil]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:28:49 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Mission Majnu' Fail: Pakistani Netizens Mock Silly Stereotyping In Film Trailer]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bollywood continues to capture the Pakistani imagination, but this time in derision to an upcoming "spy thriller" film's portrayal of the average Pakistani in a fictional pre-1971 setting.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[TFT Editor]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 12:24:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cultural Icons That The South Asian Subcontinent Lost In 2022]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Arguably the greatest loss to filmi music in 2022 was Lata Mangeshkar’s demise.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Year-Ender, Features, Culture, Music, Focus, Film, Legacy, Memory, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Mohammad Shehzad]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 20:26:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['The Legend Of Maula Jutt' Surpasses Two Billion Mark At Box Office]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bilal Lashari’s ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ has achieved another milestone this week, as the blockbuster remake of the Punjabi epic surpassed the two billion mark at the global box office, becoming the first-ever Pakistani film to do so.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2022 21:42:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Farha — A Film On Palestinian Dispossession And Belonging]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Amid much pressure from the Zionist lobby, streaming giant Netflix finally released the film Farha, a Jordanian film set in 1948 conceptualizing on Nakba (The Palestinian Catastrophe), the horrible ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Zionist Israelis.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hajra Satti]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Hajra Satti]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2022 19:40:41 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[On The Set Of Mughal-e-Azam And Behind The Scenes: 'Jab Pyar Kia To Darna Kia']]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Much has been written about the Indian period film Mughal-e-Azam and much more shall continue to be written.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Culture, Film, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Parvez Mahmood]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2022 19:24:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Filmmaker Annie Zaidi On Gender-Based Censorship, Complicit Silence And Sly Endorsements Of Violence]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In one of your interviews, you spoke about the power of literature – be it in its broadest sense newspapers and pamphlets or creative writing (novels etc.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2022 22:41:07 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Real Reason Why You Should Watch Bilal Lashari's New Hit]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Oct-2022/the-real-reason-why-you-should-watch-bilal-lashari-s-new-hit]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A burly figure, of a volcanic temper, of a visage redolent with bruises, of unkempt facial hair, of locks that reminds you of a certain Caucasian beast with a mane reminiscent of a lion: he had an incorrigible fatigue written all over him, pouring out of every little follicle of his swill-scented frame; haunted by an infernal past, wholly.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[B. J. Sadiq]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Culture, Review, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[B. J. Sadiq]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:38:16 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of The Legend Of Maula Jatt]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Bilal Lashari made a staggering debut into the Pakistani film industry nine years ago with Waar.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Zain Raza]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Zain Raza]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:57:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cannes-Winner Joyland's Official Teaser Is Finally Out]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The trailer for Saim Sadiq's feature film directorial debut 'Joyland' —which won top prizes at the prestigious Cannes film festival this year —is finally out, and it does not disappoint.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lifestyle Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Lifestyle, Culture, Television, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2022 19:12:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Promoting A Culture Of Film Festivals In Pakistan]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Sep-2022/promoting-a-culture-of-film-festivals-in-pakistan]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Gandhara Independent Film Festival (GIFF) is Pakistan’s first digital film festival.]]></description>

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					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Culture, Festival, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:03:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Faiz Mujaddid Lahori: Unsung Calligrapher From Lahore Who Became Bollywood Legend - I]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The city of Lahore has always been a fertile ground for people who excelled in various professions.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Syed Hassan Haadi]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Art, Features, Culture, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Syed Hassan Haadi]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2022 18:31:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[No One Lives Happily Ever After... Or Do They?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[‘No one lives happily ever after in real life…’ but what if they do? And can they? Jemima Goldsmith’s new film What’s Love Got To Do With It explores this as a romantic comedy family movie, canvasing dating apps, a fairytale, yearning love, and arranged rather assisted marriages into one frame.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shama Junejo]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Special Report, Features, Culture, Film, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Shama Junejo]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2022 01:26:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Kamli': Of Magic, Longing And Despair]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Storytelling is an art.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amber Siddiqui]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Review, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Amber Siddiqui]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2022 20:50:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['I'll Meet You There' - But Audiences Are Still Waiting]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Mar-2022/i-ll-meet-you-there-but-audiences-are-still-waiting]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[I’ll Meet You There is the brainchild of the critically acclaimed and incredibly talented filmmaker, writer and director Iram Parveen Bilal, co-produced under the banner of Sanat Initiative helmed by Abid Aziz Merchant.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Faiza Irfan]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Faiza Irfan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2022 08:42:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Love, War And Other Longings: Essays On Cinema In Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[“What might it be like to live without cinema?” Pakistan has had a complex relationship with cinema and by beginning their introduction to Love, War, &amp; Other Longings with this question, editors Vazira Zamindar and Asad Ali immediately highlight the importance of cinema and film, setting the stage for the important collection of essays they.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zahra Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film, Books]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Zahra Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 06:49:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Nahid Niazi - Pakistan's Forgotten Nightingale]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan in its almost 75 years of history has had many great female singers, but there has been just one nightingale.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Music, Film, Legacy]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Siraj Khan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 04:36:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Can 'Khel Khel Mein' Help Us Come To Terms With The Injustices And Trauma From 1971?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Brothers were separated.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Perspective, Reflections, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Madiha Arsalan]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 02:35:37 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[While Bollywood Toes The Hindu Nationalist Line, South Indian Cinema Takes Up The Real Issues]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[India’s versatile Bollywood industry has not only entertained people but has also worked as a powerful medium to broadcast social messages.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rohinee Singh]]></dc:creator>
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											<author><![CDATA[Rohinee Singh]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 04:29:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[When Hollywood Came to Chitral]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[ToThe former North West Frontier was in a way colonial British India’s answer to the Wild West of North America – with the local inhabitants taking the place of the Native Americans as a savage yet honorable people.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Fateh-ul-Mulk Ali Nasir]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 02:17:00 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Conversation with Kamran Faiq]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jul-2020/in-conversation-with-kamran-faiq]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Multiple experiences of presenting at international film festivals and a proper education in his field combine to make Kamran Faiq a director who compromises neither on content nor  technicality.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:05:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[In Conversation with Zain Afzal]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Jul-2020/in-conversation-with-zain-afzal]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Zain Afzal may well be one of the freshest sensations in our showbiz industry.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Muhammad Ali]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 15:41:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Concrete Dreams: Some Roads Lead Home]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Jun-2020/concrete-dreams-some-roads-lead-home]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Concrete Dreams: Some Roads Lead Home is a documentary film directed by Saba Karim Khan and Zayer Hasan, officially selected at the Docs Without Borders Film Festival competition (DWBFF), the Indian World Film Festival, the Tagore International Film Festival (TIFF) and the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Pan Algarra]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Sara Pan Algarra]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:00:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Patriotic Farce]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Apr-2020/patriotic-farce]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Bollywood’s increasing hyper-nationalism has been well documented.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 10:50:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Spanish connection - II]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Apr-2020/the-spanish-connection-ii]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Last week we looked back at an unimpressively made Bollywood remake of an epic Oriol Paulo Spanish mystery thriller.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2020 12:44:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Spanish connection]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Apr-2020/the-spanish-connection]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[At the time of writing, Money Heist is the number-one Netflix show in Pakistan in terms of viewership.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 10:55:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Mother of Mediocrity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Apr-2020/mother-of-mediocrity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Cinemas were shut down what seems like ages ago, which prompted us to resort to online streaming services for discussions in this space.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 10:43:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Taxiing on the runway]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Mar-2020/taxiing-on-the-runway]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[These are unprecedentedly gloomy times.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2020 11:05:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fair game]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Mar-2020/fair-game]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Amidst all the profitability of new renditions, something we’ve regularly touched upon in this space, films based on video games have their unique market.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2020 10:54:54 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A CGI adventure]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Mar-2020/a-cgi-adventure]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A lot of our recent conversations have been about the progress that filmmaking is making and the benefits – and challenges – that technology brings to the fore.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2020 09:17:30 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Truly un-fantastic]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/28-Feb-2020/truly-un-fantastic]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Every once in a while there comes a film from far off lands which provides motivation to the local filmmakers for all the wrong reasons.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:25:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Bird’s-Eye Review]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/21-Feb-2020/bird-s-eye-review]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The most intriguing aspect of the ever expanding galaxies like Marvel and DC, for our neck of the woods, is how movies beyond the poster protagonists – or antagonists – are being received here.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2020 11:32:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Not-so-gentle Men]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Feb-2020/not-so-gentle-men]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[While we have been critical of how monolithic the collection of Hollywood films being screened in Pakistan has been in recent years, it is heartening to see growing diversity in the selection of movies.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:59:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Theatre of the abdicant]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Feb-2020/theatre-of-the-abdicant]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[This week there is only one act that one could critique – one that is conspicuous by its absence.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:14:25 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Under treatment]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/31-Jan-2020/under-treatment]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[At least five different generations have been fascinated by Dr John Dolittle over the past century – or have been the target audience for the intended enthrallment.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 10:21:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[On a high]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jan-2020/on-a-high]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[We might absolutely be into the new year, nay the new decade, but as far as Hollywood releases in Pakistan are concerned, they’re following the pattern set in recent years, and reaffirmed over the Bollywood ban of the past 12 months.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:07:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Off the Ground]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/17-Jan-2020/off-the-ground]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[With the new decade now well and truly underway, for us filmgoers the most pertinent question of our times is posing itself blatantly: have digital streaming services relegated the stature of the cinema experience to a thing of the past?  Now with high-profile big-budget Netflix exclusive productions coming thick and fast, will there really be an.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jan 2020 12:40:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Howdunit - or How it’s Done]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/10-Jan-2020/howdunit-or-how-it-s-done]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The turn of the decade saw parts of the country engulfed in the coolest winter in recent memory.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:39:42 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Truth be Told]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/03-Jan-2020/truth-be-told]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A total of 22 Lollywood films were released last year, which averages less than a film every fortnight – in turn fewer than two releases per month.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jan 2020 10:57:31 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[The Previous Level]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Dec-2019/the-previous-level]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[It appears as though we discuss sequels and/or franchises almost every week! In fact, a quick look into the archives shows that all Hollywood movies covered in this space over the past three months have had some form of affiliation with one franchise or the other.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2019 10:59:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Terminate]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/20-Dec-2019/terminate]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Franchises have been a prominent feature of our coverage this year.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2019 11:57:04 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Relentless mediocrity]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/13-Dec-2019/relentless-mediocrity]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[If you look at the pattern that this column has formed over the past couple of years, especially this year in the aftermath of the now almost year-old Bollywood ban, you would notice that after every half-decent effort comes a barrage of mediocrity from our neck of the woods.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:34:34 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Underneath the Snow]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/06-Dec-2019/underneath-the-snow]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA['Tis the time of Hollywood sequels.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:35:50 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Sought and found]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Nov-2019/sought-and-found]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The year 2019 hasn’t exactly been a showcase of the best of the local film industry.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 10:16:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[A Shining Sequel]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/22-Nov-2019/a-shining-sequel]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple of months, we’ve been fortunate enough to have discussed some of the highest billed sequels in Hollywood.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2019 11:45:39 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Hunger games]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Nov-2019/hunger-games]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[When Durj was first showcased in front of the Federal Censor Board, ahead of its originally scheduled release on the 11th of October, the film was banned.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2019 12:27:29 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[List of Items]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Nov-2019/list-of-items]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Neelum Munir triggered quite a debate recently when she spoke of her “first and last” item number that she had done in Kaaf Kangana.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Sat, 23 Nov 2019 21:20:15 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Evil Sequence]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Nov-2019/evil-sequence]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Sequels can be hard to nail.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2019 10:58:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Cop out]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Oct-2019/cop-out]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[After successive weeks of high-profile Hollywood releases, culminating in the epic Joker last week, we are back to Lollywood, looking to extricate the best of what the local cinema has to offer.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2019 10:36:12 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Not a joke]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/18-Oct-2019/not-a-joke]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Recently we started a new trend in this space while discussing Hollywood flicks, which might have been brought to a premature end by a piece of artistic excellence.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2019 20:15:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Last nail?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/11-Oct-2019/last-nail]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[As far as tutorials for our filmmakers go, which is something we regularly mention in this space, the chronology of recent Hollywood releases in Pakistan appears to be a course designed for aspirants.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:08:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[It’s Complicated!]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/04-Oct-2019/it-s-complicated]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago we suggested that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood should be on the watch-list of all budding filmmakers in Pakistan looking to master the art – regardless of where one stands on the narrative that the film upholds.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 04 Oct 2019 12:19:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Over-spin]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/27-Sep-2019/over-spin]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[For all the critique that this space has been loaded with for the Lollywood Eid releases, we have to confess that it is encouraging that all three of them are still being screened in multiplexes across the country.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Features, Film]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Daniyal Zahid]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 11:27:22 +0500</pubDate>

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