Recently, a Pakistani theatre group, Mauj, enacted the Urdu adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana at the Arts Council of ...

Once upon a time, the storyteller had to be a man of many arts—be glib and a deft swordsman, at the very least. Close to the ...

Shahid Kapoor owns a stunning Rs 59 crore sea-facing apartment in Mumbai, once rented by Kartik Aaryan, along with a ...

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi shared a picture from the British Parliament and shared that the veteran screenwriter and ...

Then, one day in early 2024, I learned that Naim sahib had written to a mutual acquaintance, Professor Manan Ahmad, about my ...

While Rekha’s Umrao Jaan reclaims the spotlight, here are some timeless Urdu novels that deserve their own cinematic close-up ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to launch a digital invoicing system in Urdu.

Purani Dilli to Ayodhya, Fouzia Dastango is reimagining Hindu epics to Meena Kumari’s story in Urdu. Crowds love it.

Zaban-e-Urdu hai jiska naam, Woh Hindustan ki jaan hai.” The language called Urdu is the life of Hindustan. Prologue: A ...

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

As Hindi cinema retreats from music, director Anurag Basu and composer Pritam continue to build films around it ...