Thursday 1 September 2016
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
14) Rare photos of film poster and family photo and the still from Taqdeer are from www.cineplot.com 1 Film directed by Mehboob Khan in 1943, Nargis's debut
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
10) Mukhtar Begum who was born in Amritsar,Punjab was one of the earlier stars in Indian Cinema during 30's and early 40's who was also an accomplished singer.
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
7) Alam
Ara (Hindi: आलम आरा, Urdu: عالم آراء, translation: The Ornament of the
World) is a 1931 film directed by Ardeshir Irani. It was the first
Indian sound film.
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
5) Zubeida was the first talkie actress of India, as she acted in first Indian talkie Alam Ara (1931).
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
4) Zubeida Begum, was the first actress who acted in a Bollywood musical
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
2) Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir in Alam Ara, First Talkies of India
Pre-Independence Cinema of United India Bollywood
1) The
first fully indigenous Indian feature film Raja Harishchandra made by
Dadasaheb Phalke, released on May 3, 1913. The silent film had titles in
Hindi and English and released at the Coronation Theatre in Bombay.
Monday 6 June 2016
Pashtuns of Pakistan
14)
Mansehra - Nawab Khan Zaman Khan (Nawab of Amb State and chief of the Tanoli Tribe) with fellow Tanoli tribesmen at old Amb fort
Pashtuns of Pakistan
12)
Indian British artillery in Palestine; conflicting dates of 1917 and 1920. Photo via Library
Pashtuns of Pakistan
8)
1948 Waziristanis for Kashmir War and they freed Half of the Kashmir now it is called Azad kashmir
Pashtuns of Pakistan
5)
Field
Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of India
reviewing Tanoli soldiers from Amb State Guard, Darband, 1941.
Pashtuns of Pakistan
4)
It
represented a non-violent freedom struggle against the British Empire
by the Pashtuns of the North West Frontier Province(Pukhtunistan).
Pashtuns of Pakistan
3)
Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa through its famous Khyber Pass (56 kilometres long, 40
kilometres being in Pakistan and the remainder in Afghanistan.
Pashtuns of Pakistan
2)
Afridi Pathan warriors; Afridi Pathan officer and sepoys, Khyber Rifles, 1895.
Pashtuns of Pakistan
1)
A picture of the Mohammad Ali Jinnah recieving a rifle from a Pathan tribal during his visit to Peshawar as Governor General of Pakistan...
Sunday 5 June 2016
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
31) Jamming:
A pop band of Pakistani Christians performing at Karachi’s Horseshoe
Club & Restaurant in 1974. The club closed down in 1977 and then the
restaurant in the early 1980s.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
29)Akbar lives: A vibrant 1973 poster printed by the Pakistan Ministry of Tourism to attract tourism to the city of Lahore.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
28)A 1975 press ad of the then famous Pakistan cigarette brand, Red & White.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
27)Homage to the founder: Especially struck coins issued on the 100th birth anniversary of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1976.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
26) A
new blue: A blue PIA aircraft. These limited-edition blue planes were
especially commissioned for flights over Europe in 1977. PIA was still
one of the leading airlines in the world before its gradual decline from
the mid-1980s onwards.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
25)The April 1977 cover of popular Urdu fashion and show-biz magazine, Dhanak.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
24) Raunchy:
A still from Pakistan’s first ‘X-rated’ film, ‘Dhulan Aik Raat Ki’
(1975) that starred ‘Pakistan’s Charles Bronson’, Badar Munir.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
23) The magic bus: European tourists wait for a bus in Pakistan’s arid Balochistan province in 1975.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
22) Nightlife:
Victoria Road in the Saddar area of Karachi in 1974. Between 1960 and
1977, the area was a famous for its trendy shops, restaurants and bars.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
20)
Star stuff: Leading Pakistani film actors of the 1970s, Nadeem and Waheed Murad, in Lahore in 1973.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
19)
Rashid
Ahmed Khan, a prominent leader of the left-wing National Students
Federation (NSF, surrounded by supporters at Karachi’s Dow Medical
College soon after an NSF-led protest movement forced Ayub Khan to
resign in 1969.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
18)
Bad
girls, astronauts and a Psycho: Karachi’s famous Rio Cinema in 1967.
Rio was pulled down in the 1990s and turned into a gaudy ‘shopping
arcade.’
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
17)
Lahore buzz: Neon sign of Pakistani beer brand, Murree, on the roof of a café in Lahore in 1960.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
16)
Walking
tall: Stewardesses of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) on the
runaway of Karachi Airport (in 1960). The uniforms of PIA hostesses were
at the time designed by famous French designer, Pierre Cardin. PIA
became one of the top 10 airlines of the world till it began its slow
decline from the early 1980s onwards.
Pakistan From Jinnah To Bhutto
14)
Fire and flair: Female students at a college in Karachi learn Taekwondo (a Korean Martial Arts sport) in 1948.
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