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Sunday, May 16th, 2010 by admin

Nasreen in Deewana (1964)

Deewana was perhaps Lollywood’s first ever horror film. It was made way back in 1964 and took its inspiration from the Invisible Man and The Spiral Staircase. Sabiha was cast in the role of an insomniac and the film despite starting off with a certain amount of promise soon deteriorated into an insufferable bore. The ...

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Monday, January 4th, 2010 by admin

Zinda Laash (1967)

In a day and age where even the mere mention of Lollywood elicits shudders of contempt, it is a relief to watch a resurrected classic Zinda Laash. Horror film buff and filmmaker Omar Khan decided to bring this desi gothic classic to life to show what Pakistani cinema was once capable of – and this ...

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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 by admin

Nasreen

Real name Zarina Agha, Nasreen was the daughter of actress Anwari and actor/music-director Rafique Ghaznavi, and mother of singing-star Salma Agha. She was cast as the leading lady in two pre-partition films Shahjehan (1946) and Ek Rooz (1947). She migrated to Pakistan after partition and married a wealthy carpet dealer in Karachi. One of her ...

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Saturday, November 7th, 2009 by admin

Nasreen

Nasreen (not to be confused with Salma Agha’s mother Nasreen aka Zarina Agha) was introduced by Anwar Kamal Pasha as Sudhir’s sister in Gumnaam (1954). She played the lead in Shohrat (1957) – directed by Nazir Ajmeri it was based on social theme but did not appeal to filmgoers. Therefore, Nasreen was left with the ...

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Saturday, September 12th, 2009 by admin

Nasreen in Zinda Laash (1967)

Nasreen trying to seduce Asad Bokhari in Zinda Laash (1967) – second horror film of Pakistan and the first one to be released with “Adults Only” tag.

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