Asim Abbasi
Barzakh When This World Mets Afterlife
The queer angle involves a character named Saifullah(played by Fawad M Khan) and an Italian chef-househelp named Lorenzo(Franco Giusti). The sexual connection between the two men is suggested with subtlety and grace, and there is no , gulp, kissing or lovemaking. So what exactly is the so offensive as to provoke a ban? Of I get it, homosexuality doesn’t exist in Pakistan. Godfearing people don’t do such things. We hear you. Barzakh purports to go deep into the classic battle between the world we live in and the afterlife. Abbasi brings the two worlds together in a cold alm | Click Here...
I believe all art has to be audacious: Churails fame Asim Abbasi
With the astounding success of his webseries Churails, young Pakistani-British director Asim Abbasi has achieved the near-impossible: the series has opened up cross-border entertainment after a lengthy embargo on Pakistani artistes and content in India. In Pakistan the eye-brow-raising themes in Churails such az homosexuality, lesbianism, domestic violence and kitchen murders, has opened up a widespread furore, a potential threat to the wellbeing of the cast and crew. In a freewheeling interview Britain-based director Asim Abbasi speaks to Subhash K Jha on some thorny issues on creati | Click Here...
Review Of ZEE5’s Churails: Fabulous Feminism
Churails(ZEE5) Starring" Sarwat Gilani,Yasra Rizvi, Nimra Bucha, Mehar Bano Written & Directed by Asim Abbasi Rating: **** After a failed suicide attempt one of the protagonists Batool calls herself Dard ki deewani. “Drama Queen!” mutters her friend colleague and sister in arms Jugnua an alcoholic wedding planner for whom God and the writer have some unexpected plans. Churails thrives on throwing repartees into conversations that seem snatched from the world around us without seeming to cannibalize from any secondary source. The beauty | Click Here...