Last Rites: An Evening at a Pak/Indian Show-biz Award Ceremony

i have absolutely no idea about what the awards were really like (except for the coverage given to them by tft etc) but i found this piece very very funny...im still laughing..too too good!
But btw, whats the slaanlaikum spoof? did each person actually come on stage and say slanlaikum?

please mention the purpose of this article, is it some shugally stuff, and if it is then HA HA HA HA, buhat hansee ayee, wow

LOl! This was a roar. It`s like one of Paracha`s spoof stuff many years ago. This is the kind of stuff that first made him notorious in Pakistan.
twintopaz jee, what do you mean stop lieing? Like ana rightly mentioned this was a spoof. Get a sense of humour, or better still, aap koh RUX Style award mubarak ho.

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#3 ana
~~has this like become a nexus now, this corporate-religious-entertainment show? or is this just really what it intends to be. .a spoof?~~

Fact is spoofier than fiction, ana.

#1# rahul_capri
~~Were the commericals all awful?As far as I remember, on Indian TV they were the only entertaining stuff.~~

I agree. Even though as Sir Syed Ahmed Khan once correctly said: ``A commercial, is a commercial, is a commercial.``

#2 by twintopaz
~~Nadeem...i wonder how come chowk staff agreed to publish this crap on front page...you please learn to appreciate things..improve your writing skills and stop lieing ~~

twintopaz ... It`s actually the back page posing to be a front page.... you please learn to apprecaite me for not appreciating things .... improve your reading skills and stop crying.

rgds,
NfP

heheh! Good one! Hilarious as uaual!

I simply hated the entire awards ceremony. firstly it looked totally mismanaged and disorganised at some points.

Secondly,Nadia Jameel kept blabbing rubbish. It was hilarious when she ran onto stage with just one jhumka in her ear and that too half hanging from her hair . At first i thought maybe she`s trying to make some weird fashion statement but within miinutes owing to the expertise of the camera man , she had the time to remove the half hanging sole earring . :)

Some performances were good such as the ones by Nirma and resham and even ZQ. But when Meera took on to stage... ( now that`s another story).

Amina haq won the award for best actress for a drama and that was a shock. She didn`t deserve it. i mean she just can not act. The other actresses nominated did a much beter part for instance Sania saeed or Uzma Gillani. Amina Haq???? Whatever!!!!

Sadia Imam looked super excited and her enthusiasm seemed totally fake ..well..atleast to me.

Further, i really didnt understand the concept behind P.actress`s coming on stage when Sonu Nigam was singing. let the poor guy sing in peace....

Shaan winning the best actor award for commando was also beyond my understanding. i mean from the promo , it looked as if all he did in the movie was to hold an Ak-47 and shout at the top of his lungs.

I also noticed that half the seats of the hall were empty or rather the hall was half full.. ( whatever! ).

Rahul Capri (post # 1) is right.. the commercials were the only entertaining thing to watch.

Anyways, shouldn`t be too hard on the organisers . I guess they did try very hard to put up a good show. but, then they definately have to do better and work harder!

Coming to the story , it was a good way to point out the fallacy of most actors and politicians. For instance the part where you wrote:

``Mr. Shaukat Aziz for portraying an ageing yuppie who suddenly discovers the wonders of discarding designer suits for crisp shalwar-kameez …”
now, that`s something. :)

You seem to come with brilliant stuff every time. I mean who could have thought of a classical version of ``Billo de Ghar ``!

Way too funnyyy!!!!

NFP:

a point of correction (not contention). `kabhi kabhie` was sung by mukesh (and lata) and not mohammad rafi, unless this is just part of the purposeful silliness.

yeah. .and i`m with #2. . .stop lying!!! stop trying to make a point by funny, biting, stories! what would people think. . .???? LOL.

it is all about the commercials these days. awful or not, they aren`t just simple, mindless adverts, the ones behind the ads are in control. when i was a child, anything having to do with the entertainment industry was considered either `beneath one`s status`, or against the teachings of islam. i was watching an awards show just recently where there was a naat or something to that effect before the festivities began, and it surprised me. . .has this like become a nexus now, this corporate-religious-entertainment show? or is this just really what it intends to be. .a spoof?

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Were the commericals all awful?As far as I remember, on Indian TV they were the only entertaining stuff.