A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his face covered by a cloth. A colleague rewinds a reel manually while on screen, through the hashish smoke, a woman bounces on a bed ...

Pashto cinema is undergoing an identity crisis; it is now synonymous with buxom women with gyrating hips. Its audience is critical of these vulgar dance sequences and the days where these very films ...

PESHAWAR: Only three films will be released in different cinemas of the city on Eidul Fitr this year. While the industry released seven movies in 2015—the highest number released by Pashto film-makers ...

A worker checks a strip of an old Pashto movie loaded into a projector at Arshad cinema in Peshawar. - Photo by Reuters PESHAWAR: A projectionist lies asleep in the sweltering Pakistani heat, his face ...