Pakistan’s Amman Mushtaq was also one of the many artists selected from across the globe to attend this year’s Red Bull Music Academy Session in New York. Studio sessions were facilitated in nine custom-built studios in a Chelsea building refitted by architect Jeffrey Inaba. Songs recorded during the session will be available later this year on www.redbullmusicacademy.com.

Check out some pictures of Amman Mushtaq while attending the music sessions in New York.

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12^th Annual LUX Style Awards Nominations list celebrates the best of Pakistan’s Music, TV and Fashion

KARACHI, May 14, 2013: The Awards office of the 12^th Annual LUX Style Awards announced nominations in 22 categories in the field of television, music and fashion in Karachi yesterday. The three distinct juries that debated and voted for the TV, Music and Fashion nominations had an intensive and challenging task to narrow down to five nominations per category.

The Film Jury refrained from suggesting any 2012 release for nomination this year.

The eight TV nominations were divided into satellite and terrestrial for the Best Serial, Best Actor/Actresses categories. The final winner for each of these categories is decided by Viewer’s Choice votes while Nominees for Best Director and Writer Awards will be decided via Jury Votes. Hum Tv’s mega blockbuster hit Humsafar has a presence in all relevant categories as it is now eligible for inclusion this year as against 2011 as per the rules of the LUX Style Awards. The competition in all TV categories is expected to be intense.

Competition for the nine Fashion Categories was tough and challenging. The Jury, made up of Fashion Editors and journalists across Pakistan voted for top five in each category. Fashion’s new vibrancy is gauged most by the entry of so many new practitioners in the Emerging Talent category. The other categories reflected the state of the industry with its blend of entrenched old guard still exciting with new ideas and the push up by vibrant new talent to edge them out and gain a foothold in the big design, styling and photography categories.

The LUX Style Awards for excellence in the field of Entertainment and Fashion in Pakistan are held annually and aired throughout the country on several national channels.

LUX STYLE AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2013

FILM NOMINATIONS

No film nomination in any category for 2012

TELEVISION NOMINATIONS

Best TV Play (Satellite)                                        

Humsafar on Hum TV (Producer Momina Duraid)

Maat on Hum TV (Producer Amna Nawaz Khan)

Manjali on Geo Entertainment (Producer Humayun Saeed & Shezad Naseeb)

Mera Yaqeen on ARY Digital (Producer Asif Raza Mir & Babar Javed)

Shehre Zaat on Hum TV (Producer Abdullah Kadwani, Asad Qureshi & Momina Duraid)

Best TV Actress (Satellite)          

Hina Dilpazeer for Qudusi Sahab Ki Bewa on ARY Digital

Mahira Khan for Humsafar on Hum TV

Mahvish Hayat for Mere Qatil Mere Dildar on Hum TV

Saba Hameed for Manjali on Geo Entertainment

Saba Qamar for Maat on Hum TV

Best TV Actor (Satellite)                                      

Adnan Siddiqui for Mere Qatil Mere Dildar on Hum TV

Faisal Qureshi for Jahez on Geo Entertainment

Fawad Khan for Humsafar on Hum TV

Imran Aslam for Sanjha on Hum TV

Shahood Alvi for Mere Huzoor on Express Entertainment

Best TV Play (Terrestrial)                                    

Mein on PTV (Producer Studio 63)

Mein Muhabbat aur Tum on A Plus (Producer Shehzad Chaudry)

Paayal on PTV (Producer Yamin Malik)

Qeemat on A Plus (Producer Kamran Khan)

Tilafi on PTV (Producer Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Naseeb)

Best TV Actress (Terrestrial)     

Beenish Chohan for Chalo phir se Jee ke Dekhen on PTV

Fiza Ali for Love, Life aur Lahore on A Plus

Mahnoor Baloch for Tilafi on PTV

Mahvish Hayat for Mein on PTV

Resham for Ek Yaad Hai on A Plus

Best TV Actor (Terrestrial)                                  

Babar Ali for Mein on PTV

Kashif Mehmood for Love, Life aur Lahore on A Plus

Nauman Ejaz for Qeemat on A Plus

Saleem Shaikh for Anokha Ladla II on PTV

Sami Khan for Mein on PTV

Best TV Director                                           

Amna Nawaz for Maat on Hum TV

Hassam Hussain for Durr-e Shahwar on Hum TV

Kashif Nisar for Mein on PTV

Nadeem Baig for Manjali on Geo

Sarmad Khoosat for Humsafar on Hum TV

Best TV Writer                      

Amna Mufti for Jahez on Geo

Faiza Iftikhar for Bilquis Kaur on Hum TV

Khalil-ur-Rehman for Manjali on Geo

Seema Munaf for Tilafi on PTV

Umera Ahmed for Maat on Hum TV

MUSIC NOMINATIONS

Best Album

Chahar Balish by Sajjad Ali

Circus in the Sky by Usman Riaz

Khamoshi by Ayesha Omar

Naubahar by Dynoman

The Harvest by Sajid & Zeeshan

Song of the Year

Ankahi by Overload

Jaag by Jarar Malik

Kahani Purani by Mooroo

Katna Nae by Sajjad Ali

Pi Jaon by Farhan Saeed

Best Emerging Talent

Ahmed Siddiqui

Faaris Shafi

Mooroo

Naseer and Shahab

Sibti

Best Music Video Director

Farhad Humayun for Ankahi

Hammad Khan for Ane de

Sohaib Akhtar- for Khamoshi

Taimoor Salahuddin for Awam

Taimoor Salahuddin for Kahani Purani

Best Original Sound Track (OST)

Hain Yeh Silsilay by Zoe Viccaji for Tanhayan Naye Silsilay on ARY Digital

Matae Jaan by Bilal Khan for Matae Jaan on Hum TV

Roshan Sitara by Qurat ul Ain Baloch for Roshan Sitara on Hum TV

Yaar Ko Humne by  Abida Parveen for Shehr-e-Zaat on Hum TV

Zindagi Gulzar Hai by Ali Zafar for Zindagi Gulzar Hai

FASHION NOMINATIONS

Model of the Year (Female)                         

Amna Ilyas

Ayyan

Cybil Chowdhry

Mehreen Syed

Rabia Butt

Model of the Year (Male)                            

Abbas Jafri

Ather Amin

Jahan-e-Khalid

Shehzad Noor

Waleed Khalid

Best Fashion Photographer

Azeem Sani

Fayyaz Ahmed

Guddu Shani

Nadir Feroz

Rizwan ul Haq

Best Hair and Make-up Artist                                  

Creative Team at Nabila

Creative Team at Tariq Amin

Juju Haider & Shammal Quraishi at Toni&Guy, Lahore

Maram Azmat & Abroo Hashmi

Raana Khan

Achievement in Fashion Design – Luxury Pret       

Shehla Chatoor

Iman Ahmed at Body Focus

Khadija Shah at Elan

Maheen Karim

Sania Maskatiya

Achievement in Fashion Design – Pret

Feeha Jamshed

Iman Ahmed at Body Focus

Sanam Chaudhry

Sania Maskatiya

Wardha Saleem

Best Menswear Designer     

Ahmed Bham

Amir Adnan

Ammar Belal

Ismail Farid

Republic by Omar Farooq

Achievement in Fashion Design – Lawn

Khaadi by Khaadi

Mahnoush by Arjumand Amin

Orient by Deepak Perwani

Sana Safinaz by Sana Hashwani & Safinaz Muneer

So Kamaal by Elan

Best Emerging Talent

Misha Lakhani (Women’s wear designer)

Abdullah Haris (Photography)

Natasha’s Salon (Hair & Make Up Artist)

Saima Azhar (Modeling)

Sana Sarfaraz (Modeling)

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Will Imaan be able to win over her husband’s love again?

Will Rumi’s dream of becoming rich come true?

Watch “Ek Larki Pagal Pagal Si” every Monday to Thursday at 7:25 P.M.

Story: Rizwana Prince
Writer: Riffat Humayun
Direction: Saifi Hasan
Production: MNM Productions
Cast: Azfar Rehman, Urwa, Areej Fatima, Naeem Shaikh,
Seemi Pasha, Hina Altaf, Seema Sehar, Shahid Naqvi.

Check out the Exclusive Photoshoot Pictures below:

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This performance was, however, rather special. Not only were the current students present, a large majority of LUMS Alumni were also invited. Therefore it was a slightly mature crowd, and the audience wasn’t the typical young university students they were used to performing in front of.

The show kicked off with Asfar and the gang’s smashing rendition of Sar Kiye Yeh Pahar. The band seemed slightly thrown-off as the crowd remained seated in orderly fashion even after the third song. It was time to bring in the big guns!

A saxophone-rich performance of the classic Babiya was exactly what the doctor had ordered. The audience participated encouragingly and they went into an extended version of the song as the crowd loved it.

The mood improved significantly after that as more students from across the campus got drawn to the sound of music, and the Alumni got off their seats and came up close to the stage to cheer the band on. The performance went on well into the night, and things finally wound down around 11PM.

Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the performance, and was grateful for such a pleasant end to the day.

“It’s important for such events and performances to happen on a regular basis here, as it breaks the monotony of studying and exams and the overall pressure, and gives us the opportunity to unwind a bit”, says Rabia, an MBA junior at LUMS.

Furqan, a LUMS Alumni, also appreciated the NESCAFE Basement performance. “Visiting this place once again and seeing all the familiar places took us all back to the good ol’ days when we used to hang out here for coffee and obsessed over case studies and whatnots, and the music certainly added color to the nostalgia. Great stuff!”

For more information regarding the NESCAFÉ Basement tour, the artists, and the upcoming NESCAFÉ Basement 2013, you can check out NESCAFÉ’s official Facebook page. The recruitment for NESCAFÉ Basement 2013 is still going on, so if you think you have what it takes to be up there, feel free to submit your performance on their Facebook page.

Watch out some exclusive pictures from LUMS Alumbi Concert:

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A whole slew of artists will be involved in the project comprising of big names such as Ali Azmat, Strings, emerging stars such as Meesha Shafi and Zoey Viccaji, and a legend of Pakistani pop, Alamgir. These artists will be the primary mentors, with mentoring musicians such as Salman Ahmed, Aamir Zaki, Omran Shafique, Shallum and Faisal Baig lending their talent to bring further diversity to the music. The shepherd for the show is of course Shahi, as the music maestro and talent selector, accompanied by Ahmed Ali Butt and Cybil Chowdry as the hosts of the star-studded extravaganza that is Cornetto Music Icons.

Shahzad Hasan (Shahi), an original member of the legendary and iconic band Vital Signs; one of the earliest acts responsible for introducing and establishing the Pakistani Pop music industry, will lend his rich experience and partner with Cornetto on this project as the music producer and talent selector.Shahi has produced hundreds of hits and created innumerable stars, and is now for the first time pairing up with a Brand to bring together a show that showcases the journey of music production, accompanied by a stellar group of the biggest names the Pakistani Music Industry has to offer. Shahi commented “It’s been a dream of mine to work on a project that’s not only about creating music, but also about creating new talent. Cornetto Music Icons has given me and Pakistan a platform to revive the Pakistani music industry.”

Check out below some Exclusive Pictures from Cornetto Music Icons:

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Amman Mushtaq is not the first but the second Pakistani to represent the nation at the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy. Born and raised in Karachi, this talented young musician spends most of his time making music, playing video games, watching cartoons, and most importantly using his imagination while surrounded by creative people. Music has always been an important part of Amman’s life. In his own words “Music has been important to me since I was very young. My sisters would always be listening to music or recording songs off the TV on to cassettes. Most of my closest friends are people who are involved in music. Sound is an amazing force of nature, and I feel all the people in my life have brought me closer to it, and it has brought me closer to them in ways nothing else could. Working on sounds alone is also a pretty mystical experience”

The Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) is an annual international music event where up and coming producers, singers, arrangers, DJs and musicians get the opportunity to learn from top industry professionals. “I expect to meet new people, work on tunes, and see some awesome shows”, says Amman on his participation at this year’s Red Bull Music Academy in New York. The Academy is a dream place for any young, aspiring musician across the globe, and each year more than a million applications are received from various countries with the hope to win a chance to attend the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy. Hence, it gives us great pride to announce Amman Mushtaq as the official representative of Pakistan at this year’s Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) in New York; starting from April 27 to May 11, 2013.

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Karachi, April 22:

SEE ALSO: Day 2: BCW 2013 | Day 1: BCW 2013

The night segment opened with a bang, with Deepak showcasing his male and female ethnic bridal collection. His showstoppers were donned by Wasim Akram and Zeba Bakhtiar. He was followed by the works of 14 Haute Couturiers – Imran Rajput, Deepak and Fahad, Tabassum Mughal, Arsalan Iqbal, Ishtiaq Afzal, Nida Khurram, Nadaa Saleem, Obaid Sheikh, Wahaj Moiz, Ruby Shakeel, Uzma Baber, Naureen Arbab, Mussarat Bushra and Vasim Asghar. The outfits of Wahaj M. Khan were donned by Sana Fakhir and Ehsan Khan.

Hardly had the audience recovered from this treat that BodyBeat Productions came in to perform, much to everyone’s delight. This time the performance featured along with Hasan Rizvi Anoushay Ashraf, Kiran Khan, Suhai and Tipu, Sarwat Gilani, Javed Sheikh and Komal Rizvi.   The evening came to a grand close with HSY’s male and female gloriously worked collection, ending with an electronic fireworks display.

The entire event management, from designing of invitation cards to sets, and complete execution of event was carried out by HUM Network Ltd. PBCW was choreographed by ace choreographer Hassan Shehryar Yasin. Make-up artist on the first and last days was Saba Ansari of Sabs Salon while on the second day make-up and hair-styling was done by the experienced Laiqa Hassan. PR was handled jointly by HUM Network’s PR department and Xenith.

Pictures of Bridal Couture Week Day3 below:

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Karachi, April 21:

SEE ALSO: Day 1: Bridal Couture Week 2013

The night show opened with Teena by Hina Butt. Her ecclectic collections for males and females included gowns, palazzos and churidars for women and sherwanis and kurtas for men. She was followed by a heart-warming performance by Fuzon. Yasmeen Zaman followed with her collection which was more geared towards a trousseau line. Indian designers Anjalee and Arjun Kapoor closed the night on a dramatic note with extremely bling and ornate gowns and saris.

The entire event management, from designing of invitation cards to sets, and complete execution of event is carried out by HUM Network Ltd. PBCW is being choreographed by ace choreographer Hassan Shehryar Yasin. Make-up artist on the first day was Saba Ansari of Sabs Salon while on the second day make-up and hair-styling was done by the experienced Laiqa Hassan.

NEXT TO FOLLOW: Day 3 Bridal Couture Week 2013

Pictures of Bridal Couture Week Day 2 below:

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Karachi, April 20, 2013:

( SEE ALSO: Bridal Couture Week 2012 )

The show began with a bang with a Pantene hair mob choreographed by BodyBeat Productions and with the Pantene brand ambassador Nina Lotia appearing on the ramp for a mock hair-styling of models. Hardly had the audience caught its breath that Zainab Chhotani displayed her elegant collection comprising heavy bridals in beautiful combinations which were an instant hit. Her shopwstoppers were donned by Nida Yahsir, Fahad Mustafa,Urwa Marwa and Shaista Wahidy. Nadia Chottani came in next with her elaborate jewellery collection. Her showstopper was donned by Tamina Chaudhry.

After an exuberant performance by the charming couple, Aamina and Mohib, choreographed by BodyBeat Productions , Saim Ali came on stage with his very bling collection. Noor, Hamza Ali Abbas and Amna Malik donned his showstoppers. Mona Imran closed the first show with a collection that boasted aesthetic combinations which included saris, lehngas and peshwas. Hina Dilpazeer opened her show, Saud and Javeria appeared in her ensembles in the middle and Saira Khan in the end.

The second show opened with striking ensembles by Zaheer Abbas. Humaima Malik donned his showstopper after which Amna Ajmal displayed her colourful line. Her showstoppers were donned by Babrik Shah attired as a groom and Maira as the bride. Aamina and Mohib’s enjoyable performance followed. The show came to a vibrant and impressive end with the rich and heavily worked collection of the highly creative Asifa and Nabeel.

( Next to Follow:  Day 2: BCW 2013 | Day 3: BCW 2013 )

Pictures of Bridal Couture Week Day 1:

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Will the three women be able to understand one another’s pain and change the fate of the family?

To find out watch “Rehai”

Writer: Farhat Ishtiaq

Director: Mehreen Jabbar

Cast: Noman Aijaz, Sameena Pirzada, Maria Wasti and Sania Shamshad

Checkout the pictures below:

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