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Lights,
camera, glamour and support!
A horde of celebrities - from the music, film, television,
fashion and literati worlds - graced the red carpet at the KaraFilm
Festival opening.
This year's Kara did not have the Bollywood factor, but Pakistani
celebrities proved they can dazzle just as brightly!
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| Faisal
and Seema Kapadia |
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great! In this day and age, with the global economic recession and
the fact that the sponsors have backed out, it's a credit to the Festival
organisers for going ahead. As Karachiites we need to promote and
support the arts!" said Faisal Kapadia of Strings. "We've
become so used to things being sponsored - whether it's the arts or
music - that we've forgotten how to do things without them, even though
years ago that's how we did it." |
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| Tariq
Amin and Atiya Khan |
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| Tariq
Amin, who arrived with ex-supermodel Atiya Khan said, "It feels
good to be here!" "It's happening and its good to see everyone
together after ages, and that we've all come out in support of the
Festival. And even if we don't have the Bollywood stars, we have enough
glamour on our red carpet!" |
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| Amean
J |
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| Amean
J enthused, "It's fantastic to have it back!" when asked
how he felt about Kara's return."I'm looking forward to the short
films, especially Kalapul, which some of my friends have worked on." |
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Faisal Rafi with Jaffer Zaidi and Maaz Maudood
of Kaavish
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"All the
sponsors who didn't support Kara... it's pretty sad, and it's s**t
of them to not do so," said Faisal Rafi. "Hasan may not
directly say it but the reason the sponsors backed out is because
the Indians aren't coming. We're so enamoured with Bollywood, while
they're burning CDs of our artistes. Their film industry doesn't
need us! But unknowingly, we've done their music industry such a
huge favour over the past few years - their playback singers were
totally and still are forgotten. We need to support our filmmakers.
The reason I came and people should come to support it is because
it's a local festival that was started to support the local film
industry. The security issues are there anywhere in the world. If
people love music or films a security check shouldn't stop you!"
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