BHURBAN: On the trip from Islamabad to Bhurban, it was a pleasant surprise to find that behind the glitz and glamour, Pakistan’s celebrities are very human and the bus ride was very similar to a ride with friends.
A necessity for such a journey is music and the bus had barely begun moving before a designer asked for Indian songs to be put on and then promptly criticised the selection for being “too fast and too modern”.
The shuttle moved through Islamabad and passed Aiwan-e-Sadr and as luck would have it, at that time the song playing was “Paisa hai power”. To this an actor muttered, “It is the perfect song for the moment, we are passing the President House after all.”
To pass away time the celebrities began playing a guessing game where names of movies and books had to be deducted. Risque names were more popular with Kama Sutra and Sex, Lies and Videotape being guessed quickly and correctly.
Another topic was Facebook which has been in the limelight ever since it was created and with the recent film, The Social Network, a story about the founders of the site doing well at the box office. Celebrities seem to have the same complaints as the rest of us but it is no doubt much more annoying for these well known faces who had issues with the sites privacy laws, the fact that “every Tom, Dick and Harry wants to add them”, and lastly “how annoying it is to remove them from the lists, these clueless, fast friends, who want to enter our lives.”
Present on the bus were designer Deepak Perwani, photographer Tapu Javeri, model Nadia Hussain, designer Yousuf Bashir Qureshi, VJ Mathira, designer Feeha Jamshed, actor/director Marina Khan, director and producer Jaleel Akhtar, sportswoman Naseem Hamid, comedian Mustafa Chaudry and photographer Amean Jan.
So what are you upto?
Amean Jan
I am now the Head of the photography department at the Indus Valley School of Arts and Architecture. I just took out one book after compiling it for three years and there is another book about eight renowned photographers which I am busy compiling.
Marina Khan
Currently, I am just chilling out. But I will be doing a telefilm in the future for a friend of mine.
Amanat Ali
Presently I am working for the video of Teriyaan.
Ali Azmat
Doing gigs in Pakistan, just been back from a tour of the US and India where I was doing concerts. I have been working really hard.
Tariq Amin
Currently my wife and I are busy with lots of flood relief activities.
Deepak Perwani
The usual work, but looking forward to Pakistan Fashion Week in February and even to the next Lux Style Awards, as it is always good to win.
Hadiqa Kiani
Presently, I am doing a lot for flood victims. I am planning on building 1,200 houses for the people of Ali Mohammad village in the northern areas of Pakistan and I have dedicated my song “Aasmaan” to the flood victims.
Syed Rizwanullah
Lots of weddings are going to take place in the near future, so busy making and designing bridal outfits.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2010.
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