The Pakistan Experience

In the first of a new subset of The Pakistan Experience, it is our honour to present the TPE Roundtable on Films with directors Sarmad Khoosat, Iram Parveen Bilal, Jami and Saim Sadiq.   We discuss the current state of our film industry, the idea of a film fraternity, censorship and what it takes to make a film in Pakistan.  

Sarmad Khoosat is the legendary director behind hits like Humsafar, and he starred in and director the artistic masterpiece, 'Manto''...

Part 1 of the Content Creators Roundtable, we discuss why people create content, what responsibility do they feel as content creators and what do you they think of the current state of content creation of Pakistan. 

We also discuss if content creators should speak on social issues or not, whether they need to lend their voices to causes, how it affects their careers and how audiences might react to them being vocal...

In part 2 of the TPE Content Creators Roundtable, we discuss whether there is a content creators community in Pakistan.  

 1. What should one do when a content creator is accused of harassment? 

2. Is there support for new content creators? 

3. Is there jealousy?  

4. Should we allow content creators to make mistakes and learn? 

5. Cancel culture 

6. Is it just about numbers?  

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Actors from the Film and TV industry of Pakistan come on this episode of The Pakistan Experience Roundtable to discuss acting and the media industry in Pakistan.  

From why they act to why we keep saying the same old stories being told in Film and on Television, from what changes they want to bring to how they are struggling to do so, what is acting and what is an actor, we discuss it all on this round table...

The top stand up comedians of Pakistan sit down for a discussion on comedy, censorship and building communities.  

Tabish Hashmi, Faheem Azam, Sana Khan Niazi and Natalia Gul come on The Pakistan Experience to discuss what can be joked about and the experience of being a stand-up comedian in Pakistan. From facing threats to self-censorship to why Stand-up comedy is not as big in Pakistan as it is in India; the comedians discuss their craft and their process.

Mo Naqvi, the Director of Inshallah Democracy, Asad Faruqui, the Director of the Emmy award winning Armed with Faith, and Anam Abbas, the Director of the documentary on Lucky Irani Circus, and the co-founder of the Documentary Association of Pakistan(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1vJ...), come on this week's TPE Roundtables to discuss Pakistan, Documentaries, Film Making and Art.

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year everyone!

The Avengers of the podcast assemble once more a very spesh end of the year special - co hosted by Muhammad Moiz, Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Tamkenar Mansoor - on this episode of Bachodiyan with friends we are joined by permanent guests Usman Rana and Lilith, with so many more guests dropping by...

Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year everyone!

The Avengers of the podcast assemble once more a very spesh end of the year special - co hosted by Muhammad Moiz, Mariam Shafqat Goraya and Tamkenar Mansoor - on this episode of Bachodiyan with friends we are joined by permanent guests Usman Rana and Lilith, with so many more guests dropping by...

Anchor is not letting us upload a 5 hour podcast so we have broken it up in two parts, here is part 2.

Mariam, Lilith and Usman are back for another session of Bachodiyan, in this birthday special episode of Bachodiyan we discuss sexuality, the line between consent and assault, the institution of monogamy, tips to spice up your love life, and end with our usual therapy session...