siddiquikh Reviews

Iqbal (2005)

Great Job writer and director Nagesh Kukunoor

[10/10 · 14 March 2007]

Great Job. An excellent effort from Writer and Director: Nagesh Kukunoor, who didn't only use the talent of Naseeruddin Shah, Girish Karnad, Shreyas Talpade, Shweta Prasad, Yatin Karyekar and Prateeksha Lonkar in wonderful manners but delivered an ordinary story with exceptional way. This one of the best Indian movies (after the movie 'Black') where the lead role was a special/disable case (a deaf and dumb guy). It's universal truth, if the family members of a disable person cooperate with him/her using any sign of language to accomplish his/her dream and share his/her happiness as well as beautiful moments in the world any manner rather than taunting him/her on his/her disability then she/he can certainly do exceptional job with his/her talent. I would like to congratulate all the team members of this movie who made this piece of art memorable for the passion of a life of a disable person. Khalid H Siddiqui

Sargam (1995)

A classical piece of Art

[10/10 · 4 January 2007]

This is a musical artistic movie, which might not be very popular among many Pakistani viewers, who like traditional movies in Pakistan but it's very a beautiful piece of art. All the songs of the movie very popular, which originally record and released by Adnan Sami (Adnan Sami Khan) and Asha Bhosle (Indian playback singer) and were released may be from London, UK or Dubi, UAE. Millions of audio cassettes and CDs of that album were sold around the globe before the release of the movie. Due to Government of Pakistan limitation/ban, all the songs were record again by Adnan Sami and Hadiqa Kiyani replacing Asha Bhosle. Still, it didn't make any difference in the popularity of songs. All the songs were popular during 1995 and 1996 and hit on 'Lollywood Top Ten' music chart for many weeks. Syed Noor tried a different trend in Pakistan, which was not successful among traditional Pakistani movie viewers but successful among the people who wanted to see real peace of art because the movie keeps eastern classical music tradition of the sub-continent. Cheers. Khalid H. Siddiqui

Jeeva (1995)

A nice attempt from Syed Noor

[10/10 · 4 January 2007]

This movie brought back literate/educated Pakistani viewer back to theatre (cinema). It's one of the Lollywood good movies and nice attempt of Syed Noor. The movie story is not powerful but the songs and the acting of Javed Sheikh and Nadeem let the viewers to be in their seats during the movie. Syed Noor shot this movie in Pakistan and Turkey. The movie depicted one of the touching issues of Pakistani people where Syed Noor showed some Pakistanis guys try to go Greece illegally for job and better future of their families through the sea and get slaughtered by men-traders/smugglers. Two songs, 'Janu Sun Zara…..' and 'Choo Kay Teray Man Ko Hawa….', of the movie were very popular during 1995 and 1996 and hit on 'Lollywood Top Ten' music chart for many week. The movies also included some of the religious sites of Turkey where the remains of popular Islamic personalities are on display for the public. Syed Noor is very talented write, director and producer in Lollywood world and always looked for new talents among teenagers and other experienced actors. He is also one of the directors of Lollywood industry who tried his best to bring back Pakistani viewers back in theaters (cinemas) during the era when every theatre (cinema) got converted to Shopping Mall by businessmen due to falling situation of film industry. Cheers. Khalid H. Siddiqui

Mushkil (1995)

A nice flick from Javed Sheikh

[10/10 · 4 January 2007]

This is an excellent story about a family (Javed Sheikh, Neeli and their son) whose only beloved son is kidnapped by group of Bay-Gar Camp (a place to keep kidnapped kids) people. These kids are transported one of the gulf countries, where some of the Arab traders use them for camel racing. If the kid is very young then the owner ties the kid to the camel and use him in the camel race. Some of the kids die during the race after falling down from the camel. When Javed Sheikh and Neeli's son disappears from a Shopping Mall then they try to search them everywhere and get through the hardships of desert searching. Pakistani police plays a traditional role by helping the criminal instead of the family. The ordeal gets over when Javed Sheikh and Neeli gets to Bay-Gar camp and get free their son. The last seen of the movie was beautiful when the family handover rest of the lost kids to Abdul Sattar Ehdi to find their parents and get back to their homes. This is traditional musical movie of Pakistan but with some nice and very popular songs. Javed Sheikh gave the chance to Tahseen Javed to sing one of the movie songs. The song 'Dil Ho Gaya Hay Tera Diwana…..'was hit during 1995 and 1996 on 'Lollywood Top Ten' music chart. This movie should not be compared with Hollywood or Bollywood movies because it's better than other Pakistani movies, which can be seen with the family. Cheers. Khalid H. Siddiqui.