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“English is Everything,” Saba Qamar’s Bollywood debut Hindi Medium!

The official trailer of upcoming Bollywood film “Hindi Medium” is out now. The film is directed by Saket Chaudhary, and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, and Dinesh Vijan, under the production of Maddock Film Production.

Its Bollywood debut of talented and ravishing Pakistani Saba Qamar. She’s playing lead opposite Irrfan Khan.

The story is based on true events and revolves around the parents (Irrfan Khan & Saba Qamar) of Prya, who want their daughter’s admission in Hi-Fi school, because they think if piya will study in government school so couldn’t speak English, and society won’t accept her. So finally they go to a private school for the admission of their daughter, and after looking at the building of School they comment that is it 5-star hotel or school?

Then the climax occurs, and the story becomes change with the dialogue,
There is no English language in this country, there is a class! And to enter in this class, there is no other way except to study in Hi-Fi school.”

The trailer shows that the film have a roller coaster of comedy along with strong message that director want to convey.

I must say, I’m super excited for film because the story has really touched the heart, looking forward for its release on 12^th May 2017, across world.

Here’s the trailer of the film,

Complete Winners’ List of Oscars 2017!

The 89^th Academy Awards, celebrated the best of the best names in the film industry. The award ceremony was held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

Casey Affleck won the Best Actor Award for “Manchester by the Sea” while Emma Stone won the Best Actress Award for “La La Land.”

The end of the ceremony was bit disappointing when film “La La Land” was declared as best film, but suddenly it was announced that there was an error, and the best film awards goes to “Moonlight.”

Well, here’s the complete list of the winners,

Best Film

Moonlight

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Actress

Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Best Original Screenplay

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight)

Best Cinematography

Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

Best Original Score

Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Best Original Song

Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land)

Best Sound Editing

Sylvain Bellemare (Arrival)

Best Foreign Language Film

Asghar Farhadi (The Salesman)

Best Film Editing

John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best Visual Effects

Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Dan Lemmon (The Jungle Book)

Best Production Design

David Wasco and Sandy Reynolds Wasco (La La Land)

Best Sound Mixing

Kevin O’Connell, Andy Wright, Robert Mackenzie and Peter Grace (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best Documentary Feature

Ezra Edelman and Caroline Waterlow (O.J.: Made in America)

Best Animated Film

Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Clark Spencer (Zootopia)

Best Animated Short Film

Alan Barillaro and Marc Sondheimer (Piper)

Best Documentary Short Subject

Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara (The White Helmets)

Best Live Action Short Film

Kristof Deak and Anna Udvardy (Sing)

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood (Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them)

Best Make-Up

Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini and Christopher Nelson (Suicide Squad)

Quaker Oats Hosted A Brunch To Promote A Healthy Lifestyle & for a Good Start To The Day!

Everyone wants to live a healthy lifestyle, and for that perfect diet and nutrition are very important and is also important to start a good day. But when it comes to health then the question arises whether the breakfast we are taking is it healthier or not?

So, now Quaker Oats which is one of the popular brand of the world, has recently hosted a Quaker Oatsome Brunch at Cafe Flo in Karachi.

The brunch included a variety of delicious foods. The event was attended by many celebrities including Ahmed Ali Butt, Fatima Khan Butt, Maheen Karadar Ali, Rubab Ali, and Omer jamil among others.

The main goal of the brand is to encourage and educate Pakistani people to move towards health and wellness by including Quaker in their meals for a ‘Good Start to the Day.’

While commenting Sarah Syed (Brand Manager of Quaker Pakistan) said,

“We know that getting energy and nutrition in the morning positively affects the rest of our day. But all too often, the twists and turns of daily life get in the way and health takes a back seat. With Quaker, our effort here is to educate people about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle – which starts with healthy eating specifically in the morning, when you need the right energy to power you up. People should know that food high in nutrition can be very tasty and extremely good for your health. The journey at the heart of it is to move towards a healthier Pakistan – one breakfast at a time – and help people unlock their day’s potential by eating healthy and ensuring a ‘Good Start to their Day’ with Quaker.”

Since our diet is incomplete without healthier breakfast, but now its time to add Quacker in our daily life to good start of the day and to have a healthier life without any doubt.

Here are some pictures from the event.

Few hours to go! “Don’t Speak, Just Eat”

So, the biggest food festival of the year is all set to take place in Karachi within few hours. Yes, Karachi Eat Food Festival is all set to begin today 13^th January 2017, and will continue till Sunday 15^th January 2017, at Frere Hall, Karachi.

The event is organized by Sara Chapra, Aslam Khan and Omar Omari of CKO Event Architecture, while PR & Media by Ali Chaudhry of Latitude CRS.

Karachi Eat Festival is being organized since 3 years, and this year is going to be its 4^th year. In the first year of festival around 15K to 18K people became the part of it, while in second around 28K to 30K, and in third 70K. But this year around 70K to 100K people are expected to attend this festival.

As Karachites are keen of eating, drinking and entertainment, so its such a wonderful initiative by CKO Event Architecture to gather people of Karachi and provide them such platform where they can not only release their stress but also can eat any kind of food and can enjoy live concert at one place.

The Frere Hall is going to be transform into foodie’s wonderland for 3 days of eating, drinking, and lots of entertainment. The festival is all set to attract the thousands of foodies from the city of lights.

Many well-known entries as well as online food businesses will be showcasing their foods, while in live concert Zoe Viccaji, Natasha Humera Ejaz, Jimmy Khan, Sara Haider, Sounds of Kolachi and Fuzon will also be performing to make crowd more energetic.

While commenting Mr. Omar Omari of CKO Event Architecture said,

“We are quite excited to see all the new upcoming restaurants and business that evolve because of their participation in the festival. Karachi Eat is an iconic event, and we are proud and excited that we are putting forward a positive image of our country.”

Many celebrities, public figures, and well known personalities are also expected to be the part of Karachi Eat Festival. So, Karachites what are you waiting for?

It’s your time to enjoy this amazing festival of eating, drinking, and lots of entertainment, which is going to be start from today and will continue till Sunday.

Foodies, “Don’t speak, just Eat.”

Closing Ceremony of Winter Shopping Festival’16

The Winter Shopping Festival’16 (WSF) festival started on 19^th December 2016 and came to an end on 5^th January, 2016. The closing ceremony was held by Kolachi Events on 8^th January, 2017 at Atrium Mall, Karachi.

It was a festival of 16 days, which offered unlimited discounts on branded stores as well as an opportunity to win the grand prize i.e. Nissan Dayz Highway Star (car) among many other exciting gift hampers by spending Rs.2000 or more. And more than 12,000 people participated in the festival and did record shopping in order to win the car. Since it was lucky draw, and a luckiest person could win this car. So, Mr. Ali Nawaz was the lucky winner among 12,000 people and he won the car.

The closing ceremony of the festival was attended by socialites, press, media, and bloggers among others.

The very talented Pakistani Actress Nimra Khan hosted the event along with Umair. There was a musical performance, then a time came when the name of the winner announced, and it was the time when the excitement of Mr. Ali Nawaz at its peak, and finally the key of car “Nissan Dayz Highway Star” handed over to the winner.

Here are some pictures from the festival.