This book presents a rich collection of critical essays, ethnographic writings, memoirs, and reflections, portraying a well-rounded picture of cinema culture and historical change in Pakistan.

• Foreword


• Preface and Acknowledgements: Ali Nobil Ahmad And Ali Khan


• Introduction


• Chapter 1 Pakistani Cinema - Mushtaq Gazdar


• Chapter 2 The Cinema In Pakistan [1969] - Alamgir Kabir


• Chapter 3 Modernity And Vernacular Cinema - Iftikhar Dadi


• Chapter 4 Cinema And The City - Kamran Asdar Ali


• Chapter 5 From Zinda Laash To Zibahkhana: Horror And Violence In


• Chapter 6 Nina The Inscrutable Housewife - Sadaat Hassan Manto


• Chapter 7 Art And Life In Indian Cinema: The Films Of Guru Dutt


• Section B: Transitions


• Chapter 8 The Foot-Worshippers Guide To Watching Maula Jatt - Musharraf Ali Farooqi


• Chapter 9 Pashto Horror Film In Pakistan - Milan Hulsing


• Chapter 10 Reflections Of Change In The Pakistani Film Industry - Ali Khan Film Posters


• Chapter 11 Punctuating Gendered Values: Exploring The Phenomena Of Slaps In Commercial Pakistani Films - Sadaf Ahmad


• Chapter 12 Language And Ideology In Pakistani Cinema - Tariq Rahman


• Chapter 13 Goonda Raj: The Untold Story Of Punjabi Cinema - Hashim Bin Rashid And Sher Khan


• Chapter 14 Fascism And Real Estate: An Inquiry Into The Strange Death Of Traditional Cinema Halls - Ali Nobil Ahmad


• Chapter 15 New Cinema From Pakistan: Film, Technology And Media In Transition - Ali Nobil Ahmad

Ali Khan is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. His research interests vary from labour issues, particularly child and bonded labour to popular culture in Pakistan, focusing particularly on cinema and sports. He has previously worked in Washington and in Islamabad for the World Bank's South Asia Region and with the International Labour Organization primarily on projects related to child and bonded labour. Ali Khan's book Representing Children: Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Pakistan was published in 2007 by Oxford University Press. He is also the General Editor for a series of books on Sociology and Anthropology in Pakistan.
Ali Nobil Ahmad is a Researcher at the Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, and Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), where he teaches and designs courses in Modern History, Historiography, and World History. He was formerly a full-time Research Officer on the Leverhulme Project on Migration and Citizenship, undertaken by the Department of Geography at the University College, London, where he worked full-time on a global study on human smuggling and trafficking. He is also on the editorial board of an art and cultural studies journal titled, Third Text, and regularly contributes to various academic journals.