LAHORE: It’s 1959, a black-and-white film about the suffering of fishermen in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) quietly crossed the ocean and landed on the Academy's desk. The Day Shall Dawn, written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz and directed by AJ Kardar, was Pakistan's very first submission for Oscar consideration. The film surrounded the plight of a […]
Author Archives: Hafsah Mazhar
Hafsah Mazhar is a writer and teaches at Lahore Grammar School
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