We do not remember days, we remember moments…
October 30, 2008
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Latif Kapadia – The Legend
October 30, 2008
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October 30, 2008
Remembering Latif on a personal note
October 30, 2008
By S.M. Shahid
I was once asked by a journalist friend to write the obituary of a famous artist. “But he is alive!” I said.
“Indeed he is. But he is very ill. We generally keep obituaries of famous people ready just in case… you know what I mean… one should avoid last minute embarrassment….”
Getting a cue from the above and in a moment of light heartedness I suggested to my journalist friend: “You, Latif Kapadia and I are in the same age group and vulnerable in equal measure. What about our obituaries?”
“Good idea!” my friend said.
“But let’s not leave it to others. We can write our own obituaries, can’t we? I can write yours, you will perhaps write Latif’s.”
“Who will write mine?” I asked.
Needless to say, none of us took the matter seriously and forgot all about it. Read more
I feel young and full of Life
October 29, 2008
By Nafees Ghaznavi
1st July 2001
Latif Kapadia, the seasoned stage, television and move actor was asked, “When does an actor reach perfection? “Never!,” he thundered in his gravel voice.
“What is perfection?” He continues in the same authoritative tone. “And once you believe you have reached perfection, what do you do? Retire, or start sliding downwards!”
End of the argument.
Kapadia believes that after acting for a while under competent directors, most actors attain a certain level of professionalism and are on the same pedestal as actors. Only good roles separate them, the kind of roles that win them acclaim and awards. Read more
2002: News and Views
October 29, 2008
BY: FAISAL QURAISHI
The year 2002 was marked by countless events but compared to its predecessors, it was a year when nothing extreme rocked the showbiz boat. Here, we attempt to assess all the happenings that occurred in the year that was, setting off a chain of events that will most certainly spill over into 2003 as well.
For starters, Chalo ishq larain was a flop, much to the surprise of the viewers, critics (and the cast and crew) alike, after all the hype that was created before its release. It featured Urooj and Ali Haider, both of whom failed to make the esteemed mark. Nevertheless, it was a brave attempt. Read more
Looking Back at 2002
October 29, 2008
Those who left us
January
2nd: Famous industrialist Ahmed Daud, aged 97.
18th: TV Artist Yasmeen Ismail died, aged 52.
27th: Ustad Allah Rakha Khan, one of the last surviving virtuosos of the sarangi, aged 73.
February
9th: Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, aged 71.
14th: Former Vice Chancellor of Karachi University, Dr Ahsaan Rasheed, aged 75.
16th: Former Pakistani filmmaker and director AJ Kardar, aged 76.
23rd: Nasrullah Khan, well known Urdu journalist, aged 83,
March
23rd: England’s cricket all rounder Ben Hollioake.
29th: Renowned Artist Latif Kapadia, aged 68.
30th: Sehba Lakhnawi, a noted poet aged 82.
Queen Mother, the 101 year old mother of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, who died in her sleep.
April Read more
Timeliness
October 29, 2008
MAG May 4 – 10, 2002
What matters most in mass media is timing. To come up with the most update events and happenings is why most people turn to newspapers and magazines. I always thought that weeklies and monthlies lack this particular trait because they have to meet a deadline and be sent for publication well before they are actually to hit the news-stands. But it goes to the credit of MAG for coming up with most relevant news items and features. By this I mean the ‘Flashback’ that MAG carried on the occasion of the demise of TV artist Latif Kapadia
Lateef Kapadia – Forty fruitful years on stage
October 29, 2008
STAR WEEKEND
Thursday. August 15,1996
By Sikandar Sarwar
Don’t think you’ve come to the wrong place if you see long queues of people in the compound on the ground floor,” said Lateef Kapadia, the well known character actor of TV plays and Karachi theatre. He was trying to explain into Lateef’s drawing room on the first floor it is full of paintings. After the interview Lateef drew my attention to some of the more than 25 originals. There are several by Mansur Aye, one of which is signed 1968. Among the others are two each by Anwar Maqsood and his son Bilal, one sketch of nudes in his typical style by Sadequain, one by Bashir Mirza and one unsigned by Ahmad Parvez. There is a small sketch of Ganpati, a Maharashtrian God by F.M. Husain, when he visited Karachi in 1995. Read more
In the words of Lateef Kapadia…
October 29, 2008
THE STAR
Thursday, September 17, 1987
“I accept even the smallest role. Even a major is meaningless if of does not feel satisfied with it.”
“I accept even the smallest of roles”, Lateef Kapadia was saying.
Lateef Kapadia—! But wait…
I have seen him in Ali Ahmed’s and Kamal Ahmed Rizvi’s stage plays, and in Theatre- walley’s ‘Chor Ke Sau Din’. Recently he appeared in Iqbal Ansari’s play, ‘F.I.R.’ on 14th August. Before that in ‘Shikast-e-Aarzoo’; and even before that in Barzakh’; and even before that…
To make a long story short, this actor has never startled me. Seeing him perform is just like seeing someone in real life. Inspite of being involved with theatre for such a long time, there is no ‘drama’ in his voice, perhaps that is why this senior actor does not get roles as eminent as his stature. Read more