Mahmood Khan – The Enchanting Singer Of Pakistan

Since ages Pakistan has given birth to numerous singers who shot to fame internationally for their enchanting voices and soulful lyrics. But who is worth mentioning from the new age singers is certainly Mahmood khan. His superior style of singing and heart touching lyrics have been favored by the audiences all over the world. Though by birth, he is a Pakistani, it shouldn’t be incorrect if we call him a global singer, because in his career span, he travelled to USA and Australia to learn music and enthralled the audiences with his songs that very few Pakistani singers have achieved.  

Early life

He travelled to the USA in the year 1980 and joined JAM POWER as a second lead singer and created a good many number of compositions which came in the top of the USA chart list. He composed several songs in Hollywood. After meeting Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan his life took a turn and he started working on solo albums like Only One, Alive, etc and shot to fame internationally. To give his career a new dimension, he came to Australia to study in Sydney film school and successfully completed the graduation in film and music. After that this singer, song writer and sound engineer started working on projects like ‘Like the River’, by which he became a household name in Australia and this album also went to the top of the mainstream Australian music charts.

Other activities 

He not only confined himself to being one of the best singers or lyricists of Australia, but also to his credit did so many works that reflect his responsibility to the society. Along with Red Cross society in Australia he initiated a fundraising program to help the talented singers, in which he himself composed a song and produced and directed the video clip named ‘we could be paradise’ for the promotion of the initiative. For this noble gesture of him the Australian government awarded him with the title ‘distinguished talent’. Not only in Australia, at the time of the 9th South Asian Federation Games in Pakistan, he composed and sung the opening and closing ceremonial song. In 2012 he undertook a film ‘Labrador’ as the writer, director and song writer of the film.

Conclusion

He is one such singing personality who has international music to his credit. With his god gifted voice and talent he has amazed the global audience and we hope that he continues to enchant the people in the future also.

J.R.R. Tolkien – The Irreplaceable Writer

J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most reputed writers who is said to be born in the city of Bloemfontein in South Africa. He spent most of his life in the famous Oxford place in England. His writings have turned into some of the most wanted box-office hit films in Hollywood. Tolkein is known for the fantasy fiction and he was the only writer in his period to start with such a different genre. His fiction stories are ready as the bedtime stories for many children all around the world. His most wanted book, that was filmed in Hollywood, is the Lord of the Rings that was critically acclaimed by many people all around the world. The imaginary universe, which he created in his stories, is very apart from ordinary writers. 

Tolkien was one among the great scholars of Anglo-Saxon and on the Norse languages. He was known as a philogist, critic and a translator. He did work as a translator for the book named Jerusalem Bible. His research works on the origin of words from the Oxford Dictionary made him turn world famous. Many people tried to become the next Tolkien, yet, they were a failure and Tolkien is irreplaceable. His fictional works have transformed into films by many Hollywood filmmakers in the recent days. The Lord of the Rings has smashed the box-office all around the world and it got good revenue for the producers of the film. Many filmmakers have taken him as their inspiration and they do adopt some of his books into film language. 

Tolkien always encourages good talent. The whole series of the film ‘Lord of the Rings’ was written by him and the latest film named The Hobbit : An Unexpected Journey that got released in the year 2012 was well appreciated by many critics. The next part of the Lord of the Rings series is in post-production and one can witness the film in the year 2014. He has also written many novels that were later on converted into television serials by famous directors. His short stories are also being adopted by upcoming filmmakers and they have done many short films on his stories.

Tolkien’s works are simply irreplaceable and we do not think anyone can ever reach such heights where he is today.

The Highest Grossing Films In The World

Films are the biggest field in which the income comes from various revenue streams and these include home video, theatrical exhibition, television broadcasting and much more. The theatrical box office collection decides the success of a movie as it is the first medium in which the film is projected with. The number of audience who visit the theatre to watch a film in a month decides the success and failure of the film. Hollywood has been producing some of the biggest box office hit films for many years and only a few were able to reach bigger heights. The highest grossing films list has the movies that were successful not only in a particular region; it includes its success around the world. Many such Hollywood movies have attracted many audiences all around the world, in spite of the language barrier in the film. This marks the importance of filmmaking in this world. 

Some of the popular Hollywood films like Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Middle Earth were released in a series and the producers of these movies earned good revenue in many ways. The series was created in a very good way and these were the only few series that satisfied the audience until the last part of it. Many superhero films have also been dominating the highest grossing films for many years. This is all because of the super hero comic books that were created and released by DC Comics. Many directors took the superheroes as their major subject and made some biggest box-office hit films in the recent years. The Dark Knight Series is one among them. All these movies came out from a franchise and they are not from an individual. James Cameron was the only person who broke these franchise box-office hit films by making two movies namely, Titanic and Avatar, that smashed all the box-office records that happened in the film industry. Both of his movies were watched by almost everyone in this world, says a report. Many James Bond movies also have earned good revenue in the past few years. 

Many people are trying to enter into the highest grossing movies list, yet, they could not come up with anything. The latest buzz is the new feature film named “My Cornerstone”, which is said to have its premiere show in Sydney, and it is assumed that it will break the world records in terms of box office hit in the upcoming days.

Muhammad Ali – The Humble Actor

Muhammad Ali is definitely the best and the most flamboyant boxer in this world and a good political leader who stood up for peace in many ways. People know Muhammad Ali as a generous man who has contributed a lot to the needy people through his charity works. He has contributed a huge amount out of his earnings to the charity works, and this has made him more popular all around the world. Muhammad Ali stood apart from others in his athletic career and he did have the passion to turn into an actor. His passion towards film came out by working in many documentaries during his past days in the boxing ring. Muhammad Ali was featured in the Oscar award-winning documentary named as ‘When We Were Kings’. This was released in the year 1996. 

Ali acted in many feature films and he has a decent filmography that can portray his acting skills in the film industry. His acting career started with "Requiem for a Heavyweight" that was released in the year 1962. This movie was one of the most memorable and the most appreciated sports drams during those days and the main lead role was carried by Muhammad Ali. Until 1971, Ali came up with many documentaries that had his boxing career as the main theme in it. Ali's feature film acting started in the year 1972 with the movie named "Black Rodeo". The movie boasted about Muhammad Ali in many ways and it was one critically acclaimed movie in those days. Ali the Fighter, The Greatest, and Freedom Road are some of the notable movies that highlighted the boxing talents of Muhammad Ali to people all around the world. Muhammad Ali was featured as himself in all his movies and people did love him appear as himself on the screen. The movie named as Fidel, that released in the year 2002, was the most controversial movies in which Muhammad Ali has acted in. 

All the movies he has acted in focused on the portions of his life. Some were made in a fictionalized form while others in a documentary style. His facial expressions, physical style and speech pattern was very impressive and all these movies will always remind us as to how great this boxer and actor was.

Hollywood - The Film City

When the word ‘Hollywood’ strikes our ears, the immediate thought that clicks in our brains is of the Hollywood Film Industry. But it might be astonishing for some that Hollywood was once a small district in Los Angeles, California. This district gradually transformed into a municipality and then later developed into a whole city. With the passage of time, Hollywood completely merged into the city of Los Angeles and has built a name of its own – as the most dominant film industry in the world.

Many acting schools and institutes have been established in the Hollywood city. These institutes and schools have been successfully training their students all the aspects of film making, such as direction, production, camera handling, and acting. 

Now, what we all know it as is that Hollywood is the American film industry that was found in the year 1910. Initially, many people were attracted towards the glitz and glamour of this industry. Many found it as the medium of quick fame and money, while others finally had a chance to portray their imagination through films. Slowly and steadily, Hollywood became the hub of talented artists and it eventually grew even more through the years. 

In more than 100 years of cinema, Hollywood has seen the rise and fall of many superstars. Millions of films released at the box office during these 100 years and the quality of cinema has grown many fold ever since. With the release of its first film in the year 1912, a 17 minute short motion film by director D. W. Griffith, Hollywood has seen countless upstream films and has given a livelihood to millions and billions of artists. 

Apart from entertaining the world, Hollywood has been a great contributor in the economic growth of its country. The films that launch at the box office are highly praised and lived by people, hence are a great source of income for the artists and thus, nation. 

Hollywood is deeply loved by tourists. Every year, millions of people travel to America and Hollywood city is one of the favorites of these tourists, hence another source of earning for the country.

To applaud those who perform well at the box office and to encourage the upcoming talents, numerous award ceremonies are held in Hollywood every year. These include Golden Globe, Academy Awards, Oscars, etc.

The remarkable 100 years of cinema in Hollywood has been successfully entertaining the world and the same is expected to last for ages.