{"id":29559,"date":"2025-11-30T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29559"},"modified":"2025-11-30T12:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:04:19","slug":"meesha-shafi-returns-to-karachi-stage-at-world-culture-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=29559","title":{"rendered":"Meesha Shafi returns to Karachi stage at World Culture Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The 30th day of the 39-day World Culture Festival at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, concluded with Mega Musical Concert 3.0 and a session with creators of film Kamli. The concert marked Meesha Shafi\u2019s return to Karachi\u2019s stage after a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have made my heart happy,\u201d Meesha announced to the crowd during her performance.\u201cI am performing in Karachi after many years, and it\u2019s an absolute pleasure to be here and party with you all.\u201d She added that such festivals are a \u201cmuch-needed and wonderful initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert included several other performances featuring\u00a0Faris Shafi, Meesha Shafi, Sahib Pashazade from Azerbaijan, Darabu, and Pakistan\u2019s emerging artists Gizri and Junoon Elia Lawn packing the crowd to its capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0\u2018World Culture Festival 2025\u2019 set to kick off with the Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, a discussion on Pakistani film Kamli, released in 2022,\u00a0was held with director Sarmad Khoosat and writer Dr. Umair Ahmed in the panel. Arts Council President Muhammad Ahmed Shah and Noor-ul-Huda Shah attended the session too.<\/p>\n<p>Sarmad expressed gratitude for the audience\u2019s appreciation of the film, saying that he is happy people connected with it. \u201cArt never divides; it brings us together and this festival is proof of that,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He reflected on Pakistan\u2019s cinematic past, noting that cinema was once a thriving cultural force and stressed the importance of experimentation and music in storytelling. \u201cWhen you talk about culture and heritage, music becomes essential,\u201d he said. Noting that he took the ownership of including six songs for Kamli.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The director discussed the themes of migration and relationships. Stating that no one leaves their home without a reason. He believes decline happens because of relationships or circumstances. During the discussion, he\u00a0added\u00a0that cinema should move people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Sarmad mentioned his preference for personally messaging close friends rather than making public social-media posts. Announcing the release of another project in 2026 that he hopes to bring before the audience in the same lowkey manner.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 30th day of the 39-day World Culture Festival at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi, concluded with Mega Musical Concert 3.0 and a session with creators of film Kamli. The concert marked Meesha Shafi\u2019s return to Karachi\u2019s stage after a long time.\u00a0 \u201cYou have made my heart happy,\u201d Meesha announced to the crowd during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29559","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}