KaraChi UnCovered - BBC DoCumentAry - Part 1

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Scottish Actor Atta Yaqub, star of Ken Loach's controversial film Ae Fond Kiss, goes on a journey to discover the cosmopolitan city of Karachi in Pakistan. Immersing himself in the glamorous world of supermodels and slick TV shows, he finds his misconceptions about the country his parents came from challenged and his opinions changed.

Arriving in the country for the first time in 20 years, Atta gets himself into a press conference for the Lux Style Awards -- Pakistan's equivalent of the Oscars. Befriending A list stars, he finds a country in the grip of a television boom.

At one of the myriad satellite stations broadcasting a diet of music, fashion, and drama he sees how television is influencing the aspirations of modern urbanites. To get in on the act, he tries out for a part in a top drama, but in a toe curling audition, finds his Urdu is not up to scratch.

He meets some young men obsessed with modifying sports cars and asks they think of the more traditional art form of truck modification. Culture, they say, is not interesting for them. Dazzled by the highly skilled workmanship that goes into truck decoration, Atta begins to suspect that modern Pakistan is out of touch with its own traditions.

To investigate further, he tries his hand at modelling. Eager to find out exactly how far girls will go when it comes to flesh content, he meets the country's top models. However, even the most modern Pakistanis, it seems, are not willing to bear flesh. Being modern he learns, does not mean being western.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: September 14, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Author: 3hSun

Length: 00:09:35
Rating: 4.34
Views: 66044

Tags: KaraChi BBC DoCumentAry

Video Comments:
ramshageee (November 13, 2008 at 12:45 pm)
i was born in khi
noorifarishta786 (November 11, 2008 at 3:03 am)
wow what a islamic country, good u fucking porkis
abcw828 (November 29, 2008 at 11:14 am)
Yeah bitch. Crawl out of your mom's arsehole & realise we can be modernized WITHOUT being Westernized. & then go back inside to your mom's hairy,smelly shit cavity to repent for EVER HAVING INSULTED our nation
abcw828 (November 9, 2008 at 10:50 pm)
If u look @ the closing comment in this documentary,you will say that he expected Pakistanis to be aping the West,which they were NOT doing.The conclusion he draws from this documentary is that PAKISTANIS can be modern without being Westernized
KimberleyD94 (October 20, 2008 at 4:50 am)
I love his voice!!
PashtoonNoorzai (October 15, 2008 at 4:13 pm)
i sensed gaynessssssssssss alot ,, i dont know if its just that when pakistanis try to portray themselves they look gay?
I love ordinary pakistanis who stick to thier culture and traditions not those who try so hard to look westernized
abcw828 (November 9, 2008 at 10:51 pm)
He interviews upper middle/upper class PAKISTANIS in this video & he says,in his concluding comments,that he DIDNT think PAKISTANIS were aping the West. Clearly that an endorsement of our culture,which can be liberal & secular and YET decoupled from the West
desisinner (November 10, 2008 at 6:11 am)
Well they he said they can be modern without being westernised and this what I say as well. Pakistanis or any other non-western nation can be modern without being westernised. Unfortunately, majority of the masses do not.
Peace
abcw828 (November 10, 2008 at 3:38 pm)
if you go the END of the documentary,in PART 3, he specifically says that "I had expected PAKISTANIS 2 b aping the West,instead in PAKISTAN,being modernized does not mean being Westerninzed"

And im happy he said that,because it shows that EVEN THOUGH we can be modern/progressive we dont have to copy the West

Go to the end of PART 3 for that comment
anja088 (October 11, 2008 at 3:58 pm)
that atta yaqub is kinda...really cute!