LEADER 02221ngm a22002777a 4500005 20161125134719.0 005 hubpceu 007 v| |||||| 008 121017b########xx#|||############m|eng|| 003 hubpceuo 099 FL Record |f0700 100 Hamid, Ruhi, |edirector. 245 The Rock Star and the Mullahs 300 DVD-ROM (50 min.) 337 Moving image 500 Duration: 00:50:00 520 The lead singer of Pakistan's biggest rock group travels to Peshawar, where the local government has banned all music, and asks, "Why can't spirituality be expressed in pop song?" That's an issue that "The Rock Star & the Mullahs", a 50 minute documentary commissioned by the BBC sets out to explore. It follows Salman Ahmed, the charismatic lead singer of one of South Asia's biggest rock band 'Junoon' and a devout Muslim, who's concerned about his own country Pakistan's growing Islamic fundamentalism which condemns music as obscene. In this thought provoking film, Ahmad travels to Peshawar, where the local government, voted in on a wave of anti-Americanism, has banned all music. Ahmad confronts and challenges the Mullahs in Peshawar, he meets local musicians to see how they have been affected, he visits young men in madrassas (religious schools) to see what they think about music and finally he shows how the majority of people in Pakistan follow their religion. This is a film about Pakistan grappling with who it wants to be in the 21st centurym while some fear in the West that it may turn into another Taliban state. It is a contemporary film in style with a touch of politics and a mixture of sounds. 542 |fCopyright by BBC 655 4 Documentary films 260 United Kingdom : |bMacqueen, Angus, |c2003. 041 engfas |jeng 952 |00 |10 |40 |50 |70 |8FL |990549FL |bFL |d2016-11-25 |l0 |r2016-11-25 |w2016-11-25 |yDVD-ROM 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6FL_RECORD_0700_000000000000000 |70 |8FL |9145875FL |bFL |d2019-02-21 |l0 |oFL Record 0700 |pHU_OSA_00002424.mp4 |r2021-11-04 |w2019-02-21 |yDIGIFILM |zAccess Copy, MP4 format |cAudio Visual 920 01 KYQA14Yg 966 True |bHU_OSA_00002424 |cDigitally Anywhere / With Registration