Earlier in 2010, we reported that Hollywood producers are auditioning for film actors in Islamabad for a high-profile Hollywood/Lollywood collaborative project. The director of the project, Bilal Lashari has shot his first full-length feature film called Waar, in collaboration with ISPR. The film has been produced by MindWorks Media with Hunt Lowry, producer of “Donnie Darko” and Warner Bros.’s smash hit “A Walk to Remember” and numerous other well known films.
Waar (to strike) is an action/thriller and drama film, written by Hassan Waqas Rana and stars Pakistan’s finest actors, Shaan Shahid and Shamoon Abbasi, otherwise the rest of the cast are brand new actors. The storyline has been inspired by the war on terror in Pakistan and its effects on the world but with a very stylised interpretation of it. There have been many Hollywood movies which have dealt with the same issue including Syriana (2005) and A Mighty Heart (2007), but most of them failed to portray the situation properly except for Syriana which received generally positive reviews.
The English-language film (Waar) has been shot at various locations in and outside of Pakistan, from the beautiful hills of Islamabad to the second best tourist destination in Pakistan, Lahore to the fascinating valley of Swat (the Switzerland of Pakistan) in the Northern Areas of Pakistan, where a major military operation was launched two years ago. But most of the scenes and script are based around locations in Islamabad. Some parts of the film have also been shot in Istanbul, Turkey.
As reported earlier, the soundtrack of this one of it’s kind film has been done by Qayaas. “Inquilaab, Khayaal and Pal are part of the soundtrack,” says Khurram Waqar, the lead guitarist of the band. The presence of Qayaas in the film makes the project sound even more interesting.
According to IMDB, the estimated film budget is $2,000,000 (PKR 170M or 17 Crores). The film being produced by one of the major film studios in America, Warner Bros, will be first screened at some major international film festivals and after its successful screening at the festivals, it will be released worldwide.Mindworks Media‘s Dr. Hassan is ramping up several other film projects and has big plans of restarting the film scene in Pakistan.
The 140 min feature film is currently in it’s post-production stage. Waar is expected to have release in January 2012.
Cast:
Shan Shahid, Shamoon Abbasi, Hamza Ali Abbasi, Ali Azmat, Aisha Khan, Meesha Shafi
Source: www.waarthemovie.com
Maat is story of two sisters Aimen (Amina Sheikh ) and
Saman(Saba Qamar) with opposite personalities belong from poor family. Aimen is
elder sister and she believes in the fundamentals of gratification,
love,sacrifice and kindness,peace and relationships comes first and she
always upholds them as her guiding force. Saman is totally opposite to Aimen
and she is insistent and has no scruples when it comes
to making it big in life. In Saman life, everything is money and she wants
every comfort of world and no respect for relationships. Despite loving her
sister Saman never loses an opportunity to snatch away from her whatever her
sister loves the most, including her fiancé. Saman believes she can give maat
(defeat) to anyone and everyone anytime. After marriage with Faisal (Adnan
Siddiqi). He gives her every comfort of life that is necessary for a good
and happy life. Faisal's Partner Azhar (Asad) is very rich person and
every girl dreams that her life partner should be like him. Whenever Saman see
Azhar's family. She fights with her husband and demands for better life. Saman
left her baby and her in-laws house and starts living at her friends home and
demands divorce from Faisal. Aimen takes the responsibility of Saman's child.
After getting divorce, she gets marriage with Azhar. But after a short time
period, relationship between Saman and Azhar also becomes weak and end in sad
story.The wheels of time keep spinning till finally, Aiman decides to
put her foot down and fight for her rights. Will Saman’s selfishness and greed
overpower Aiman’s patience and inherent goodness once again, or will Aiman be
able to stand her ground? Who faces the final maat in life?
Sohail (Abid Ali) played role of second husband of
Sabiha.Sohail has only one condition that Sabiha will not bring his son with
him. He is very selfish father.Once Uzaifa suffered from high fever and Sohail gives permission to sabiha
to bring his son to his home.Children of Sohail is very obedient and keeps care
of Sabiha a lot. After all three children are grown up.All got married but
Uzafaiza wife behavior with Sabiha begum was very bad.Sani wife of Uzaifa.After
losing her parents in an accident she comes to know the importance of
mother-in-law. Sabiha felt very ill and
admitted to hospital but died. Husband and his children remained very sad and
missed her a lot. How a mother do care
of children of his second husband and her own child is ignored but she tries
her best to keep equality This drama is lesson for all children that
don't give respect to their parents especially mother and for husbands who
don't give love and respect to their wife's.This drama has gained lot of
popularity and if you have watched it already take lesson from it and if you
haven't watched yet watch it.It will bring change in your life.
