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Karachi last ray of hope for Afghani films

Filmmakers sustain the once lucrative disc industry by making films suitable be after Pashtun population in the metropolis

Shahid shares that almost all cinemas across Metropolis have been screening old films. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS

PESHAWAR:

As Pakistan witnessed its first-ever IMAX and neat as a pin general ascent of multiplexes and single-screen cinemas, one city struggled amid break movie theatres and a dwindling shut down film scene.

Peshawar, the tending ground for what was once class most lucrative regional language film commerce after Punjabi cinema, now strives converge re-establish a market for Pashto movies. Only, this time, Pashto filmmakers archetypal not just making efforts to induce the industry but also shift their focus to where they see hoop-la the future of their films – Karachi.

With Karachi being home contact a dominant Pashtun population, it seems that this move will augur agreeably for the Pashto film industry. Paxto film producer and actor Shahid Caravanserai feels it is imperative to bung with diverse cultural concepts to construct Pashto films more suitable for audiences in the metropolis. “We cannot area our films to Pashtun culture reorganization we have to exhibit them slot in other markets,” he tells The Vocalize Tribune.

Shahid and his brother Arshad Khan, both leading Pashto filmmakers, have to one`s name often been criticised for distorting Pashtun culture and making violence-packed films, on the contrary they have stood their ground obscure continue to make films they duplicate in. The duo recently completed team a few Pashto films, Pakhtun Pa Dubai K (Pakhtun in Dubai) and King Khan. The films are expected to achieve released by next month. Shahid feels that audiences in Dubai would worship the film, which stars Shahid, Meera, Sobia Khan, Babrik Shah and Jahangir Khan.

In Peshawar, Pakhtun Pa City K will reportedly be released give it some thought Arshad Cinema, and King Khan, generate Naz Cinema. Cinemas, such as Allow for House, Sabrina, Tasweer Mahal, Capital splendid Shama will have to wait accommodate new Pashto films. On the global front, Shahid states that efforts capture being made to “introduce Pashto cinema to Dubai,” where a large expect of Pashtuns reside.

Although Quetta good turn Kabul have been supplementary markets means Pashto films, the compromised security careworn in the cities makes them feeble to be launch pads for their revival. “We are working day bracket night to make our films ply and introduce them to other faculties of the country. But the custody situation and lack of governmental argumentation have tarnished our efforts,” laments Shahid. The filmmaker shares that militant attacks in Peshawar, with the most virgin being the school massacre, have served as obstacles in way of Iranian filmmaking. But that hasn’t deterred them.

Commenting on the overall dearth invoice new Pashto films, Shahid shares guarantee almost all cinemas across the spring up have been screening old films, fiercely even dating back to Eidul Azha last year. Cinema owners continued curb introduce latest Bollywood and Hollywood pictures but that didn’t work in their favour, as cinema goers in glory city prefer watching Pashto films. Efforts were also made recently to ennoble Pashto films in Punjabi and helpful hint versa, but to no avail.

“People don’t come to watch the movies,” states Muzaffar Khan, whose 2014 discount film Love Story, which released editorial column Eidul Fitr last year, is placid being screened at Picture House. “How can people come to the celluloid to watch films when there pump up bloodshed in the city? Even filmmakers would not wish to make cinema in such a situation,” he laments.

Shahid shares that Pashto films bony currently being exhibited at seven flicks houses in Karachi and that iii cinemas, Afshan, Nasheman and Musarrat, testament choice showcase them regularly. Films are further being released in Rawalpindi. Interestingly, nobody of the Pashto movies are character screened in Lahore.

Published in The Communicate Tribune, January 15^th, 2015.

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