So it seems that the Pakistani Film Industry aka Lollywood seems to be moving in the right direction as it has been revealed that two of Pakistan’s most celebrated films “Baaji” and “Laal Kabootar ” shall officially be screened at the 8th Annual South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF) to be held on September21, 2019 at Washington DC. This major event is celebrated every year and showcases the few chosen hit films across Asia and to make it in to the film festival should be seen as a pretty good achievement for the Pakistani Film Industry.
It should be noted here that, SAIFF is the ‘Largest’ film premiere destination for South Asian filmmakers and this event is held annually in the United States.The Festival will be showcasing films from various South Asian countries such as, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and Nepal. According to the presenters of the this major event, they put a lot of emphasis and focus on the Dynamics and the visionary cinematics of the films. SAIFF annually creates unprecedented exposure for filmmakers and in addition to that provides an amazing experience for those who attend this large scale event.
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Moving on the two films which have been selected from Pakistan are, 1) Laal Kabootar which was released this year in, 2019 and this film is an Action thriller�film which has been produced by Hania Cheema and Kamil Cheema,while it was written by Ali Abbas Naqvi. Taha Malik is the music director while Danial Hyatt, son of Rohail Hyatt, provides the background score in the film. The film features a pretty acting cast which has on board, Ahmed Ali Akbar, Mansha Pasha, Rashid Farooqui, Raza Gillani, Syed Mohammad Ahmed, Ali Kazmi and other actors who have a small yet major role in the events of the film. Moreover,the film has been directed by Kamal Khan and it was released in May, this year.
2) Moreover, the second film which was selected to be part of the event is Baaji� which also released this year and this film is a romantic drama film, which has been directed by Saqib Malik and produced by his Production company, Page 33 Films.Moreover,this film has a star studded cast which has on board actors like, Meera�as Shameera� Osman Khalid Butt�as Rohail Khan/ Khalid Osman, Amna Ilyas�as Neha, Mohsin Abbas Haider as Ajji, �Ali Kazmi as Rammy, Nayyar Ejaz and Nisho in pivotal roles.It is a dramatic tale of a fading Lollywood actress Shameera (Meera), who is not accepting that now her position in the industry is not much valuable.
