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i want to seeeeeeeeee this.
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Eagerly waiting for this film but doesn't look like I'll be able to watch it in the cinema's over here in the UK :(
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film main hai :)
Hahaha I know that! I meant who does he think he is?? Whilst we are on the topic of this interview with Shaista, did anyone notice her agenda when she raised the topic of fathers day? It was so obvious she wanted to bring up discussion of Abid Ali with Iman by asking her how she celebrated fathers day. She did something similar in her last interview few years ago but this time Iman cleverly avoided that territory. Shaista just stooped to an all time low.
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Hahaha I know that! I meant who does he think he is??
ya i know...mainee awein joke maara tha. :p
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Tha? Aap larka hain>?
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^ insaan hoon
ps. it will be "tha" in both cases :)
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lol
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:)
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I don't know if I am reading too much into this but toward the end of the show, in response to a question about working with Shoaib Mansoor again Imaan said that she is one artist who has worked most with ShoMan and that now she wants other newer talent to come forward and work with him. She said that she was now ready to work with other people. It seemed like she just stopped short of saying that she didn't want to work with Shoaib anymore. Is there some rift between the two ? We already know about the issue she had with the dance shoot.
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Aik larka hota hai usay musician bunne ka shoq hota hai, woh apni parosan se pyar karne lagta hai phir uski uss se shadi hou jati hai, musician bunne ki umang liye woh karachi jata hai aur 4 saal tak wapis nahi aata, uski behan aur biwi Govt. Of Pak. se guzarish karti hain kay uss ka bhai/mian ko dhonde magar Govt. koi action nahi leti, tou eik tawaef ki madad se uss ki behan aur uski bivi awaz uthati hai, akhir mai uss larke ki laash mil jati hai aur Govt. sharminda hojati hai. Larka:Atif Aslam Bivi: Mahira Khan Behan: Umema Tawaef: Imam ali App ney ''Bol'' movie dekhli,ab cinema ja k paisay mat dubana.mera shukariya ada karna :)
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^ ShoMan must be a genious story-teller to have made a full-length movie ( which is getting good reviews ) on such a simple story-line.
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^ ShoMan must be a genious story-teller to have made a full-length movie ( which is getting good reviews ) on such a simple story-line.
Well some of the best movies I have seen have very simple plots, so that doesn't concern me. I would love to watch it on the big screen, I want to encourage movie makers and movie business at home, since we are always whining about lack of quality entertainment and the horrors of lollywood productions, i think now is the time to encourage business for this movie so we see more productions in the future. looks good to me, not a masala movie for sure, we have bollywood for that.
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Aik larka hota hai usay musician bunne ka shoq hota hai, woh apni parosan se pyar karne lagta hai phir uski uss se shadi hou jati hai, musician bunne ki umang liye woh karachi jata hai aur 4 saal tak wapis nahi aata, uski behan aur biwi Govt. Of Pak. se guzarish karti hain kay uss ka bhai/mian ko dhonde magar Govt. koi action nahi leti, tou eik tawaef ki madad se uss ki behan aur uski bivi awaz uthati hai, akhir mai uss larke ki laash mil jati hai aur Govt. sharminda hojati hai. Larka:Atif Aslam Bivi: Mahira Khan Behan: Umema Tawaef: Imam ali App ney ''Bol'' movie dekhli,ab cinema ja k paisay mat dubana.mera shukariya ada karna :)
did you go to the premier? I still think we should all go watch the movie in the cinema just to show our support for films!
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Heard on Geo TV that Mahira and Atif were selling advance tickets for Bol at Sozo World Cinema in Lahore.
There was also a Lahore premiere show.
Why is that if a film is released through Geo TV only Geo shows coverage of the movie release and all other channels black out the news like it is a movie from another enemy country or something. I think it is very offensive.
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Aik larka hota hai usay musician bunne ka shoq hota hai, woh apni parosan se pyar karne lagta hai phir uski uss se shadi hou jati hai, musician bunne ki umang liye woh karachi jata hai aur 4 saal tak wapis nahi aata, uski behan aur biwi Govt. Of Pak. se guzarish karti hain kay uss ka bhai/mian ko dhonde magar Govt. koi action nahi leti, tou eik tawaef ki madad se uss ki behan aur uski bivi awaz uthati hai, akhir mai uss larke ki laash mil jati hai aur Govt. sharminda hojati hai. Larka:Atif Aslam Bivi: Mahira Khan Behan: Umema Tawaef: Imam ali App ney ''Bol'' movie dekhli,ab cinema ja k paisay mat dubana.mera shukariya ada karna :)
Khulasa dene ka shukria bibi ji.
Hamaray log bollywood movies dekh dekh kar kitnay crore rupees ka satya naas karte haiN, 2 -4 rupees apni production par kharch kar liye tau kuch nai hoga :)
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Well some of the best movies I have seen have very simple plots, so that doesn't concern me. I would love to watch it on the big screen, I want to encourage movie makers and movie business at home, since we are always whining about lack of quality entertainment and the horrors of lollywood productions, i think now is the time to encourage business for this movie so we see more productions in the future. looks good to me, not a masala movie for sure, we have bollywood for that.
Why should we have bollywood for that?
Pakistan is perfectly capable of producing lighthearted, inspiring and feel good movies (just like our once upon a time PTV dramas), besides the kind of gloom and doom we have in our country, the focus should be on providing healthy meaningful entertainment. This blind worshiping of Shoaib Mansoor's depressing documentary 'films' won't do any favours to our cinema, we have enough news channels who are obsessively dedicated to showing every ill of our society.
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^ have you seen this 'doom gloom depressing documentary' movie because i have not and i am not in the habit of putting down things based on hearsay, i'd rather make up my own mind. whats depressing to some might be inspiring or entertaining to some and just because we want to support a Pakistani production in an industry which has come to a halt, doesn't mean people are 'worshipping shoaib mansoor'.
anyways, my definintion of a masala movie is certainly NOT 'lighthearted, inspiring and feel good movies'...umm if that's your definition of bollywood productions these days then i don't blame you for finding 'bol' so boring because masala movies are certainly not in the category of 'healthy and meaningful entertainment'. to each their own!
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Totally agree with Jolie. As I have said before we need the "feel good factor" movies which cater for all our audiences and not for a niche audience.
Bol: The review
Here is a review of Bol taken from Express Tribune. Its a very damaging review of the film. Just hope its just biased review or something. If this is true then it is going to a big set back to our film industry. Any how great acting by Shafgat Cheema.
After a five-year wait and numerous leaked YouTube videos,Shoaib Mansoor’s Bol will finally premiere on Friday. Unfortunately, the film was a major disappointment and left the viewer wondering,
“Why did I watch this movie?”
The film’s narrative is non-linear, with the opening scene showing us Humaima Malik’s character standing in front of the gallows. We then go back in time to hear her story, which is essentially about how she and her sisters struggled to live with an oppressive father (Manzar Sehbai ) with extremist tendencies. Mahira Khan stars as Humaima’s sister and their neighbour Mustafa (Atif Aslam) is her love interest. Iman Ali is a courtesan, and Shafqat Cheema stars as her father.
Since Atif’s involvement with the film has been highly publicised, it was surprising to learn that he does not play a significant role in Bol. Mustafa is supposed to be a pivotal character, but the weak characterisation and meagre screen time fail to create the right tension, and you are left wanting more.
Mahira’s role suffers from chronic implausibility. Despite being an ‘obedient’ daughter, she manages to sneak away with Atif on an almost daily basis to learn how to play the guitar, and even finds the time to rock out at a concert. Her character’s actions are so pointless and unbelievable that you can hardly contain a yawn. After this, the story takes such a dramatic and unconvincing turn that it would take a thesis to point out all the narrative flaws.
Thankfully, Humaima and Shafqat Cheema swoop in to save the day, since they actually act well. Manzar Sehbai is monotonous and under-directed — and any humour he adds to the film is unintentional.
In fact, Sehbai’s getup and dialogue seem to be inspired by Nawab Aslam Raisani, and the character appears comic even when he is trying to be serious — surely this wasn’t the effect the director desired. Iman Ali, like Atif, has a very small role in the film, but lives up to her character. On the whole, however, the characters in the film are weak, fake and one-dimensional. Stylistically, the film is more than a disappointment, looking like a student’s first attempt rather than a seasoned director’s hyped up work. About 20 per cent of the film was out of focus and the film processing was so bad that at times it seemed like a film being aired on Filmazia. In some places the sound was not properly synchronised with the visuals, and some scenes were intercut so badly that they ruined the entire buildup of the sequence.
This time around the music didn’t save the director either; only a few tracks are worth listening to. And a point about adding spice to Pakistani films with song and dance: if you cannot make a proper item number in Pakistan due to ‘cultural sensitivities’, don’t attempt a watered-down version either because it’ll just end up looking forced. This is exactly what happens with Hadiqa Kayani’s hip hop number “Sajania,” — I’m guessing the director had to squeeze the song in somewhere, so we are shown daughters Humaima and Mahira dancing to “Sajania” every time their father steps out of the house — a unique way of throwing off the shackles of oppression.
Despite the accolades Khuda Kay Liye garnered, this offering is not close to what you call a feature film. It lacks even a clearly thought out story. For those who will laud Mansoor simply for the heroic act of making a film in a country like Pakistan, let me clarify that countries much worse off than Pakistan have told much better stories in more trying conditions. Here’s a piece of advice for the producers of this film: there are many thoughtful individuals working in our industry who have the capability of making better films, so please, open your eyes — it’s a win-win situation.
To sum it up, whenever I think of Bol and Shoaib Mansoor I am reminded of the Australian cricketing legend, Adam Gilchrist, who retired from test cricket after dropping the first plum catch behind the wickets .Considering what has come out of Bol, one wonders if Mansoor will follow Gilchrist’s footsteps or become the Kamran Akmal of Pakistani cinema.
Published in The Express Tribune, Sunday Magazine.