[FONT=Times New Roman]Botal Gali is set against the vibrant backdrop of Karachi, abode to 15 million Pakistanis by the shores of Arabian Sea this city exudes a melange oflayers with varying textures represented by the diversity of people who inhabit this metropolis. From dialogues to delivery and all the factious realities that
[FONT=Times New Roman]come in between, the film lays great emphasis to make it an experience unadulterated by superfluous artistry and attempts at portraying a bold, confiding and convincing account of those who seek the reek of indulging in self-deception. Come take a close look at Karachi. You will see a long narrow alley, one that leads those who tread its misleading labyrinth into a world of
[FONT=Times New Roman]make-believe. Bustling with a sea of people, ‘Botal Gali’ is a story of lies, betrayals and deceit that contours private lives of its people in black and white, except when the sun set… the night moves and the hues set the mood.
The film takes a keen look at the city in a pragmatic weave of convictions and contradictions through an allegorical saga of a survivor, a seductress and a savior of emptiness lost in the sounds of clinking glasses, melting ice and mindless chatter, time spent in wasted brilliance, dabs of color added by the twists and turns of this fascinating tale contour the epitasis that brings back reality, only for the night to fall again. Coveted, consumed and yet condemned in this city of lights, drowned in the epitome of the elite, Dante emerges to poise a question, if, instead the demons lie within us?
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[FONT=Times New Roman]It is June 2004 and the city’s bootleggers are faced with the uncertainty of economic pressures, as supplies to bootlegged alcohol is disrupted in Karachi. Soon enough they find a brand new breed of ‘Dante’s’, a Vodka that finds its way into the new Gotham city, and goes through many peoples lives
[FONT=Times New Roman]to meet Babu whose sole purpose in life is to collect bottles abandoned after the night after they were poured.
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Follow Dante as it leads you through the Inferno and the Paradiso of Karachi.
BOTALGALI Starring (in alphabetical order) Adnan Siddiqui, Adnan Jilani,****Ahson Talish,Aijazz Aslam,Akther Qayum, Arnir Abbas, Anjum Shehzad, Aslam ****Sheikh, Ayla Haq, Barkat Siddiki, Faisal Qureshi, Heather Mroczkowski, ****Humayoun Saeed, Irfan Motiwala, Khalid Ahmed, Lateef Babar, Myra Khan, ****Nadeem Kazmi, Natasha D’Souza, PaIVeenAkbar, Rashid Farooqui, RajuJamil, ****Saima Qureshi, Shahzad Nawaz, Shehryar Zaidi, Shehzad Ali Khan, Sohail ****Hashmi, SohailJaved, Sonia Rahman, Sonya Khan, and Yahya.[FONT=Times New Roman]
**Written, Produced &:Directed by: Shabzad Nawaz . Co Produced by Humayun Saeed. DoP Asad Malik. Editor ****Farhan Neo . Asst. Director Natasha D’Souza. Art Director Mehnaz Diwan . Stylist Beenish Pervaiz . Sound **Engineering Javed Butt. Director’s Assistants Tahir & Kashif . Director ‘The Making ofBG Team’ Hassan Raza .
[FONT=Times New Roman]DoP Obaid Khan .
[FONT=Times New Roman]Acknowledgement: Project ‘BOTAL GALI’ has been supported generously by TimenVi.ion Strategic Advertising,jR Interacrive, White Radio Cab, Premium Mineral Water, Sign Source, IGS-Image Graphics and MMTI.The following individuals have gone extra mile to support this film: Rafi Abidi, Babar Hameed, Zarroeen Hassan, Farazul Gani, Mohammad DochlU, Naveed Nabi, FaisaJ
[FONT=Times New Roman]Sheljan, Nadeem Iqbal, Nonr Ali and AsifIqbal.