On the second day of Eid I went to see the new Shehzad Gul Production and Shan Starrer “Tere Pyar Mein” and in a line my 35 Rupees cinema ticket (plus Rs. 15 entertainment tax) was like returned with a fifty dollar bill attached to it.
The movie stars Shan and Zara the new-comer in the lead roles. Shans capabilities and look are all known, and there’s no bollywood actor you can compare him to, but the main deal here was Zara,while being in just her first feature film, she’s shown all the talents you find in a top hollywood girl. She’s utterly beautiful, and possesses this ability to do every acting trick out there like dancing, drama, romance, etc. A very important thing I’d like to note here is that unlike Indian movies there is zero vulgarity in this movie, and I mean ZERO. The simple and innovative use of Shalwar Kameez for the girls is wonderful as soothingly eye-catching colors have been used.
Most of the time Pakistani movies are thought to be low-budget stuff, but this movie is definitely not in the same category. Shehzal Gul, the Producer of this film and the owner of Evernew Studios, has spent all he could afford and more to make this his best. From the most beautiful outdoor locations to wonderful real-life indoor sets, he’s spent it everywhere. The attraction here is the Rs. 1,200,000 model of Taj Mahal especially built for a song and put in Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore. That particular songs has a pop beat, but has been fusioned with the almost real-life Taj Mahal and Mughal Era dresses… and professionally choreograhed by a young dude from Karachi. The music is really enchanting and the song picturisation quite brilliant. As for the Taj Mahal, the Government has officially asked the Producers not to dismantle it and give it to the Park as it is already a major attraction. As for the flaws in the movie, the only one I could find was that the sound effects were the same pre-dated ones used during the Sultan Rahi era, but this is overlooked as the movie never allows one to notice such deep details.
The story of the movie begins with the memories of a Sikh who left his ancestral Hvaili in Lahore at the time of Partition, and still to date dreams of returning to his homeland. When one day his application for the Sikh Yatra to Pakistan is approved and he and his daughter (Zara) come to Pakistan. After performing their religious duties elsewhere they come to Lahore to look for the remains of their Hvaili. As fate has it, the Hvaili is still intact and an Architect lives their with his family. Knowing his relationship with the premises, the Architect persuades Zara’s father to stay for sometime at his house. During this stay Zara and Shan (the architects son) fall in love, but Zara has to leave for India before soon and their love splits into two enemy states. Then after a very tragic song, Shan finally manages to get an Indian visa and heads for India where Zara’s love and RAW’s bloody hands await him… the rest you’d have to see for yourself.
Finally, I’d like to make an important comment here, that this movie is far greater than the bollywood s**t stuff I was forced to see during the past many years. And that although still less funded and even lesser supported by the Government, the Pakistani film industry puts up astonishing stuff, which anyone can watch together with his family…!
[BTW: Will I make a good movie reviewer, please comment on this matter…?]
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[This message has been edited by pakistan99 (edited January 05, 2001).]
