Trailer of upcoming movie ‘London Nahi Jaunga’ releases at Nueplex Cinema, Karachi.

Six Sigma Plus, Salman Iqbal and ARY Films launched the trailer of film, ‘London Nahi Jaunga’. The trailer premiered at Nueplex Cinema Karachi on Saturday 11^th June 2022, to a full house of press (including members of social-media, print-media & electronic-media), editors and celebrities from the entertainment fraternity as well as notable directors.

The movie ‘London Nahi Jaunga’ is a romantic comedy with a touch of family drama and, at the same time, lots of passion, intrigue, ambition, and power struggles that encapsulate its journey.

The film stars some of the most powerful names in Pakistani cinema such as Humayun Saeed, Mehwish Hayat, Kubra Khan, Gohar Rasheed, Sohail Ahmed, Vasay Chaudhry, and Saba Hameed. It is produced by Salman Iqbal, Humayun Saeed, Shehzad Nasib and Jerjees Seja. Nadeem Baig is the director of the film. The script is the work of acclaimed writer, Khalil ur Rehman Qamar.

The buzz around the upcoming movie has been electrifying, and it has already garnered a lot of attention with people loving the scale and magnitude that the trailer promises as well as soulful Music to groove to only some of which has been revealed.

Salman Iqbal CEO ARY Group said; “this is the moment that the Pakistani film industry has been waiting for, ever since the pandemic, films in the country have taken a major hit. With the release of ‘London Nahi Jaonga’ we are seeing a much needed resurgence in the industry”.

“We see the release of ‘London Nahi Jaonga’ as a milestone in the industry. Major film releases in the country had come to a halt during the last few years, with little to no expression of art and creativity. ‘London Nahi Jaonga’ with its star studded cast will definitely be a breath of fresh air and open doors for newer releases”, stated the CEO of ARY Network Jerjees Seja on the trailer launch event.

CEO of ARY Network went on to say that; “this film will be a game changer for Pakistani film industry, we have plans for international release as well and this one is going to be one of the biggest release for any Pakistani movie”.

While the much-celebrated director Nadeem Baig observed; “film making is a joy that took a back seat due to COVID in the last four years but, now we are back to it again and I couldn’t be happier with the work we have put in ‘London Nahi Jaunga’. I hope the audiences feel what we are feeling with it!”.

Nadeem Baig stressed on the point that; “this film ‘London Nahi Jaonga’ is not a sequel of Punjab Nahi Jaongi, but is of same genre, which is romantic comedy.” 

Mehwish Hayat lead actress of the film express her views, “it has taken 4 tough years to complete this venture. Every project is different from one another and I can’t wait to give my country this eid-ul-adha gift!”.

Mehwish Hayat all set to steal the limelight with ‘London Nahi Jaonga’, releasing this Eid-ul-Adha.

Male lead of ‘London Nahi Jaonga’ Humayoon Saeed showed his excitement against other two major releases this Eid ul Adha, which are ‘Quaid-e-Azam Zindabad’ and other being an international release ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’. He was confident that Pakistani crowd would opt for local heroes Fahad Mustafa & Humayoon Saeed over Christopher Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder).

Relying to a question on Eid releases, Humayoon Saeed responded by saying; “during these horrid times when only one movie is being released, we are left with no options but to go for Eid release, pretty soon we will be releasing more than one movie / year then we will release part from Eid also and we will be catering to other genres also”.

Replying to another question, of music of ‘London Nahi Jaonga’, he replied; “all songs of the movie are in Punjabi and having said that there are plans for a Punjabi film soon. Dubbing in other languages is also under active consideration”. 

Trailer doesn’t give much away, but is seems more a sequel of some previous movie. If you watch Humayoon Saeed closely you will fell that he seems to start exactly from where he left at prequel. Just by watching Humayoon Saeed with his monologue dialogue delivery, you can safely call this movie Punjab Nahi Jaungi Part 2′ aka London Nahi Jaunga.

Then enters Mehwish Hayat with all of her beauty, charisma, appeal, acting-skills, body-language and effortless dialogue-delivery will put you under her mesmerizing spell for while and once you get over it then will realize that Mehwish Hayat with her star-appeal and on-screen-charisma, will carry this movie entirely on her shoulders.

Saba Qamar outshines everyone with her acting-skills in Sarmad Khoosat’s ‘Kamli’.

After spending some time on google, we can loosely summarize the meaning of the word ‘kamli’ as a word from Sanskrit language which translates to ‘blanket’. Whereas in Urdu, Punjabi and in Hindi language the word ‘kamli’ translates to ‘crazy girl’.

So before we reach Nueplex Cinema to watch ‘kamli’, we do have a fair bit of idea of what’s coming our way. Some of the story-line was shared with us before the release of the movie and according to it, ‘Kamli’ is a Pakistani drama-film directed by Sarmad Khoosat, who also has produced it with Kanwal Khoosat as co-producer under banner of Khoosat Films. The film features Saba Qamar, debutante Hamza Khawaja, Sania Saeed and Nimra Bucha in lead roles.

Let’s start off with some high-points of ‘Kamli’. The high-points of ‘Kamli’, outnumber low-points by a wide margin.

Firstly, the best part of ‘Kamli’, is Saba Qamar herself with her larger than life screen presence that comes with her beauty, charisma and her spot-on acting which includes her facial-expressions, body-language and dialogue-delivery. Her performance as Hina left most of the audience mesmerized. With Saba Qamar we can proudly say that we also have an actress who has it all from beauty, brain & skills. Both thumbs up for Saba Qamar on her performance in ‘Kamli’ as Hina.

Runner-up for me was Saad Sultan, who shone well with his excellent contribution as a music director. His compositions, which were equally well sung by our superstar Atif Aslam, talented Zeb Bangash, our legeng Reshma-ji along with new comers such as Sohail Shahzad, Zenab Fatima Sultan and Amna Rahi.

Third place was bagged by man of the moment, our lovely and very sweet Sarmad Khoosat as the director of ‘Kamli’. His stature as a director seems to be growing by every passing day. Whatever he directs (from movies to theatre), all of it ends up as folklore new comers in the industry. His name has now become synonymous with very unique & innovative ideas that are transformed to life for us to enjoy.

‘Kamli’, as the name suggests is a female centric drama-film that revolves (completely) around Saba Qamar and to some extent also Sania Saeed and Nimra Bucha. No real need to mention anything about male actors or characters. So if you are die-hard Saba Qamar fan, then ‘Kamli’ is exactly for you and if you prefer to watch formula-films then better stay home.

‘Kamli’ is all set to release nationwide in cinemas near you on 3^rd June 2022.

Javed Jabbar unveils what really happened in 1971.

After 50 years of being made hostage to false narratives and selective half-truths actively promoted and propagated by external forces benefiting from broken ties, it is time we recognize what really happened, clarifying the myths to be able to move forward. It is not about proving who is right and who is wrong, but about sifting through the purposeful haze created by international politics and moving towards renewing relationships and building stronger partnerships. Javed Jabbar, in his recently launched documentary “Separation of East Pakistan – The Untold Story,” aims to do just that.

The documentary was screened at Nueplex Cinema in Karachi and was well attended by eminent and prominent members of society and intelligencia.

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The documentary tells us how Sheikh Mujibur Rehman did not want an independent nation, how Indira Gandhi admitted to India’s active involvement in the separation of Pakistan, it breaks apart the fake news about 3 million deaths and 200,000 rapes, which are humanly impossible, it shows how Soviet Union and India played dirty politics to divide a nation to the extent of training Bengali civilians and arming them as Mukti Bahini in the camps on the Indian side of the border and initiating and supporting the “6 points” which they knew would ignite a separatist movement, and how the issues of resources and language were misused to promote a separatist politics.

Javed Jabbar has shown intellectual integrity in also analyzing where we went wrong, whether it was Ayub Khan’s One Unit Policy which caused political alienation of East Pakistanis, a growing trust deficit on resources and language, amplified by natural disasters and misused by separatists, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s power politics and refusal to comply with the 1970s election results, or Yahya Khan’s uninformed actions.

The audience greatly appreciated the efforts of the Evolution Media team, at bringing together international and national learned scholars, expert analysts, historians and public servants who had served at the time to unfold the story of 1971 like it has never been done before. Many shared that they were totally unaware of many of the information that were shared and how it completely changed their perspective on what had happened.

The documentary has been produced by Ms. Erum Binte Shahid, with Javed Jabbar as the Executive Producer and writer, Muhammad Zeeshan as the Content Director, and Mitra Bonshahi, Mehreen Jabbar and M. Bilal as the Consulting Editors.

While speaking at the event Ms. Erum Binte Shahid, the producer of the documentary said that; “she is honoured to have had “the privilege to share the true story of 1971 with the people of South Asia, especially those who were not witness to the events of those years that led to the events of 1971. I am humbled to have contributed towards demystifying the false information that has unfortunately become the mainstream history.”

The documentary is the first of its kind, sharing facts and information not revealed before. International and national experts and intellectual leaders address the false information and shares little known facts about 1971.

While addressing the audience the eminent Javed Jabbar, shared that; “the history of 1971 has purposefully been diluted by hyperbole and false information. After 50 years it is time, we use the lens of facts and objective analysis to tell the untold story.”

Through the documentary Javed Jabbar factually and objectively highlights how India’s involvement was not arbitrary or based on an immediate response to a humanitarian crisis but a well-crafted long-term strategy, which they were able to manipulate due to the circumstances and political immaturity prevalent at the time.

Pakistan has always accepted the reality of Bangladesh with an open heart and wished them the best as a brotherly nation. However, moving forward in good faith makes it imperative to revisit the past and review what had happened, separating facts from myths, and accepting the reality.

The documentary is available on www.1971untoldstory.com.