Joyland 2022
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.
Umru Ayyar is an 80's-90's hero character from the very famous story Talism Hoshruba & Dastaan-e-Amir Hamza.
A lion decides that a new king shall take on the reins of Azad Nagar when he retires. When he retires a donkey is chosen as the king of Azad Nagar.
Investigating a rumor that "iron ghosts" are deforesting his local area, the "Muhafiz" (lit. "Protector") Allahyar embarks on an epic adventure with plenty of laughs and drama to be had along the way. Fun for the whole family. A Pakistani animated film from the Allahyar series.
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation for the Muslim minority, infuriating Lord Mountbatten. Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts. Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of the political implications that have occurred.
Sardari Begum is a 1996 Hindi movie directed by Shyam Benegal. The film stars Kiron Kher, Amrish Puri, Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev. The film's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award. Rajeshwari Sachdev won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. The music by Vanraj Bhatia also received wide acclaim. Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar, the play back singer of the film also received accolades in the category of 'Best Playback Singer'. This film focuses on the complex portrait of family relationships, generational and sexual politics as well as social mores in India.
Teefa goes to Poland to get Anya to Pakistan to marry Butt gangster's son but lands up in trouble with Anya's gangster father and the Polish police.
Amiran is sold to a brothel by a corrupt cop after her father testifies against him. Many years later, she grows up to be an accomplished poetess and a renowned courtesan, Umrao Jaan.
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
The patriarch of a religious Muslim family refuses to accept his intersex child, tearing his family apart.
Music video by Arooj Aftab performing Raat Ki Rani.
Two men only have 21 hours to stop a war between Afghanistan and Pakistan. An Afghan militant steals a microchip containing the names of people who want to exploit Afghanistan's mineral reserves.
This is the about the most admired poet in the History of Urdu and Persian writings, Mirza Ghalib
SUPERSTAR is an Urdu language romantic drama in which a struggling actress begins a romance with a major film star.
The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire. They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names.
Ruposh is a passionate and soul-stirring tale of romance that perfectly embodies the agonizing pain suffered in love. As the feeling of love slowly escalates into obsession, sorrow and grief are destined to follow.
Three college friends are passionate for music and face difficulties for their common dream.
A man of Pakistan's Elite Special Forces whose life gets entangled with Politics. They soon realize that serving the nation is more complicated than simple following of orders.
Pakistan, 2071. There have been no reported instances of terrorism or violent crime in over 30 years. The cost: the systemic subjugation of all human emotion.
Gul Mirza is a poet who sings ghazals at Shahenshah Arkat-Ul-Daula's palace and wins the heart of his daughter, Sahebzadi Aalam. They agree to marry once he finishes his service in the royal army. But when his widowed mother is murdered one night, Gul Mirza speaks out against Arkat and gets labeled a rebel, perhaps never able to meet Aalam again. Inspired by a famous legend from the Mughal era.
A young college graduate from a modern elite family from Islamabad falls in love with the daughter of an Imam.
This story revolves around the lives of Mr Rashid, his wife, Amna, and his two daughters, Falak and Sitara. Rashid is a narrow minded man, not in favor of educating women. However Falak’s determination forces him to give in and he allows her to complete intermediate education privately. She goes to her neighbor, who is also the principal of a college, for tuition. There she meets Haroon and falls madly in love with him.
Young man confronts his forbidden love and situation changes dramatically as things starts to unfold.
Story revolves around on the splinted family issue with separated parents. The story concludes a moral lessons regarding respect, love and care in relationships.
A story of two Pakistani brothers that live in Scotland.
Series explores the story of Zain and Zara who are in love and are about to married. What follows, is disappointingly a typical evil mother-in-law who was all out to make sure her son turns against the daughter-in-Law (Zara) and has her thrown out of the house.
Aangan is story of a family which eats together, lives together, fights together, which has positive and negative both kind of members with full hilarious and serious characteristics. Mansha Pasha plays the role of the youngest daughter Zoya, who has alot of proposals over the year and is yet to be married. The three daughter in laws share a very typical kind of bond, leaving everything on Zoya. She looks after their kids and the kitchen as well. This makes Zoya against of marrying into a joint family.
Ali and Alizeh are very close friends and have a common friend named Neha. One day Ali's mother suggests Ali that he should get married to Alizeh to which he happily agrees. Ali shares this with Neha but doesn't reveal it to her whom his mother has suggested him to marry.
The series' main theme revolves around Boota, who moves from the small town Toba Tek Singh to settle and study in the larger Pakistani city of Lahore. Studying is the least of Boota's goals and instead, he embarks on a journey of friendship and mischief in the big city.
Maryam is a bright university student who lives with her single mother. After a romantic courtship with her classmate Azhar, she expresses her wish to marry him and faces problems in his relationship.
The story about two individuals from different backgrounds who became victims of their circumstances and are destined to spend their whole lives with each other. Gaeti is a beautiful girl who has a cheerful nature and is loved by everyone around her. She belongs to a wealthy family. While, Badar is an ordinary, middle-class guy, who helps Gaeti’s father at work. He is secretly in love with Gaeti.
Young girl's dream of becoming super star turns into a nightmare as she faces unavoidable dark conspiracy.
The story is set in late 1970's society, where teen marriages were quite common.
A simple story of our society which revolves around a lively girl, Kiran. Kiran is a fun and loving girl, yet she values herself a lot. Kiran’s parents accept the proposal of Sikander, who is in love with Kiran after meeting her for the first time in a marriage ceremony. After they both get married, Kiran falls madly in love with Sikander, but very soon she discovers a very strange and sudden change in her husband’s behavior.
3 stories of Pakistani's family living in New York.
The story focuses on the family of Gulistan Khan, a cruel man who rules his family with an iron will and wields considerable influence in the area where he lives
A family who hides a hideous crime, the man of the household committed three years ago while the family of the victim fights to bring justice to the victim.
A genie is sent by the emperor of genies from the Caucasus Mountains to our earth for the treatment of his eyesight problems. When he lands, he happens to meet a daring young boy who loves fantasies.