Revival of Pakistani cinema
Sir: The Pakistani film industry has remained in steep decline for the last decade, with the major chunk of responsibility falling on the constant production of low budget movies based in rural areas of the country. A large part of the cinema going audience holds the opinion that these movies tend to eradicate the very essence of film production, which involves quality cinematography, brilliant scripting, a well thought out plot and perfect execution. However, a major chunk of the audience would like to disagree with the former notion; believe it or not, a lot of people like watching these low budget movies!
There is no doubt that the kind of movies being produced in Pakistan do sell. With extremely limited financial backing, amateur actors and work crew, a cheap rural movie in which the damsel in distress is saved by the god-like hero is what you get. However, the new Pakistani movie Waar is so different and good that people are asking whether it is a turning point for cinema in Pakistan. The question posed is answered by the huge amount of popularity the action flick gained post-release and much more after.
Cinemas throughout the country were literally jam-packed and the audience was highly anxious to find out what this new movie feature was all about. Well, not exactly new, new perhaps to the Pakistani film industry, which tried to produce something much like the mainstream Hollywood movies that we all love so much. With the bilingual dialogues, much of which were English, fake American accents and a lot of sheer action, it is pretty obvious what our producers were attempting to have a go at. Admittedly, although there is a lot of space for improvement, it was a decent attempt. Good job by everyone involved in the production of this movie.
SAAD USMANI
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