The Glorious Resolve

The Glorious Resolve
Directed byBrigadier Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi
Sarosh Kayani
Written byLieutenant Colonel Irfan Aziz
Produced byLieutenant Colonel Irfan Aziz
Brigadier Syed Azmat Ali
StarringHamza Ali Abbasi
Hassan Waqas Rana
Bilal Lashari
Production
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Release date
  • 9 January 2011 (2011-01-09) (Pakistan)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

The Glorious Resolve: Death Before Disgrace is a 2011 Pakistani documentary film made by the Inter-Services Public Relations department of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The film stars Hamza Ali Abbasi, Hassan Waqas Rana and Bilal Lashari in leading roles. The executive director was Brig Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi, whereas it was written by Irfan Aziz. It was created specifically to counter Taliban and al-Qaeda propaganda videos by depicting the army and the fight against terror in a positive light.[1]

Glorious Resolve won Jury special award in the recently held International film festival "Eserciti-e-Popoli" held at Bracciano, Italy. The festival saw the participation of NATO and 24 other countries with 60 films produced by renowned film makers which were evaluated by qualified and reputed jury. Glorious Resolve received the medal from the Chairman of the Italian Senate with the citation "A technically outstanding and emotionally powerful dramatization of the story of courageous soldier under fire in combat situation".