Baaji

Baaji
Theatrical release poster
Urduباجی
Directed bySaqib Malik
Written byIrfan Ahmed Urfi
Story byIrfan Ahmed Urfi
Produced bySaqib Malik
Angeline Malik
StarringMeera
Osman Khalid Butt
Amna Ilyas
Mohsin Abbas Haider
Ali Kazmi
Nayyar Ejaz
Edited byAdnan Ali Khan
Music byTaha Malik
Production
company
Page 33 Films
Distributed byARY Films
Release date
  • 28 June 2019 (2019-06-28)
Running time
132 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu
BudgetRs. 60 million (US$210,000)[1]
Box officeRs. 125 million (US$430,000)
(Domestic)[2]

Baaji (transl. elder sister) is a 2019 Pakistani romantic drama film, directed by Saqib Malik and produced by his Production company Page 33 Films. The film features Meera as Shameera Osman Khalid Butt as Rohail Khan/ Khalid Osman, Amna Ilyas as Neha, Mohsin Abbas Haider as Ajji, Ali Kazmi as Rammy , Nayyar Ejaz, and Nisho in pivotal roles. It is a dramatic tale of a fading Lollywood actress Shameera (Meera), who is not accepting that now her position in the industry is not much valuable. The story revolves around the relationship of Shameera with a Salon girl Neha (Amna Ilyas) who later becomes an assistant of Shameera and make this opportunity happens of working with an American Based Pakistani Director Rohail Khan (Osman Khalid Butt). Neha who belongs to a conservative lower middle class family then also make herself involved in Shameera's comeback movie titled Waapsi by helping them in rehearsals and script making so far she get a chance to take a supporting role in the movie. The film includes Ali Kazmi as Raamy (Shameera's Boyfriend) who is highly aggressive about Shameera. Mohsin Abbas Haider plays the love interest of neha's character, while the Legendary actor Nayyer Ejaz supports the film by his great comics and unforgettable role as Chand Kamal, film also includes numerous well-known faces from the industry as in cameo appearances.[3][4][5][6][7][8]

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  8. ^ "Take a look at the new poster for 'Baaji' featuring Meera and Amna". Samaa TV. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.