Waar

Waar
Theatrical release poster
وار
Directed byBilal Lashari
Written byHassan Rana
Produced bySyed Mujtaba Tirmizi
Starring
CinematographyBilal Lashari
Edited byBilal Lashari
Music byAmir Munawar[1]
Production
company
MindWorks Media
Distributed byARY Films
Mandviwalla Entertainment
Release date
  • 16 October 2013 (2013-10-16)[2]
Running time
140 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguagesEnglish
Urdu[3]
BudgetRs. 170 million (US$590,000)[4][5]
Box officeRs. 346.5 million (US$1.2 million)

Waar (Urdu: وار Wār; IPA: [ʋɑːr], transl. The Strike) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut),[6] written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. [7] The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles.[8] The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.

It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts to conduct a war on terror on state-sponsored terror groups, which resulted in warfare among tribal units in North-West Pakistan.[4][9] One incident included a terrorist attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009.[10][11]

The film opened to highly positive reviews, and was Pakistan's highest anticipated film at that time. It is considered to be Pakistan's twelve-highest-grossing movie of all time.[12] A sequel titled, Waar 2 was announced shortly after the film's release, but ultimately stalled in development.

  1. ^ Khan, Sher (23 September 2013). "Why Waar's music took two years to make". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  2. ^ "It's official: Waar set for Eidul Azha release". The Express Tribune. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  3. ^ Waar - BBFC. BBFC
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ET: Waar: Pakistan's next blockbuster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Shoaib Ahmed was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ ""I Didn't Want to Play Safe with Waar": Bilal Lashari". Lekha Menon. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  7. ^ Khan, Sher (28 August 2013). "Genius or moron — you decide, says Waar producer". Tribune. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  8. ^ Khan, Sher (9 January 2012). "Waging Waar". Lahore: The Express Tribune.
  9. ^ "Meesha Shafi joins Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist". The News. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Jason Burke was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821700/ IMDb [user-generated source]
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference highest grossing was invoked but never defined (see the help page).