Zinda Bhaag

Zinda Bhaag
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMeenu Gaur
Farjad Nabi
Produced byMazhar Zaidi
StarringNaseeruddin Shah
Zain Afzal
Amna Ilyas
Khurram Patras
Salman Ahmad Khan
Zohaib Asghar
Samiya Mumtaz
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
CinematographySatya Rai Nagpaul
Edited by
  • Shan Muhammed
  • Fahad Bajwa
  • Faizan Yousuf
Music bySahir Ali Bagga
Production
company
Matteela Films
Distributed byARY Films
Footprint Entertainment
Release date
  • 20 September 2013 (2013-09-20)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguagePunjabi
Box officeRs. 7.5 million (US$26,000) first week from Pakistan[1] Rs. 2 crore (US$69,000) total gross from Pakistan

Zinda Bhaag (Urdu: زندہ بھاگ) is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film co-directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi,[2] and produced by Mazhar Zaidi.[3] The film focuses on the issue of illegal migration.[4] The film had a premiere on 19 September 2013 and a theatrical release on 20 September.[5] The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, the first in over 50 years.[6] The film was made as part of a project on masculinity titled Let's Talk Men, affiliated with United Nations agencies for the prevention of gender-based violence.[7]

  1. ^ Mahmood, Rafay (28 September 2013). "Did you know?: Zinda Bhaag bags Rs 7.5 million in first week". Tribune. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  2. ^ Das, Srijana Mitra (23 September 2013). "Zinda Bhaag reflects new generation of Pak filmmakers and viewers: Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  3. ^ Jawaid, Muhammad Kamran (20 September 2013). "Movie Review: Zinda Bhaag". DAWN. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
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  5. ^ Maleeha (19 September 2013). "Zinda Bhaag gets a red carpet premiere". DAWN. Retrieved 20 December 2013.
  6. ^ "Pakistan sends official entry to Oscars after 50 years". Arab News. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  7. ^ Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar; Asad Ali, eds. (2020). Love, war & other longings: essays on cinema in Pakistan (First ed.). Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-070185-7. OCLC 1198086805.