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SPA Present’s Pakistani Film Festival in Singapore
March 28, 2014 @ 6:00 pm - March 30, 2014 @ 12:00 pm
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Singapore Pakistani Association (SPA) started out as Overseas Pakistani League in 1948, carrying out activities in tune with the events in Pakistan. SPA is a non profit organisation and holds various events through out the year to promote a harmonious and cohesive community across various cultures and societies within Singapore.
Singapore Pakistani Association will be presenting the first of its kind a Pakistani Film Festival in Singapore. It will be a memorable week of quality movies which have made waves in Pakistan and Internationally.
After years of economic doldrums and creative drought, Pakistani movies are pulling in crowds at home and garnering awards at international film festivals. It’s a miraculous restart for an industry that has seen more highs and lows than a three-hour Bollywood blockbuster. Taking the power of storytelling into their own hands, Pakistani filmmakers are fashioning much needed, nuanced portraits of their country and cultivating a degree of national pride.
The premier event will take place at:-
Venue: GV Grand – Great World City, Level 4, Singapore
Date: 28 March – 30 March 2014
Opening Premier Night: Saturday 29 March 2014 (By Invitation Only)
5.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
Films to be Screened: Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Zinda Bhaag
Lamha (Seedlings)
(Please note that all movies have been approved by the Censor Board in Singapore).
Show Listings For The Movies
Tickets $15 per person per movie.
Please book your tickets online at www.gv.com.sg
Friday 28 March 2014 9.00 – 11.30 p.m. Lamha (Seedlings)
Saturday 29 March 2014 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. Zinda Bhaag
Saturday 29 March 2014 9.45 – 12.30 p.m. Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Sunday 30 March 2014 4.00 – 6.30 p.m. Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Sunday 30 March 2014 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. Zinda Bhaag
Friday 28 March 2014 9.00 – 11.30 p.m. (Hall 4)
Lamha (Seedlings)
(Urdu / English Language)
Bodhicitta Works (Pvt) Ltd is a film production company founded by Meher Jaffri and Summer Nicks in 2010. Lamha (Seedlings) is Bodhicitta Work’s first feature film. Besides this Bodhicitta Works has produced critically acclaimed musical films with musician Usman Riaz, one of which, Ruckus, was showcased at TED Global 2012.
Film Synopsis: The beautiful necessity of art is its ability to help us critically analyze the world around us. Lamha (Seedlings) is a touching story that centers on the fascinating and universal human capacity and ability to cope. The story centers on a once-perfect couple, Maliha and Raza and a rickshaw driver Anil whose lives are bound together forever through a tragic accident. Lamha (Seedlings) is a story about the love, loss and fascinating emotions and resilience of the human condition.
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Directed by: | Mansoor Mujahid |
| Produced by: | Meher Jaffri | |
| Summer Nicks | ||
| Craig Peter Jones | ||
| Screenplay: | Summer Nicks | |
| Starring: | Mohib Mirza | |
| Aamina Sheikh | ||
| Gohar Rasheed | ||
| Hira Tareen | ||
| Mehreen Rafi | ||
| Tara Mahmood | ||
| Music by: | Usman Riaz | |
| Editing by: | Wajahatullah (Waji) Khan | |
| Distributed by: | ARY Films | |
| Release dates: | 20 September 2013 | |
| Country: | Pakistan | |
| United States | ||
| Language: | Urdu | |
| English | ||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqMCKiQKVck
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2256833/
http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/18903/lamha-a-progressive-step-in-pakistani-cinema/
http://herald.dawn.com/tag/seedlings
Saturday 29 March 2014 – 9.45 – 12.30 p.m. (Hall 4)
Sunday 30 March 2014 – 4.00 – 6.30 p.m. (Hall 4)
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi (I am Shahid Afridi)
(Urdu with English Sub Titles)
Is a 2013 Pakistani action-drama sports film directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama and produced by Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Nasib. The film features Humayun Saeed, Javed Shaikh and Noman Habib in the lead roles. Nadeem Baig, Shafqat Cheema, Ismail Tara, Ainy Jaffri, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Shahzad Sheikh also play important roles in the film, whilst Shahid Afridi and Ayesha Omar make special appearances.
Film Synopsis: Story of a boy (Noman Habib) who dreams to become Shahid Afridi finds himself down on luck when the only club he ever knew goes bankrupt. With no place else to go he discovers one last chance to save his club, his town and his dream. Haroon Sheikh A cricket tournament coming to Sialkot which may be the club’s last hope. But are they ready yet? A team of misfits with no facility and no coach, can they even qualify for the cup and face the highly skilled undefeated rivals who were born with a golden spoon in their mouths and every facility in their hands? With that question in mind they decide to take help from an ex cricketer Akbar Deen (Humayun Saeed), but Akbar has a dark past of his own.
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Directed by: | Syed Ali Raza Usama |
| Produced by: | Humayun Saeed | |
| Shahzad Nasib | ||
| Written By: | Vasay Chaudhry | |
| Starring: | Humayun Saeed | |
| Noman Habib | ||
| Javed Shaikh | ||
| Nadeem Baig | ||
| Ismail Tara | ||
| Shafqat Cheema | ||
| Music by: | Shani & Kami | |
| Cinematography | Asif Khan | |
| Editing by: | Asad Ali Zaidi | |
| Studio: | Six Sigma Entertainment | |
| Distributed by | ARY Films | |
| Mandviwalla Entertainment | ||
| Release dates | 23 August 2013 (Pakistan) | |
| 20 September 2013 (International) | ||
| Country | Pakistan | |
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| Language | Urdu,Punjabi | |
| Budget | ₨100 million (US$940,000) | |
| Box office | ₨55 million (US$510,000) | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcHTXlbp6I
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193364/
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/672921.html
http://tribune.com.pk/story/613931/main-hoon-shahid-afridi-is-box-office-hit/
Saturday 29 March 2014 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. (Hall 4)
Sunday 30 March 2014 7.00 – 9.30 p.m. (Hall 4)
Zinda Bhaag (Run For Your Life)
(Urdu with English Sub Titles)
Zinda Bhaag is a 2013 Pakistani Punjabi-language drama film directed by Meenu Gaur and Farjad Nabi, and produced by Mazhar Zaidi. The film had a premiere show on September 19, 2013 and a wide release on September 20. 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
Film Synopsis: Zinda Bhaag is a film about three young men trying to escape the reality of their everyday lives and succeeding in ways they had least expected. In a nondescript neighborhood of Lahore, three friends are desperate to get on to the fast track to success. Khaldi, Taambi and Chitta, all in their early twenties, believe that the only way out is to the West. The journey that unfolds through the story of this film gives us a peep into what constitutes the everyday in the lives of many young men and women in Pakistan – a sense of entitlement that cannot be fulfilled, desperation to somehow prove themselves in the face of all legitimate doors being locked and an ennui from which they feel there is no getaway.
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Directed by: | Meenu Gaur,Farjad Nabi |
| Produced by: | Mazhar Zaidi | |
| Starring | Naseeruddin Shah | |
| Amna Ilyas | ||
| Khurram Patras | ||
| Salman Ahmad Khan | ||
| Zohaib Asghar | ||
| Music by: | Sahir Ali Bagga | |
| Cinematography | Satya Rai Nagpaul | |
| Editing by: | Shan Muhammed | |
| Studio: | Matteela Films | |
| Distributed by | ARY Films | |
| Footprint Entertainment | ||
| Release dates | September 20, 2013 (Pakistan) | |
| October 18, 2013 (US) | ||
| January 15, 2014 (UAE) | ||
| Running Time: | 120 minutes | |
| Country | Pakistan | |
| Language | Urdu,Punjabi | |
| Budget | ₨34.5 million (US$320,000) | |
| Box office | ₨7.5 million (US$70,000) first week | |
| ₨20 million (US$190,000) total grossPakistan | ||
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kszHVKT8zs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387627/
http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/pakistani-film-zinda-bhaag-hit-at-abu-dhabi-fest-437951
http://tribune.com.pk/story/606469/zinda-bhaag-this-deserves-an-oscar-nod/
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/21/entertainment/la-et-mn-zinda-bhaag-review-20131022
