Na Maloom Afraad is NOT the longest running film in the history of Pakistan.

11079305_10205093652315464_1430562647_n

While Team NMA was basking in their glory, all us cinema lovers in Pakistan were a bit confused.  Why? Well almost anyone with some basic Lollywood  knowledge knows the fact that Chooriyan and Majajan, two more recent  Pakistani blockbusters, ran in cinemas for periods longer than 163 days! While we were just going to do a bit research on the topic to paint a clearer picture, our Lollywood superstar Shaan Shahid  came to our rescue. The super patriotic actor made this little post on his facebook page which gave us the much needed  answers.

 

11084614_10205093652275463_913950025_n

It read:

Correction of news!
The longest running film in the history of Pakistan is Heer Ranjha & Mola Jutt. Ran for 3 years. Choorian ran for 5 years. And majajan ran for 5 years. We cannot erase the past by rewriting your present.
Pakistan film industry was not born with Waar or Namaloom but it was here before we all came lets at least honour it with the truth . Great men have worked to bring us entertainment for 65 years . Na maloom only ran in Khi in one cinema the news should claim it as longest running film in Khi only . Pls don’t divide Pakistan’s entertainment like we have divided everything else between us. Let’s be honest as we are artists not politicians.

 

Shaan Shahid’s post created quite a stir and forced all the media outlets to re examine their stories on NMA. Soon everyone realized the mistake they had made made and modifications were made. The new updated version represented the fact that the film is the longest running film since the revival of cinema took place in 2007. However its the the 1977 Lollywood film Aina starring Shabnam and Nadeem which still holds the record of being the longest running film in Pakistan as it ran in cinemas for over 401 weeks!

Moreover, while the entire NMA team made peace with this piece of information, one of the leads (Mohsin Abbas Haider) still seems to be under some other impression. Check out his insta post which he made just yesterday!

11082818_10205093650555420_595039094_n

 

While we can surely say that Na Maloom Afraad is one of the biggest successes in recent times, to say that it is the longest running film in the history of Pakistani Cinema is wrong. But we would also like to say that with its super-successful run at Karachi’s Atrium Cinemas, the film still has shows prime time shows there, who knows it might just actually become the longest running film in Pakistani Cinema. Fingers crossed!

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here