We are sure you have been hearing about the Eid clash where three Pakistani films are all set to fight each other at the box office. Moreover there has also been talk about Bollywood films releasing before and after the Eid week which will give the local releases a tough time. However did you know that a total of 22 films which include Hollywood biggies, Bollywood favorites and very own local Lollywood flicks are set to release in the coming four weeks! Yes, an average of 5 films will be releasing every friday this month of September in Pakistan. Dont believe us well check out the detailed list below!
*Yes, there are reports of banning Indian films on Eid. But technically since Eid does not fall on a friday there is no direct competition so we dont know how this ban will work.
*Generally 5 films per week is not that big a number for markets like India and the US where the number of films per week usually exceeds five. But for an emerging market like Pakistan these are huge numbers!
*This is a tentative list as censor certificates and distribution deals are yet to be confirmed.
September 2 ( 4 films)
- Film:Teri Meri Love Story
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cast: Mohib Mirza, Ushna Shah, Omar Shahzad, Uzma Khan, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Ahmed Abdul Rehman, Laila Zuberi and Salman Shahid
Director: Jawad Bashir
Directors Previous Work:Maya
- Film: Akira
Genre: Action Drama
Cast:Sonakshi Sinha, Konkona Sen Sharma and Anurag Kashyap
Director: AR Murugadoss
Directors Previous Work: Ghajni, Holiday
- Film:Morgan
Genre: Science Fiction Thriller
Cast: Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie, Boyd Holbrook, Michelle Yeoh, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Paul Giamatti.
Director: Luke Scott
Directors Previous Work: Debut film but worked as an assistant on ‘Exodus : Gods and
Kings’ and ‘The Martian’
- Film: Mechanic: Resurrection
Genre: Action Thriller
Cast: Jason Statham, Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Alba and Michelle Yeoh.
Director:Dennis Gansel
Directors Previous Work: The Fourth State ( German Film)
September 9 ( 4 films)
- Film: Baar Baar Dekho
Genre: Romantic Drama
Cast: Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Malhotra
Director: Nitya Mehra
Directors Previous Work: Debut film
- Film: Freaky Ali
Genre: Sports based Romantic Comedy
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui , Arbaaz Khan and Amy Jackson
Director: Sohail Khan
Directors Previous Work: Jai Ho
- Film: Sully
Genre: Biographical Drama Film
Cast: Tom Hanks , Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany, Jamey Sheridan and Jerry Ferrara.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Directors Previous Work: Invictus, American Sniper
- Film: Bad Moms
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Annie Mumolo, Jay Hernandez, Jada Pinkett Smith and Christina Applegate.
Director: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Directors Previous Work: 21 and Over
September 13- Eid ul Azha ( 3 films)
- Film: Actor In Law
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat and Om Puri
Director: Nabeel Qureshi
Directors Previous Work: Na Maloom Afraad
- Film: Janaan
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cast: Armeena Rana Khan, Bilal Ashraf, Ali Rehman
Director: Azfar Jafri
Directors Previous Work: Siyah
- Film: Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay
Genre: Romantic Drama
Cast: Feroze Khan and Sajal Aly
Director: Anjum Shahzad
Directors Previous Work: Mah-e-Mir
September 16 ( 4 Films)
- Film: Pink
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu and Angad Bedi
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Directors Previous Work: Bengali Film Director
- Film: Raaz Reboot
Genre: Horror
Cast: Emraan Hashmi ,Kriti Kharbanda and Gaurav Arora
Director: Vikram Bhatt
Directors Previous Work: Mr X, Raaz 3D, 1920
- Film: Bridget Jones’s Baby
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Cast: Renée Zellweger ,Colin Firth and Patrick Dempsey
Director: Sharon Maguire
Directors Previous Work: Bridget Jones’s Diary
- Film: Blair Witch
Genre: Found Footage Horror
Cast: James Allen McCune, Valorie Curry and Callie Hernandez.
Director: Adam Wingard
Directors Previous Work: You’re Next, The Guest
September 23 ( 3 films)
- Film: Banjo
Genre: Drama
Cast Ritesh Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri
Director: Ravi Jadhav
Directors Previous Work: Debut film in Hindi Cinema
- Film: The Magnificent Seven
Genre: Western Action
Cast: Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D’Onofrio, Lee Byung-hun, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Martin Sensmeier, Peter Sarsgaard and Haley Bennett.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Directors Previous Work:The Equalizer, Southpaw
- Film: Storks
Genre: Animated Adventure
Cast: Andy Samberg, Katie Crown, Kelsey Grammer, Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Danny Trejo, and Stephen Kramer Glickman.
Director: Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland
Directors Previous Work: Neighbors Forgetting Sarah Marshall
September 30 ( 4 films)
- Film:M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Genre: Biographical film
Cast: Sushant Singh Rajput ,Disha Patani, Kiara Advani, and Anupam Kher
Director: Neeraj Pandey
Directors Previous Work: Special 26, Baby
- Film: Beimaan Love
Genre: Thriller
Cast: Sunny Leone, Rajniesh Duggall and Daniel Weber
Director: Rajeev Chaudhari
Directors Previous Work: Debut film
- Film: Deepwater Horizon
Genre: Thriller Drama
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich, Gina Rodriguez, Dylan O’Brien and Kate Hudson.
Director: Peter Berg
Directors Previous Work: Battleship, Lone Survivor
- Film: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Genre: Fantasy Adventure
Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson.
Director: Tim Burton
Directors Previous Work: Alice in Wonderland . Dark Shadows
So which films will you be seeing in cinemas this September? Let us know in the comments section.
