Despite all the not-so-encouraging news from around the world, it seems Pakistan’s tinsel-town has decided to live by the mantra of ‘never-say-die.’ While some films, such as Nabeel Qureshi’s upcoming social-themed comedy Fatman have had their shooting spells temporarily halted, others such as Saba Qamar starrer Ghabrana Nahi Hai are fast racing towards wrapping the project at the earliest.  And then there are those projects which have been resurrected anew altogether.

Chakkar starts rolling

Which brings us to Yasir Nawaz’s next directorial after Wrong No. 2, Chakkar. The film was scheduled to go on floors sometime in January in Karachi, however, that did not quite happen and rumors started making rounds that the film has been shelved. Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that the film’s final cast had still not been announced despite announcements to the effect that the production was ready to roll.

Well, we have the final word. Hear this: It is Ahsan Khan and Neelam Munir who have been taken on as the film’s leads. Interestingly, the duo has already shared screen space in 2017’s indie project Chuppan Chuppai and received decent reviews for their performance. In this new film where the characters reportedly have grey undertones, it seems the casting choices are on point as both Neelam and Ahsan meld rather well on the positive and negative side of the character spectrum.

Performing alongside the two will be Yasir Nawaz, in a prominent role in the film. The project has already gone on floors and prior to the pandemic-crisis, was scheduled for an Eid-ul-Fitr release.

Fly all set to soar

Then there’s the enterprising writer and producer Asma Nabeel, who earlier in the year announced two film ventures, one related to breast cancer awareness and the other about body shaming. As it turns out, she has finally zeroed in on the cast for the former one, a project going by the title of Fly. 

Poised to be helmed by veteran director Misbah Khalid, the film will star Ehd-e-Wafa favorites Wahaj Ali and Hajra Yamin, along with Beo-Rana Zafar. Nabeel disclosed this at an event yesterday, where she also mentioned that being a breast cancer survivor herself, this a film that is very close to her heart.

Seems like there’s much to look forward to as far as cinema is concerned. While everyone needs to be exercising strict social distancing or self-isolation/quarantining regimens, you can leave it to us to update you on the latest about these promising ventures. Stay tuned to Galaxy Lollywood.