The speculations of Haissam Hussain debuting at the cinema finally came to an end as the first film of the TV’s award winning director is announced along with its lead cast.
Haissam Hussain signed Osman Khalid Butt and Ainy Jaffri as the lead pair of his directorial debut Balu Mahi. The film is produced by Sadia Jabbar, the producer of popular TV serial Mera Naam Yusaf Hai [2015].
Haissam Hussain is the name behind many popular TV serials, like Dastaan, Dur-e-Shehwar, Aunn Zara, Aik Nayee Cinderella, Kuch Pyar Ka Pagalpan, Akbari Asghari and Ishq Ghumshuda. He has worked with both the established names of TV like Fawad Khan, Sanam Baloch and Imran Abbas and also the rising stars like Osman Khalid Butt and Maya Ali.
Balu Mahi was kept under wraps until a while ago when the name of the film was revealed. Since then the film pundits have been speculating about the lead actors of the film. Many were guessing it would be Osman Khalid Butt, which turned out to be a correct guess, as he has worked in two of his hit serials, Aik Nayee Cinderella and Aunn Zara. After winning the hearts in Pakistan, Aunn Zara became hugely popular in India as well when it was released on Zee Zindagi last year.
Osman Khalid Butt, alias OKB, is one of the young rising stars of the entertainment industry. He has earned a huge name and fanbase for himself in very short time. He started his career as a theater actor and then forayed into the modeling and acting on the TV (not to forget his popular v-log on Youtube and Humsafar and Maya Khan parodies). OKB also wrote the script of horror film Siyaa and upcoming Reham Khan’s Janaan.
Ainy Jafri, on the other hand, has done Humayun Saeed’s film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi earlier. She is also known for voicing the lead character of Emmy nominated animated TV series Burka Avenger.
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The film was already in our list of expected releases of 2016. Check the complete list here: The ultimate guide to films expected to release in 2016
