‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ beats Waar and becomes the new Pakistani Box Office King

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October 9, 2015

Bilal Lasahri’s Waar held the record for the highest grossing film to come out of Pakistan with the domestic business of 23 crore for more than two years. Since 2013, no film could come across Waar’s business, not even Bin Roye, Wrong Number or Na Maloom Afraad, none.

But guess what, Waar is no more Pakistan’s highest grossing film. ARY Films and Six Sigma Productions’ Jawani Phir Nahi Ani has broken the record by crossing 23 crores mark in less than a month. Although, the official figures have not yet been disclosed but reports started coming in on Wednesday that JPNA has reached 21 Crores. Note, these are not official figures but based on the reports we have been receiving, we report you that Jawani Phir Nahi Ani is now the highest grossing film of Pakistan.

JPNA released this Eid-ul-Adha and is still running all across Pakistan. We hope JPNA breaks the overall box office record too, a record that is currently held by Dhoom 3 and Fast 7, with a rounded figure of 25 crore on both sides. Fun Fact, Waar or JPNA; ARY Films still holds the top position.

Galaxy Lollywood will update their readers as soon as the official figures are released.

ROTW & Ho Mann Jahaan, This January 2016

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Ibrahim Qutab

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October 8, 2015

2015 was a healthy year for the Pakistani Film Industry with more than 15 films releasing with almost all of them doing good business specially Bin Roye, Wrong No and Jawani Phir Nahi Aani.

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Looking forward to 2016? Great. Because there are two very anticipated/awaited films coming out this January, yes two films in the very first month. One of them is Jamal Shah’s Revenge Of The Worthless and second being Asim Raza’s Ho Mann Jahaan.

Revenge Of The Worthless is Jamal Shah’s directorial debut who has also written the film whereas film is produced by Amna Shah (Hunerkada Films). The cast of ROTW has some big names like Firdous Jamal, Maira Khan, Shamil Khan, Ayub Khoso and Jamal Shah himself.

ROTW highlights the heroic struggle of some of the unsung heroes during the 2009 Swat insurgency. Jamal Shah in a n inteview said that,

“I think people will find it entertaining and Taliban should also watch it. They’ll enjoy it because we do not brand people in black & White, there are shades of grey”

ROTW is not a war film, it is an issue based film but based on Pathans and revolves around their culture, something new in the industry. Not to forget, the sets and costumes have been designed by the art departments of Hunerkada College. The music of the film is done by the great Mehdi Raza. According to the Wikipedia page of ROTW, the budget of the film is said to be Rs. 1.5 Crores. The film is all set to release on January 16, 2016.

Talking about Ho Mann Jahaan, one of the most awaited films, couldn’t get a release in 2015 for some reasons but finally HMJ is releasing on January 01, 2016.

HMJ is directed by the veteran Asim Raza who is also producing the film along with Sheheryar Munawar. The film is penned by Raza himself. Although, Yasir Hussain has done the script work, who previously did the script for Wajahat Hussain’s Karachi Se Lahore.

HMJ’s cast is a trio everyone is waiting to see on-screen. Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar and Adeel Hussain. Some other big names include Bushra Ansar, Sonya Jehan and Nimra Bucha.

Since, Ho Mann Jahaan is a musical love story, it’s music is something that has been the talk of the town. With singers like Atif Aslam, Zebunnisa Bangash, Faakhir, Jimmy Khan, Asrar and Gulfam Ramay who won’t wait for the music album. It was recently disclosed that the film will be releasing under ARY Films this January.

GalaxyLollywood wishes both the films Best Of Luck and not only that, we pray for a even healthier year for the industry.

Sabeeka Imam Takes Over Mehreen Syed’s Snapchat!

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Ibrahim Qutab

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October 7, 2015

Not many Pakistani actors and actresses interact with their fans. A good number does it on Instagram and a very few ‘official‘ pages exist on Facebook but the stars themselves don’t handle these pages (sad, I know). Although, a few of the stars use Snapchat to interact with their fans. Snapchat is a photo/video sharing app which is instant, transparent and easy to use. These ‘a few‘ stars that do use Snapchat include Ali Safina, Hira Tareen, Mehreen Syed, Mooroo, Alyzeh Gabol, Amna Baber and a couple more.

Mehreen Syed, the super model, is someone who actively uses Snapchat and shares almost everything. From the first steps of her daughter to Ather Shehzad doing her make-up, everything. Recently, she performed Hajj and she even shared that experience.

Yesterday, Sabeeka Imam took over Mehreen Syed’s Snapchat. She not only went on to say whose her ‘Best Friend‘ but also whose giving who business tips. There is not only Mehreen and Sabeeka in this Snap but the hairstylist Aamir Naveed is in it too. Follow Mehreen Syed on snapchat, her username is: @mehreensyed

Heres a compilation of what Sabeeka posted.

Here are some photo snaps as well, don’t forget to follow Mehreen Syed on Snapchat.

ARY Films and Asim Raza partner to release multi-starer “Ho Mann Jahaan”

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Galaxy Lollywood

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October 4, 2015

ARY Films and The Vision Factory Films partner to release the much awaited multi-starer film “Ho Mann Jahaan”. This development is announced by ARY Films in an official press release.

ARY Films has risen to new heights by giving multiple hits this year including box office successes Jalaibee and 3 Bahadur and blockbusters Wrong Number and Jawani Phir Nai Ani. Ho Mann Jahaan will surely be another feather in the crown of ARY Films.

The cast of the film includes Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar, Adeel Hussain, Sonya Jehan, Bushra Ansari, Nimra Bucha, Arshad Mahmud, Jamal Shah and Munawar Siddiqui. The film will also feature “a surprise bunch of cameo appearances” as revealed in the press release.

Ho Mann Jahaan is co-produced by Asim Raza and Sheheryar Munawar. The film is the directorial debut of Asim Raza.

“Ho Mann Jahaan is a story by Asim Raza, which will draw in audiences with its vivid cinematography, dynamic visuals, charming production design, powerful sound, engaging dialogues and soulful music”, says the press release.

The character dialogues of the film are penned by talented writer/actor Yasir Hussain who has proved himself both as a writer and actor in Karachi Say Lahore, another box office success of this year.

The film is expected to be a musical extravaganza as its soundtrack includes 9 tracks “developed by talented pool comprising of Zoheb Hassan, Atif Aslam, Zebunnisa Bangash, Jimmy Khan, Tina Sani, Abu Mohammed, Fareed Ayaz, Asrar and Mai Dhai Band, along with music producers Faakhir Mehmood and Ehtisham Mallick”, as shared in the press release.

Ho Mann Jahaan was initially planned to be released on Eid-al-Azha but the makers delayed the release to prevent the clash with Jawani Phir Nai Ani. The new release date of the film will be announced soon in a press conference, as promised by the makers of the film.

Here are some BTS photos from the sets of Ho Mann Jahaan.

Photos credit: Ho Mann Jahaan facebook page

Why A Film Like MANTO Was Much Needed

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Ibrahim Qutab

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October 4, 2015

After a film ends, from the seat of the cinema to the seat of the car, people ask each other the same question, kaisi lagi? They go on to discuss the film, the good and the bad scenes. After watching MANTO, I asked my brother the very same question and he replied with, ‘Aisi film Bollywood aglay das saal main nahi bana sakta‘. He said this because every time a film releases, specially comedy or masala film, our nation goes on to compare it with Bollywood. Like they compared Na Maloom Afraad with Delhi Belly, Jawani Phir Nahi Aani with HouseFull and so on. If they don’t compare movies then the least they do is they say, ye tou Bollywood style ki hai, thanks to Hamza Ali Abbasi for this.

A film like MANTO was needed to be done because for decades Saadat Hassan Manto was not known as a great writer but he was known as a indecent or ribaldry writer of Pakistan. Parents and teachers wouldn’t talk about Saadat Hassan, all they would tell was ‘his books were banned‘. Therefore, a film like Manto had to be done, his life was to be shared, his writing were to be told, his hardships in life were to be told.

When was the last time Bollywood took literature to the screen and won hearts? In 2002 with Devdas? In 2006 with Omkara or in 2009 with 3 Idiots? But none of these films did what Manto did. People have started buying his stories again. Oxford press has started publishing Manto’s writing again. And above all MANTO has succeeded in portraying a positive picture of Saadat Hassan, something nobody could pull off this well. Also, there is much to Manto that is still left untold, MANTO – the film has only last three years of Saadat Hassan’s life.

After so long I have seen the cinema applauding and clapping during the end credits. This is a sign how much people loved the film and how much did they enjoy it. There is more that MANTO did which other films couldn’t, MANTO brought out people from all age groups to the cinema. There were kids, youngsters and then there were old citizens who could barely walk but were climbing the cinema stairs to watch the film.

So what did a film like MANTO do? A film like Manto portrayed the positive image of Saadat Hassan, a film like Manto portrayed his stories visually, a film like Manto conveyed Saadat Hassan’s message loud and clear, a film like Manto not only portrayed hardships in his life but also of the people around him like Safia Manto and Noor Jahan. A soulful music album, a talented cast, phenomenal direction and a great story outline….MANTO was a comlete package. Something worth double your money.

Manto Zindabad!

Danish Taimoor will romance in Sangeeta’s next “Tum Hi To Ho”

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Galaxy Lollywood

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October 3, 2015

The chocolate hero, Danish Taimoor, will be romancing in his next film “Tum Hi To Ho” produced and directed by industry veteran actress-cum-director Sangeeta Begum. The film is scheduled to be released in 2016.

The film stars debutante Quratulain as the love interest of Taimoor. The bold and sexy Mathira will also debut in a supporting role in the film. She has done an item song in Main Hoon Shahid Afridi previously.

Danish Taimoor’s first film Jalaibee did well on the box office and his second film Wrong Number was a huge box office success. The film remained third highest grossing film of all times until Jawani Phir Nai Ani took over the distinction this week (more on this later).

The film will be comeback of Sangeeta as a director after several years. Her previous notable Urdu feature film was Tarap staring Babrik Shah, Resham and Saud. Sangeeta has given many popular films to the industry in the past including Reema-Shaan starer Nikah and Meera-Saud starer Khilona.

Here are some pictures shared on Instagram by the cast of the film.

A shot from the film featuring Danish and Quratulain.

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Some clicks from the movie’s press conference happened on Thursday night in Lahore.

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Mathira’s selfie with Danish Taimoor.

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Another click of Mathira from the set of “Tum Hi To Ho”.

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14th Lux Style Awards : ‘Na Maloom Afraad’ wins big and lots of filmy performances dominate.

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Momin Ali Munshi

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October 1, 2015

Yes, it is that time of the year when Pakistan’s media fraternity gets together to celebrate the best in film, fashion, television and music. The Lux Style Awards, or Luxies as they called, took place last night in Karachi to celebrate the best of the year 2014 and the night was surely a memorable affair . Yes, we admit its a bit late to be awarding people on their work from last year, but well this is the only platform we have got where the awarding body is not linked with one specific television channel, so we will let it pass.

The event was surely a filmy affair as it saw lots of performances from our Lollywood stars. Here is a detailed recap of everything Lollywood related that happened at this event.

Awards

There were four film categories and here are the results.

Best Film
1. Dukhtar
2. Na Maloom Afraad (Winner)

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Best Director
1. Afia Nathaniel & Muhammad Khalid Ali for Dukhtar
2. Nabeel Qureshi for Na Maloom Afraad (Winner)

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Best Actor
1. Fahad Mustafa for Na Maloom Afraad (Winner)
2. Javed Sheikh Na Maloom Afraad (Winner)
3. Mohsin Abbas for Na Maloom Afraad
4. Salman Shahid for Na Maloom Afraad

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Best Actress
1. Saleha Aref for Dukhtar (Winner)
2. Samiya Mumtaz for Dukhtar
3. Urwa Hocain for Na Maloom Afraad

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Moreover there were two other categories where Na Maloom Afraad was nominated. It did win one one of the awards here.

Best Original Soundtrack

1.Afia Nathaniel / Muhammad Khalid Ali – “Ya Reham Maula” from Dukhtar
2.Fizza Ali Meerza / Nabeel Qureshi – “Billi” from Na Maloom Afraad (Winner)
3.Momina Duraid – “Haey Re Hum Sadqay Tumharae” from Sadqay Tumhare
4.Saad Sultan – “Liayan Liayan” from Jackson Heights
5.Shahzad Nasib and Humayun Saeed – “Nazdeekiyan” from Nazdeekiyaan

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Best Song of the Year
1. Badnaam by Sibti & Spoonful
2. Billi by Saima Iqbal in Na Maloom Afraad
3. Nadiya Par Par Karke by Jimmy Khan
4. Roiyaan by Farhaan Saeed (Winner)
5. Sub Akho Ali Ali by Asrar

As for the performances well here is recap of what went down in the Lollywood department.

Ayesha Omar performed to ‘Tutti Frutti’

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Urwa Hocane danced to ‘Darbadar’ and had a minor accident on stage.

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Amna Ilyas burned the floor with ‘Kala Doriya’

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Ahmed Ali Butt danced to ‘Yeh Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’

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Meera, Resham and Sabeeka Imam performed alongside Ali Zafar to his song ‘Rockstar’

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Resham and Momar Rana danced to the classic ‘Janu Sun Zara’

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Noor performed on the hit song ‘Dil Diyan Lagiyan’

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Muneeb Butt danced to ‘Tere Mast Mast Do Nain’

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Resham, Meera, Sabeeka performed alongside ‘Rahat Fateh Ali Khan’

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Moreover the event wouldnt have been half as interesting had Yasir Hussain not done his comedy acts. He was without doubt the highlight of the event and he made sure that people laughed like crazy whenever he made an appearance. He took digs at almost everyone and has given award ceremony humor a new benchmark. Way to go man!

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Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan were the hosts for the night. Though they share a chemistry and rapport that would put many so called jodi’s to shame, their hosting skills weren’t that great . There were a lot of goof ups, which will obviously be edited from the final telecasting, but anyhow seeing them in one frame was surely a delight and fans will definitely rejoice when they see the ceremony on air.

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For more detailed coverage follow @galaxylollywood and @mominalimunshi on Instagram. Here are some red-carpet photos from the event. Enjoy!

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Box Office Update: “Jawani Phir Nai Ani” has a record-smashing first weekend

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Galaxy Lollywood

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September 28, 2015

The film ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ was expected to take a great start at the box office, but the mayhem that is being witnessed all over Pakistan is just crazy. The film received a tremendous response on its first weekend which is coincided with Eid al Azha. The film created new records by scoring highest first day collections (Friday), highest Saturday collections, highest Sunday collections and highest first weekend collections.

The film opened to limited previews on Thursday, a night before Eid, and scored 0.38 crore which is also the highest collection for single-day previews. The film scored 2.07 crore on the first day of Eid (Friday) breaking the record of highest first day collections previously owned by Fast and Furious 7 (2015).

The film witnessed spectacular rise in the trend as it scored 2.68 crore and 2.70 crore on second and third days of release respectively. Combining first weekend collections, which are 7.83 crore, Jawani Phir Nai Ani has made the record of highest first weekend collections.

The day to day collections of the film are given below (via: Box Office Detail).

Thursday (Previews): 0.38 crore
Friday (Day 1): 2.07 crore
Saturday (Day 2): 2.68 crore
Sunday (Day 3): 2.70 crore
Total: 7.83 crore

Jawani Phir Nai Ani is on the roll and is expected to reach 10 crore mark in its first week of release. Let us wait and see which other records the film is ought to break or make in the coming days.

Box Office Update: The unstoppable ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ scores bigger numbers on Day 2

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Momin Ali Munshi

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September 27, 2015

The film ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ was expected to to take a great start at the box office, but the mayhem that is being witnessed all over Pakistan is just crazy. The film created a new record when it scored the biggest first day collections on Friday but it was the growth on Saturday that has taken everyone by surprise.

Quoting from the website box office detail ” Jawani Phir Nahi Ani is having phenomenal run and is running to 100% occupancies everywhere. Film has become a nationwide phenomenon as there are extra seats installed at few localities to cope up with the demand. There are extra shows at many places, tickets are being blacked out. The next few days are sold out at most places and few places are sold out for whole week. Such things happen rarely in the history of cinema and in Pakistan this happened last when Chooriyan released in 1998.”

Therefore it should not really come as a surprise that the second day of the film brought in a collection of 2.68 crores. Add in the .30 crores from Thursday previews and 2.07 crores from Friday and the two day( + previews) totals to 5.05 crore ( Box Office Detail).

Thursday (Previews) .30 crore
Friday( Day 1) 2.07 crore
Saturday ( Day 2) 2.68 crore

Total 5.05 crore

Given that the shows have been further increased, lets see what Sunday has in store for the film.

All first day records shattered as ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ takes a flying start at the box office.

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Momin Ali Munshi

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September 26, 2015

Writing this post gives me immense pleasure because finally, after the longest time, one of our home-made productions has managed to climb to the top while beating the Hollywood and Bollywood biggies which otherwise dominate the Pakistani box-office.

Yes, Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, took an earth shattering start at the box office and has broken all previous first day records. The first day numbers for the film are being reported as 2.07 crores which is higher than the previous record of Fast 7 that was about 2 crores. (Box Office Detail)

For more details talked to Khurram Gultasab, General Manager of Super Cinemas, and he explained how JPNA is doing crazy business at all the Super Cinema screens:- “This film is doing a phenomenal business at all the screens. Even in places like Gujraat the film is playing to packed houses.”

He added that the first day picked up post 5pm due to the Eid rituals but as for today even the early morning shows are housefull. ‘ The show yesterday had 25 people in the 2pm slot but at the same time today the show has 240 people! So you can imagine the buzz for the film”

Looks like it would not be wrong to expect that the second day will easily cross 2.5 crores. We would like to wish the team of ‘Jawani Phir Nahi Ani’ all the best and hope that the film emerges as the biggest grosser beating all other International films.