Waar (2013)

Original title

وار

Directed by

Bilal Lashari

Genre

spy film

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired Pakistani army officer is called back to duty to stop a major terrorist attack. The film shows Pakistan's fight against terrorism.

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What happens

Waar (Urdu: وار Wār; IPA: [ʋɑːr], transl. The Strike) is a 2013 Pakistani action thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and co-produced by Rana and Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Aisha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles. The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack. It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts in the war on terror, including the War in North-West Pakistan and the 2009 Lahore police academy attack. It was one of the Pakistan's highest anticipated films at the time of its release and opened to positive reviews from audiences and critics alike. It is also the fourteenth all time highest-grossing Pakistani film unadjusted for inflation. On 7 December 2013 ARY Films and MindWorks Media announced a sequel titled, Waar 2, but ultimately stalled in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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