Wateen brings ‘Ramchand Pakistani’ to the Silver Screen!
submitted 2 months 19 hours ago by: shayan.ali : 7 commentsAfter raving reviews at the Tribeca Flim Festival, Wateen brings ‘Ramchand Pakistani’ to the big screen in a nationwide launch. The internationally acclaimed movie is based on a true story about a Pakistani Hindu father and son who were imprisoned in India after wandering across the border from their village in Pakistan.
With the successful launch and receiving critical acclaim at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, ‘Ramchand Pakistani’ is all set for its big screen launch across the country. The movie has jointly produced by Project One (Pvt.) Ltd., J.J. Media (Pvt.) Ltd., and Namak Films.
Dubbed as a “Must Watch” film by the Tribeca audience, the movie, is expected to be an exceptional success in Pakistan, following suit of its international acclaim. Directed by Mehreen Jabbar and produced by Javed Jabbar, the film casts Nandita Das, Rashid Farooqui, Noman Ejaz, Maria Wasti, Zhalay Zarhadi and Farooq Pario, also introducing child actors Syed Fazal Hussain and Navaid Jabbar in title roles.
According to Mr. Tariq Malik, CEO Wateen, “With entertainment being one of the fastest growing, global industries, and the Pakistani media scene is undoubtedly one of our most important resources and deserves strong appreciation. Wateen is honored to be able to support such an exceptional production that has put Pakistan into the limelight. The critical acclaim received at the Tribeca Film Festival is a significant milestone for our entertainment industry and is a significant contributor towards the promotion of our artists to the rest of the world.”
Mehreen Jabbar is accredited with producing some of the best known, award winning TV serials to be aired on Pakistani media, and ‘Ramchand Pakistani’ is her first undertaking into the cinema film industry. With such an extensive cast and strong storyline, the movie will draw a considerable viewer-ship and is expected to be one of the most notable movies of the year.
‘Ramchand Pakistani’ is one of the most eagerly awaited movies of 2008, and is expected to attract huge crowds in the cinema because of it. For more information on the movie and launch, please visit http://www.ramchandpakistani.com/
Comments
what happened to Ramchand eventually?? was he released from indian jail??? uh oh ..wrong question....was he released alive????
According to a report at BBC website there were total of 7500 prisoners who died in Indian prisons in last years. This was the highest number in the world. My understanding is that only a few of them (less then 5) were Pakistanis. The number must be quite high for Pakistani prisons as well.
Pointing figures at each other will not help. To create awareness, educate and promote peace within the neighborhood is what we all must focus at.
I think Ramchand Pakistani is a wonderful effort – hopefully it will help educate people and make lives of Pakistani prisoners in India and Indian prisoners in Pakistan easier.
Following are some international reviews:
http://www.bbcworld.com/Pages/ProgrammeFeature.aspx?id=41&FeatureID=767
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/05/09/stories/2008050950380400.htm
http://www.nysun.com/arts/goodbye-bollywood-boulevard/75743/
This is the type of work for generating a positive image of our country in the world.
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less than 5????? babar u really need to check these statistics again.....in the last 5 months we have received FOUR 4 dead bodies
Khalid Mehmood____died on 12th Feb 2008, body returned in March(few days after we released KaSHMIR sINGH, aconvicted spy
Muhammad Akram____May,2008,(according to his postmortem report, the heart, kidneys, lungs, liver and intestines were taken out from his body, which made it difficult to find out the cause of his death)
Abul Aleem, 25 and Rashida Bibi, 55______June 13,2008
n counting........i m not mad at Indian govt, i was hardly xpecting anything else...i m just appalled at the negotiating skills of our govt....exchanging alive prisoners for dead...
"Exchange alive prisoners for dead"
Doesn't that show a moral superiority over Indians? This is something that makes Pakistanis better then Indians. We have better prison system then that of India’s.
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oh Great! dint thought on those lines....
pata nahin kyun per some of our own prisoners end up dying in our own prisons instead of being released like these lucky Indians.....inferior health system,surely ;p
The movie I am sure will raise a lot such issues. I don’t have much information myself but my father has written some books on Pakistani prison system. This was some 10 years ago so I am not sure if he is updated on the topic. I know that all such stats were covered in his publications.
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