List of Pakistani films of 2016

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This is a partial list of Pakistani films scheduled to release in 2016:

Highest-grossing films

See also: List of highest-grossing Pakistani films

The top 10 films released in 2016 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Background color   indicates the current releases
Highest-grossing films of 2016
Rank Title Studio Gross Ref.
1. Actor in Law
Urdu 1 Pictures
 Rs. 30.00 crore (US$1.0 million) [1]
2. Janaan IRK Films Rs. 30.00 crore (US$1.0 million) [2]
3. Ho Mann Jahaan The Vision Factory Films Rs. 22.50 crore (US$780,000) [1]
4. Lahore Se Aagey Showcase Films,
AN Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 		Rs. 21.60 crore (US$750,000) [3]
5. Dobara Phir Se ARY Films Rs. 10.50 crore (US$360,000) [1]
6. Bachaana Big Film Entertainment Rs. 10.00 crore (US$350,000) [4]
7. Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay RC Films
Kingfisher Films 		Rs. 10.00 crore (US$350,000) [1]
8. 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam Waadi Animations Rs. 8.10 crore (US$280,000) [5]
9. Maalik Media Hub Rs. 7.30 crore (US$250,000) [6][7]
10. Jeewan Hathi Matteela Films Rs. 6.50 crore (US$230,000) [1]

Events

Award ceremonies

Date Event Host Location Ref.
16 April 2nd ARY Film Awards ARY Digital Network Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE [8][9]
23 April 4th Hum Awards
Hum Network Limited
 Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh [10]
29 July 15th Lux Style Awards Lux Style Awards Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan [11]
27 October 1st Hum Style Awards Hum Style Awards Expo Center Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan [12]

Releases

January – April

Opening Title Genre Director Cast Ref.
J
A
N
1 Ho Mann Jahaan Musical/Romance Asim Raza
Sheheryar Munawar, Sonya Jehan, Bushra Ansari, Nimra Bucha, Arshad Mehmood, Munawar Siddiqui, Jamal Shah
 [13]
F
E
B 		26 Bachaana Romance-thriller Nasir Khan Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed, Adeel Hashmi [14]
A
P
R 		8 Maalik Action-thriller Ashir Azeem Ashir Azeem,
Sajid Hassan, Shakeel Hussain Khan, Hassan Niazi, Adnan Shah Tipu, Mohammed Ehteshamuddin
, Rashid Farooqi, Tatmain ul Qalb, Mariam Ansari, Pakiza, Lubna Aslam		 [15]
22 Hijrat Romantic-thriller Farooq Mengal Asad Zaman,
Sana Nawaz
 [16]

May – August

Opening Title Genre Director Cast Ref.
M
A
Y 		6 Mah e Mir Biographical Anjum Shahzad Fahad Mustafa, Iman Ali, Sanam Saeed, Manzar Sehbai, Alyy Khan [17]
13 Hotal Psycho-Thriller Khalid Hasan Khan Meera, Anees Raja, Jasmine Sandlas, Nasreen Jaan, Baila Naz, Wiam Dahmani, Tariq Jamal [18]
20 Aksbandh Horror Emran Hussain Bilal Yousufzai, Danial Afzal, Saud Imtiaz, Ayaz Samoo, Shehzeen Rahat, Mahrukh Rizvi, Arshad Ali [19]
J
U
L 		6 Sawaal 700 Crore Dollar Ka Action-Thriller Jamshed Jan Mohammad
Javaid Sheikh, Shamoon Abbasi, Ismail Tara, Nayyar Ejaz, Iftikhar Thakur
, Ali Mohiuddin, Qurat Ul Ain		 [20]
22 Ishq Positive Romantic comedy Noor Bukhari Noor Bukhari, Wali Hamid Ali Khan, Saud, Shafqat Cheema, Saim Ali, Ahmed Ali, Faria Bukhari, Durdana Butt, Sonu Sood [21]
Revenge of the Worthless Action drama Jamal Shah Jamal Shah,
Shamyl Khan, Maira Khan
, Emel Karakose, Asif Shah, Asaldin Khan, Imran Tareen, Iram, Shehrbano, Abdul Rahim, Najeebullah Anjum, Tariq Jamal, Arshad, Sultan, Kaleemullah, Qazi Zubair, Wafa Khan, Rafique, Marjan		 [22]
A
U
G 		5 Dance Kahani Dance Omar Hassan Madeleine Hanna, Alamdar Khan, Vernin U'chong [23]
Blind Love Romantic Faisal Bukhari Yasir Shah, Mathira, Nimra Khan, Aamir Qureshi, Fawad Jalal, Imran Bukhari [24]
24 A Wedding[note 1] Drama Stephan Streker Lina El Arabi, Sebastien Houbani [fr], Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni, Olivier Gourmet, Alice de Lencquesaing, Zacharie Chasseriaud [fr], and Aurora Marion [25][26]

September - December

Opening Title Genre Director Cast Ref.
S
E
P 		2 Teri Meri Love Story Romantic comedy Jawad Bashir
Omar Shahzad, Uzma Khan, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Salman Shahid, Laila Zuberi, Ahmed Abdul Rehman, Ahsan Rahim, Jawad Bashir, Faisal Qureshi
 [27]
13 Janaan Romance drama, Comedy Azfar Jafri
Mishi Khan, Hania Aamir, Usman Mukhtar, Nayyar Ejaz
 [28]
Actor in Law Socio Comedy Nabeel Qureshi
Saboor Ali, Nayyar Ejaz
 [29]
Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Romance drama Anjum Shahzad
Sajal Ali, Feroze Khan, Alyy Khan, Shafqat Cheema, Jibraiyl Ahmed, Nayyar Ejaz, Rashid Farooqui
 [30]
O
C
T 		28 Abdullah: The Final Witness Mystery, Action-Drama Hashim Nadeem
Sajid Hassan, Imran Tareen, Saleem Mughal, Zuhab Khan
 [31]
N
O
V 		4 Jeewan Hathi Dark Comedy Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin Shah, Samiya Mumtaz, Saife Hassan, Fawad Khan, Adnan Jaffar, Nimra Bucha, Kiran Tabeer, Jahangir Khan, Nazarul Hassan [32][33]
11 Lahore Se Aagey Road, Comedy Wajahat Rauf Yasir Hussain, Saba Qamar, Mubashir Malik, Rubina Ashraf, Behroze Sabzwari, Atiqa Odho, Abdullah Farhatullah, Hasan Rizvi, Omer Sultan, Ashir Wajahat, Ahmed Ali [34]
18 Rahm Dark Drama, Thriller Ahmed Jamal Sanam Saeed, Rohail Pirzada, Sunil Shankar, Sajid Hasan, Nayyar Ejaz, Seerat Jafri, Khalid Butt [35][36]
25 Dobara Phir Se Romance drama Mehreen Jabbar
Adeel Hussain, Atiqa Odho, Tooba Siddiqui, Shaz Khan
 [37]
D
E
C 		1 Gardaab Romance Drama Harune Massey Amna Ilyas, Fawad Khan (Theatre Actor), Gohar Rasheed, Adnan Shah Tipu, Nimra Bucha, Naseeruddin Shah (Cameo) [38]
2
 8969 Murder Mystery Thriller Azeem Sajjad Saba Qamar, Sadaf Hamid, Anam Malik, Hussain Tiwana, Sama Shah, Haseeb Khan, Oun Sarvar, Ali Jabran Khan [39]
Salute (2016 film) Biographical Shahzad Rafique Ali Mohtesham as
Pervaiz Kaleem
, Jalal Haider		 [40]
3 Oye Kuch Kar Guzar Online/Comedy Harris Rasheed Ali Safina, Uzair Jaswal, Ushna Shah, Mahjabeen Habib [41]
15 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam Animated Thriller
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy
Ahmed Ali Butt
 [42]
16 Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal Historical, Action-War film Umair Fazli
Javed Sheikh, Firdous Jamal, Moammar Rana, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Sameer, Rachel Gill, Nimra Khan, Kamran Mujahid, Aamir Qureshi, Rambo, Shafqat Cheema, Asad Malik, Nayyar Ejaz, Iftikhar Thakur, Jia Ali, Noor Bukhari
 [43]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The press kit indicates the film is a co-production between Pakistan and three European countries (Belgium, France, and Luxembourg)[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Yearly Boxoffice Report Card 2016 :: ARY Films Stands Out". Boxofficedetail.com. Archived from the original on 25 November 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Janaan Worldwide Update :: Super Hit". Boxofficedetail.com. 30 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  3. ^ "No Indian Films At Cinemas :: ARY Saves The Day". BOD. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Maalik 2nd Weekend Business Pakistan :: Decent But Much Below Bachaana". BOD. 18 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Boxoffice History : 3 Bahadur Series Always Delivers Big". Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  6. ^ "YEARLY BOXOFFICE REPORT CARD 2016 :: ARY FILMS STANDS OUT". boxofficedetail.com. 7 January 2017.
  7. ^ "'Maalik' collects Rs20m in six days". 14 April 2016.
  8. ^ "It's official: ARY Film Awards 2016 to be held in Dubai!". ARY News. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  9. ^ "ARY Film Awards are back...this time in Dubai". HIP. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  10. ^ "It's official: ARY Film Awards 2016 to be held in Dubai!". HIP. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Glamorous, credible 'Lux Style Awards 2016' today". The News International. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  12. ^ Desk, Entertainment (28 October 2016). "Here's everything that happened at the first Hum Style Awards 2016 - The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  13. ^ "Mahira Khan's "Ho Mann Jahaan" to be released on January 1, 2016". Daily Pakistan. Ali Zain. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  14. DAWN.com
    . Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  15. ^ "The story of every Pakistani : 'Maalik' all set to release on April 8". Daily Times. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  16. ^ "'Hijrat' to release on April 22". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  17. ^ "'Mah-e-Meer' to hit theatres on May 6". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  18. ^ "Another Meera shocker: actress to pen a tell-all book". ARY News. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  19. ^ "Pakistan's first found footage film to release May 20". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  20. ^ "Films set for Eid ul Fite release in Pakistan". BOD. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  21. ^ "Noor Bukhari's 'Ishq Positive' set to release on July 22nd". HiP. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Revenge of the worthless to release on 22nd". The Nation. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  23. ^ "Dance Kahani: One-of-a-kind film set to release this August". Daily Pakistan. Nazish Kanwal. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  24. ^ "Film on Aitezaz Hassan to be out on August 5". The Express Tribune. Rahul Aijaz. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  25. ^ a b "Press Kit" (PDF). A Wedding team. Retrieved 1 December 2019. - French version
  26. ^ "Noces". Festival du Film francophone d'Angoulême [fr]. Archived from the original on 1 September 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2019. - The first date shown is the first ever showing of the film, making it the premiere date.
  27. ^ "Trailer out: Teri Meri Love Story appears to be a major letdown - The Express Tribune". 23 July 2016.
  28. ^ "B4U to distribute 'Janaan' internationally on Eid-Ul-Adha". HiP. Ahmed Sarym. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  29. ^ "Om Puri's first Pakistani film to release on Eidul Azha". The Express Tribune. 10 January 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  30. ^ "A Cinematic Year Ahead". The News International. Buraq Shabbir. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  31. ^ "Distribution Club to release one Pakistani film every month - The Express Tribune". 5 October 2016.
  32. ^ "The media's dark side reflects our own, and other lessons Jeewan Hathi teaches us - Film & TV - Images". Images.dawn.com. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  33. ^ "Cinemas step back from 'free refreshment' promised at Jeewan Hathi's show - Entertainment - Dunya News". Dunyanews.tv. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  34. ^ "Lahore Se Aagey poster: Saba Qamar, Yasir Hussain all set for a fun journey". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  35. ^ "It's raining films: Sanam Saeed starrer Rahm to release on November 18". 10 November 2016.
  36. ^ Syeda Ifrah Abbas (November 2016). "Filmy November: 4 Pakistani Films coming your way!". Galaxylollywood.com. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  37. DAWN.com
    . Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  38. ^ "Two years after the release of 'Zinda Bhaag', production house Mateela Films is back in action - The Express Tribune". 12 June 2015.
  39. ^ "Azeem Sajjad's '8969' to release on December 2 - Entertainment - Dunya News". Dunyanews.tv. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  40. ^ "Salute delayed...again!". 2 September 2016.
  41. ^ "Pakistani first online film: Oye!! Kuch Kar Guzar - .thenewstribe.com". 12 June 2015.
  42. ^ Desk, Entertainment (4 August 2016). "Trailer of '3 Bahadur - The Revenge of Baba Balaam' released - The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  43. ^ "Saya-e-Khuda-e-Zuljalal to release on December 16th 2016". December 2016.

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