Waar
Score - 8/10
The movie presents an overly simply description of the causes of terrorism in pakistan and how best we can counter it. The fact that this was the most anticipated movie in recent decades the movie was bound to get an amazing opening and as the numbers for the past two days' collections suggest this movie will easily surpass Bol's overall collections to be the biggest hit of Pakistan.
In a nutshell this movie sums up a popular narrative that India is exploiting our inner weaknesses (the religious extremism) to cause havoc in Pakistan and we can save a lot of lifes if we break this nexus. It is this india factor which has already made this movie extremely unpopular in a certain segment of the society and those advocating stronger ties with india even from a position of weakness. You would hardly find them criticizing India on the anti pakistan rhetoric their movies have created but since its a pakistani movie, they would consider it their duty to bash freely. The movie also forms a positive image of armed forces which would also not go down well with them. You cant change few things, dont you? :)
Positives: Technically a strong movie. Excellent cinematography and action sequences. Except for Taliban leaders with fake pushto accent (poor casting) the acting was decent enough. Shan looked awesome, act well too as expected. Ayesha khan has surely looked better than she does on TV but that fake british accent was a bit too much to handle. Shamoon hasnt spoken much but was worthy of the negative role he did. Ali Azmat was OK. Always found Meesha Shafi the singer and actor as over rated. Hamza Ali Abbasi is a great actor in making...wow what a powerful speech he gave before the panultimate sequence.
Overall the movie has an aura of patriotism which you do not associate with pakistani media anymore.
Negatives: A bit weak on story and screenplay. I think the role of how religion is used to crop up violent extremism should have been more elaborated. Blaming everything on India was a bit too much. The movie has Adult rating due to excessive blood shown on screen and graphic execution scenes. But this stuff is mostly shown on our news channels with PG rating.
90% of the movie is in english and hence understood that the producers plan to release it in orther countries. However would the powerful indian lobby in Anglophile countries let this happen remains to be seen.
Overall Waar was a great one time watch. Not as great as i expected it to be but still it has raised the bar higher for pakistani movies. More positives than negative. After MHSA and Zinda Bhaag we can very much say that Pakistani movies have made a comeback, an unexpectedly strong one! Go and enjoy Waar! Great effort Bilal Lashari and team!
Score - 8/10
The movie presents an overly simply description of the causes of terrorism in pakistan and how best we can counter it. The fact that this was the most anticipated movie in recent decades the movie was bound to get an amazing opening and as the numbers for the past two days' collections suggest this movie will easily surpass Bol's overall collections to be the biggest hit of Pakistan.
In a nutshell this movie sums up a popular narrative that India is exploiting our inner weaknesses (the religious extremism) to cause havoc in Pakistan and we can save a lot of lifes if we break this nexus. It is this india factor which has already made this movie extremely unpopular in a certain segment of the society and those advocating stronger ties with india even from a position of weakness. You would hardly find them criticizing India on the anti pakistan rhetoric their movies have created but since its a pakistani movie, they would consider it their duty to bash freely. The movie also forms a positive image of armed forces which would also not go down well with them. You cant change few things, dont you? :)
Positives: Technically a strong movie. Excellent cinematography and action sequences. Except for Taliban leaders with fake pushto accent (poor casting) the acting was decent enough. Shan looked awesome, act well too as expected. Ayesha khan has surely looked better than she does on TV but that fake british accent was a bit too much to handle. Shamoon hasnt spoken much but was worthy of the negative role he did. Ali Azmat was OK. Always found Meesha Shafi the singer and actor as over rated. Hamza Ali Abbasi is a great actor in making...wow what a powerful speech he gave before the panultimate sequence.
Overall the movie has an aura of patriotism which you do not associate with pakistani media anymore.
Negatives: A bit weak on story and screenplay. I think the role of how religion is used to crop up violent extremism should have been more elaborated. Blaming everything on India was a bit too much. The movie has Adult rating due to excessive blood shown on screen and graphic execution scenes. But this stuff is mostly shown on our news channels with PG rating.
90% of the movie is in english and hence understood that the producers plan to release it in orther countries. However would the powerful indian lobby in Anglophile countries let this happen remains to be seen.
Overall Waar was a great one time watch. Not as great as i expected it to be but still it has raised the bar higher for pakistani movies. More positives than negative. After MHSA and Zinda Bhaag we can very much say that Pakistani movies have made a comeback, an unexpectedly strong one! Go and enjoy Waar! Great effort Bilal Lashari and team!
Well the india bashing part is a big let down,as you said :).Then we cant balme the jingoists on the other side of the divide as well.
ReplyDeleteTrue and if you are regular in interacting with them and seriously they are no better than Hameed Gul and Zaid Hamid
ReplyDeleteThanks Adeel. A must watch now.
ReplyDeleteSuperb i am not expecting too much from this movie but if we compare it with other Pakistani ones i hope this will be much better. Catching 7:30pm show at Atrium.
ReplyDeleteSo how did u find it?
DeleteThanks for Your feedback brother and best wishes for your Blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blog Adeel. Will surely watch tomorrow...
ReplyDeleteYA THESE PRO INDIA MEDIA LIKE GEO NEWS IS NOT GIVING ANY VIEWS ON THIS MOVIE WHY THEY SHUD SUPPORT ATLEAST THE CAUSE OF THIS MOVIE
ReplyDeleteIt's an ARY release. That's why. Samaa and Capital tv giving good coverage though.
DeleteJust watched today... Much better movie if compare it with Salman khan silly movies like wanted ready which goes houseful in PK also... i think they have deliberated kept the madrasa role little soft to prevent it from sensor board and controversies... The police academy terrorists attack shoots brilliant and near to elrealism... I felt so helpless and angree while watching the scenes ..somehow the movie. Has got emotional connectivity with pk viewers...
ReplyDeleteThe whole world knows that pak itself invited terrorism in 1980s from the Soviet invasion into Afghanistan..
ReplyDeletey doesnt pak accept osama was in pak n make movie about it.. I havnt watche. 'Waar' but u ask from anybody in this world which country will you associate with extremism-India or Pak..n u know where the answer lies..Pak was created on religious lines,now it is bearing the consequences of that..I just heard that Jinnnah was himself a Shia.,,what a mistake he has done to put his Shia bros n sistas in pak..
now for its own failures pak has shown India into a negative light ..
Sorry 'waar' makers ,nobody sane will believe in ur 'Man Ghadant Kahaniya'.
Salil Aroroa, your knowledge about Pakistan and its leader is next to zero...you do not know nothing
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