Pashto cinema

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Pashto cinema or Pollywood (Pashto: پالېوډ‎) is the term for the film industry based in the city of Peshawar, the provincial capital of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.[1] It produces Pashto and Urdu language feature films.

The term Pollywood is also used for Indian Punjabi cinema.[2]

Pashto Films in Afgahanistan

In 2001, Pakistani Pashto began to be released in Afghanistan. In 2015, Sanober Qaiser’s film Sartez Badmash was released in two cinemas in Kabul and Pakhtun Pay Dubai got released in Dubai also, alongside Kabul.[3]

History

Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (1971) was the first Pashto film made. It starred Badar Munir and Yasmin Khan.[4]

2001-present

In 2013 The 1st HD Pashto film Zama Arman Released. After 35 years, in 2015 the Pashto film industry released seven new movies, thus breaking all previous records of film production. All films were screened at the cinemas in Peshawar, Mingora, Mardan, Kohat and even in a few theatres of Karachi city. The movies released were Ma Cheera Gharib Sara, Sar-Teza Badmash, Daagh, Mayeen kho Lewani vee, Khanadani Badmash, Pukhtoon pa Dubai ke and I Love You too.[5] Shama cinema in Peshawar is popular.[6] Reham Khan's movie Janaan has won awards for its screenplay.[7] On 19 August 2015, cult Pashto actress Musarrat Shaheen, who appeared in Haseena Atom Bomb, was killed by unknown militants.[8][9][10] This is not the first time Pashto celebrities have been targeted for murder, as on 19 June 2014, Pashto singer Gulnaz (Muskan) was also killed[11][12] and in June 2013, actress Bushra Waiz (Shazia Aziz) was the victim of an acid attack after she refused to marry a producer named Shaukat Khan.[13][14][15]

Etymology

The Pollywood name, similar to that of Bollywood, is derived from Hollywood, the birthplace of modern films.

References

  1. ↑ "Bombs, boredom threaten Pakistan's "Pashto" song-and-dance cinema". Dawn. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Pollywood is an unofficial moniker for Punjabi film industry which is shared with the Peshawar film industry in Pakistan.".
  3. ↑ Lodhi, Adnan (2015-07-21). "Pakistani Pashto film makes a mark in Kabul". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  4. ↑ "History of Pasho films". Pakistan Film Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Release of seven new Pashto films this Eid". The Express Tribune. 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  6. ↑ Today, Pakistan (2015-07-10). "Cinema targeted by militants reopens after a year". Pakistan Today. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  7. ↑ Desk, Entertainment (2015-07-23). "Cinema's new darling: Armeena Khan says Bin Roye is a giant leap for Pakistan". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2015-07-31.
  8. ↑ Desk, Web (19 August 2015). "Pashto telefilm actress Mussarat Shaheen shot dead in Nowshera". ARY NEWS. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  9. ↑ PTI (20 August 2015). "Pak actress shot dead in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province". english. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "पाकिस्तानी पश्तो अभिनेत्री की गोली मारकर हत्या palpalindia.com". www.palpalindia.com (in Hindi). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Popular Pashto singer Gulnaz shot dead in Peshawar - Entertainment". dunyanews.tv. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Afghan singer Gulnaz shot dead in Peshawar". The Express Tribune. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Golgowski, Nina (24 June 2013). "Pakistani actress attacked with acid". NY Daily News. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  14. ↑ Sherazi, From Zahir Shah; CNN, For (24 June 2013). "Actress in critical condition after acid attack in Pakistan". CNN. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "producer-throws-acid-on-pashto-actress-for-refusing-to-marry-him".

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