Waar
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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),[7] written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. [8] The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles.[9] The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
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Directed by | Bilal Lashari |
Written by | Hassan Rana |
Produced by | Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi |
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Cinematography | Bilal Lashari |
Edited by | Bilal Lashari |
Music by | Amir Munawar[1] |
Production company | MindWorks Media |
Distributed by | ARY Films Mandviwalla Entertainment |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | Pakistan |
Languages | English Urdu[3] |
Budget | Rs. 170 million (US$590,000)[4][5] |
Box office | Rs. 346.5 million (US$1.2 million)[6] |
It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts to conduct a war on terror on state-sponsored terror groups, which resulted in warfare among tribal units in North-West Pakistan.[4][10] One incident included a terrorist attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009.[11][12]
The film opened to highly positive reviews, and was Pakistan's highest anticipated film at that time. It is considered to be Pakistan's twelve-highest-grossing movie of all time.[13] A sequel titled, Waar 2 was announced shortly after the film's release, but ultimately stalled in development.