PAPPU LAHORIYA - Guns, More Guns Naseebo

PAPPU LAHORIYA - Guns, More Guns Naseebo Lal!
Whenever Nasir Adeeb and Masood Butt got together, an explosive film has come into being, Whether it is a striking resemblance to political reality like Madam Rani or a picture of horrific dominance of the landed elite like Jungal Ka Qanoon, they highlighted the ills of the Hukumat of the high and mighty, and the jihad of the righteous against them. May be crude, but their films definitely hit the right targets and the people just loved it. They liked those films because while idle romanticism in our films did not talk of their problems, these basically violent movies told of the ordeal they were facing in the streets day and night. But, those were democratic times of Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto, which allowed such films to be screened, while today, the sort of films that should be screened are nowhere to be seen. The mighty pen of Nasir Adeeb, whose red blood ink has created so many brilliant dialogues in the past, has rarely come up with such hard hitting lines in this era. And similarly, Masood Butt has also had to make some compromises. This entire means that surely there is some unseen pressure on them.
Pappu Lahoriya is a routine sort of Punjabi movie, this Eid, which doesn't actually have the revolutionary power and vocal throw of Nasir Adeeb. Yet, his own message somehow seeps through the rancor of the violent movie. It is a film, which is basically for the Punjab circuit, and does not e many points in the other circuits. One reason for that is that both d Noor's Commando and Sangeeta's Qayamat are based on pertinent issues like the situation in the Islamic world today, while Pappu leads on in same family feud episode that has inflicted immense torture on the pie's tastes during the 1980s and 1 990s. That, sadly, doesn't sell any more. But, yes, if these two stalwarts of Lollywood could come up with relevant films like Madam Rani and Jungal Ka Qanoon, or Nasir Adeeb could write films like Kaley Chore and Yeh Adam again, may be their work will in be saleable amongst the masses!

So, there are guns, more guns and then the star attraction ...no, not ma or Shaan! It's Naseebo Lal Even with her ungainly demeanor and separated front teeth; Naseebo is hailed highly throughout the film, dancing with Saima once too, as Shaan watches both, as to who is more relevant to him! Actually, it is a film which is the producer's own projection, who is Mian Ilyas Pappu, and nothing can be done about that, because he is boss! The cast is also predictable, except Naseebo Lal, who surprisingly, looks glamorous! Tafu gives music, camera is in the hands of Masood Butt, the editor is Qaiser Zameer, the lyricist, Altaf Bajwa, the sleaze master, and the choreographers are Ashraf Shirazi and Pappu Samrath.

(By ZULQARNAIN SHAHID)