The film got released on DVD last year here in the UK and has also been shown on Sky Movies here in the UK. It was a great shame that the film was a flop in Pakistan considering after all the hassle that the producers had to go through.

200 million rupees for the film industry which is equal to around £2 million pounds so atleast a start. One just wishes that this money gets released quickly and gets spent wisely on the revival of the film industry.

Nicely designed posters.

Saud does have a point but it may also be a case of sour grapes. In recent times he has only had a part in one big blockbaster film which was Salakhain because Tarap has not been released yet.

Its a copy of "The Eye" and one more Hollywood flick.

Well the film got released in the UK recently and was a big flop.

Straight I dont agree with the so called "perfect movie" thing because as you are probably aware there is no such thing. Along as the film has a decent story, good music and technically and production wise is sound people will watch it but publicity is very important.

YDAKH did a business of £50,000 in the first week and it run for about 4-5 weeks in different Cinemas. The publicity on Ary Digital was good with promos running for nearly a month. The premiere was also held in Leicester aquare and the BBC Asian Sound network also promoted the film and even the BBC North-West region TV news team where there for the first show at Manchester UCI. Yes, YDAKH was on the 6.30p.m news the following Monday.

Still I felt the publicity could have been better. Currently we have channels like Ptv Prime, Ary, GEO, Vectone and the Indian channels for publicity.

Our filmmakers can take the example of out pop music shows where publicity starts weeks before and the promos are on every channel and the posters are every where.

Interesting reading and yet again shows our obsession with Indian films and Indian culture. Well one can't blame the public entirely.

Good news but I hope that the publicity campaign of the film is good. If not then it will be a flop. What normally has happened here in the UK is that when ever a Pakistani has been released on the big screen it has gone totally unnoticed because poor or no publicity.

This was a pushto film made in the early 1990s and then dubbed into Urdu. Majority of the Pushto films from the 1980s and 1990s were full of sleaze, vulgarity and mindless violence.

End of a chapter

Death of legend Rangeela on Tuesday evening has left a vacuum in Lollywood. He entered the film industry as a painter of movie billboards but through consistent hard work and some luck became the first comedian hero and one of its most popular stars.

Muhammad Saeed Khan (Rangeela) made his cinematic debut in 1958 film 'Jatti' with stars Musarrat Nazeer and Sudhir. He had made his mark in the film industry and went on to pick one success after another. Spurred by his success as an actor he moved to direction in 1969 by making super hit film 'Diya aur tufaan' under the banner of Rangeela Productions.

What was the secret behind Rangeela's success in the film industry? There can be no one straight explanation. His acting talent continued to evolve and over the years he emerged as a versatile actor. His teenage interest in bodybuilding later paid off. He face features and body needed simple movement or gestures to make audiences roll with laughter. His grave voice and gestures used to create comedy won him a whole generation of fans. His contemporaries Munawar Zarif and Lehri had their own styles of comedy.

Rangeela's style of comedy still serves as an inspiration to new artistes. India's most successful comedian in recent years Johnnie Lever copies him.
He was ingenious and pioneering in many ways. He always tried to make interesting moves while acting that were never part of the script or screenplay. It was not just the funny characters that won him fans. He moved the audiences in his tragic roles as well. He versatility as an artiste was thus successful in making people laugh or weep. His role in 'Insaan aur gudha' remains memorable. In 1973 he made Urdu version of 'Hunch back of Notre Dame' - 'Kubra Ashiq', which failed to click. He filled in the lead role of Anthony Quinn. But he did not lose heart and went on to make the hit 'Rangeela aur Munawar Zarif'. This film was followed by two other hits 'Manji kithay dawan' and 'Parda na uthaao'. He played three roles that of grandfather, father and grandson in the latter film. The film 'Khubsurat Shaitan' in 1993 was his last film as director. Sajjad Ali's directed film 'Ek aur love story' in 1999 was his last movie as an actor.

Rangeela popularity did not just rest on his acting talent. His singing talent was also highly appreciated. His forte was tragic songs. He moved the listeners with the pathos in his voice. His songs 'Ga meray munwa gata jaray, jana hai hum ka dooor' of film 'Diya aur tufaan', 'Tut gai ajj meray dil day taar' of 'Do Rangeelay and 'Yahan kadar kaya dil ki hogi, ye duniya hai sheesha garoan ki' are golden hits. He was also admired as a lyricist. Rangeela won five Nigar Awards for best comedian. He also bagged the Nigar Award for best screenwriter in 1970, best director award and best storywriter in 1983. But his recognition as artiste came from his mass popularity, which was unprecedented as it spanned over four decades.

When he was under treatment at hospital people from all walks of life would come just to shake hands with him and pray for his early recovery. May God rest his soul in peace.

Rangeela's death widely condoled

Legend Rangeela was one of the most popular Lollywood stars. He had fans across the globe including heads of states, politicians and people from all walks of life. His death has been widely condoled. The artiste community has termed it as a great loss and end of an era in which he and other stars like him including Munawar Zarif ruled the silver screen.

Sangeeta was all grief and sorrow. "Comedy ka ek baab khatam ho gaya hai," she said, adding that actors like Munawwar Zarif and Rangeela aren't born everyday. "He is known best for his comedy, but I believe he was an all-rounder. He could make people laugh as well as cry."
Sangeeta remembered the last time she worked with Rangeela, "It was a for a film that I was directing, about ten years back. Rangeela was a very close friend of mine. He would share his little, little problems with me, and vice versa."

Later, she said that she hadn't a chance to work with Rangeela on a film, and the latter got very seriously ill, but she "never lost touch with him.

"He was a great human being, besides being a great actor. He raised an equally great family. I feel there would be very few daughters like his who religiously looked after him all throughout his illness."
Deeply disturbed Shahzad Rafeeq said, "Artistes like Rangeela are born once in a millenium. I worked with him for many years and found him to be a very helpful person.

"Sayed had made many films on social issues which became very popular nationwide. It's not easy to make people cry and laugh at the same time and Rangeela had the ability to do that." Talking about his personality, he said, "A brilliant artiste who could make people laugh cannot be a bad person." He lamented that devoted artistes like Rangeela are no longer coming into the industry.

Ijaz Durrani, who was unaware of Rangeela's death, became upset after hearing the news. "He was a self made man who rose to become one of the most successful actors and filmmakers in the industry," he said.
"Rangeela worked very hard to polish his acting skills and no doubt became a versatile artiste." Ijaz prayed Allah may rest his soul in peace.

Senior artiste Habeeb expressing sorrow and grief over legendary comedian Rangeela's death said he acted in movie Soriya with him. "I cannot forget those moments", he said adding such legendary artistes are not born every day.

He termed him the best comedian due to his witty dialogues. "His spontaneous comic acts would make the people laugh to their hearts content.
Habeeb said many artists try to imitate him. "Rangeela was a very close friend . He shared all his problems with me," he said.

Senior cameraman Nabi Ahmad, who saw Rangeela's rise as an actor and filmmaker for said that he had never seen more hardworking and devoted showbiz person like him.

Shahzed Gul is now producing a comedy Punjabi film which will have Nadeem and Atiqa.

The guy is a waste of time. He and is brother are just interested in making money and have no feelings for the film industry because if they want they can firstly easily can get the latest film equipment for Evernew film studios and can produce 4 to 5 films per year and review the industry.

Its from this industry that they and their father have made millions of rupees over the years.

What about pay back time ?

Bravo to our Prime Minister. On the one hand our own people from the film industry have been on months trying to arrange a meeting with the Prime minister regarding the state of Lollywood and every time the meeting gets cancelled for some reason or the other.

On the other hand the Prime Minister cancels everything and has time to watch Nazar and sit down with Mahesh Bhatt.

What hope does our industry have. The people from our film world are also crazy and hoping that the government will help them.

The government have done nothing for the last 58 years and ab kiya karay gaye. This is not India were they have respect for art and realise the importance of Cinema as the biggest visual medium of the 21st century.

Very sad news about Rangeela just seen it on GEO news. Was a brilliant actor and also directed some great films especially in the 1970s.

Truly a great loss.

Well wearing a cross is the in thing at the moment and is regarded as a fashion item but Amnah Haq wearing one is a bit too much.

Well people like Amnah Haq and others want to live the Western lifestyle to the full and good luck to them.

What ever people say but one should never under estimate Sangeeta as a director. She made some brilliant films in the late 70s and 1980s. Do agree in the last few years she has made alot of trash.

Raja riaz should be given a chance before anyone makes any comments because this is his first film as director.

I am looking forward to tarap.

Totally agree and hope this is the only film that gets released.

It Fakhir's song "Mahiye" from the album Mantra.

I have just read the first review of Nazar and Meera's acting is impressive according to the reviewer and is the big plus point of the film. Well done Meera.

Yet again shows we have so much talent in our country but still our own public thinks that none our artists can act and the only ones who can act are the Indians.

Standard I do agree with you about the hero Ali Tabish. He has zero appeal as hero especially after the failure of Pyar Hi Pyar Main.

Reema has also just finished or is in the process of finishing the post production for her flick. Kohi tuhj sa kahan should be releasing in August. If Irfan Malik releases his film in June then Mubasher Luqman should release PPP in July. This is the best option to me.

Yoyo can you please give the link to the above article because I cannot open the Nation newspaper website.

If anyone has not seen the film in Pakistan or wishes to see it here in the UK then don't read the story in the Urdu review.

The second review is from the Urdu weekly Akbar-e-Jehan and is also very positive expect that reviewer thinks the script could have been better and also what was in the BOX which was not explained as some of you have mentioned before.

The latest news is that PPP is going to be released on 28th May but this is not confirmed.

yoyo can you please give me the link to these article.

According to what I have read Ajab Gul is going to all the major cities in Pakistan with the cast to the main Cinema halls and basically thanking the public for their support and appricating the film. This is a great gester on Ajab Gul's part. A show is also going to be held in Al-hamra in Lahore.

This clearly shows that the film so far is a hit and if it wasn't Ajab Gul would not be making these appearences.

The programme come on Ptv Prime in the UK and is called Camera, lights, Action. Its a new programme about Lollywood and has a pathetic female presenter. The research and information on the film industry given is even more pathetic. People want to see new songs and new film clips.

Can someone tell me when did Shamim Ara introduce Shaan to films and when did Shaan direct Budda Gujar and Shararat. This is exactly what was told in this programme.MR NICE38478.7944328704

Aanizdabst, Oriental Star Agenencies (OSA) of Birmingham release the soundtracks of new Pakistani films. I have no idea if the music of KTSIPH has been released in the UK yet.