Waar

Waar (2013)

وار

The efforts of the Pakistani security forces in their fight against terrorism and how the lives of security officials are affected. A retired security officer returns to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.

Date of release
2013-10-16
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (55)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director
Bilal Lashari

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Istanbul

Waar is a 2013 Pakistani action thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari, written by Hassan Rana, and co-produced by Rana and Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Aisha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles. The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.

Production

The title "waar" is a Hindi-Urdu language word meaning "to strike" or "attack" or "assault". Waar is primarily an English language film with some dialogue in Urdu. According to producer and writer, Hassan Rana, dubbing the film in Urdu was considered but the idea was dropped as he said it would have compromised the lead role played by Shaan Shahid.

Initially, it was reported that Tom Delmar who has worked as a stunt director in Hollywood films would direct; later Bilal Lashari was chosen as the director while he was working with Rana on another project. It is Lashari's debut as a director, who had previously directed music videos and assisted Shoaib Mansoor in the film Khuda Kay Liye. Singers Ali Azmat and Meesha Shafi made their acting debuts with the film.

Produced by MindWorks Media, the film includes 400 visual effects. It took three years to complete Waar. Locations included Karachi (Pakistan), Rome (Italy), Istanbul (Turkey), Lahore (Pakistan), Islamabad, Swat Valley. It was reported in the media that the film was shot in collaboration with the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of Pakistan Armed Forces; director Lashari denied any such collaboration saying that the confusio…

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