Shah

Shah (2015)

شاہ

After Every Fall, I Rise

This film covers the story of this Legend's journey from homeless child in the streets of Layari,Karachi to become Olympian for his country PAKISTAN.

Date of release
2015-08-13
TMDB
8.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Drama
Director
Adnan Sarwar

Casting

Interesting facts

Shah is a 2015 Pakistani biographical sports film directed and written by Adnan Sarwar. The film, produced under the Logos Films & Media banner, is based on the life of boxer Hussain Shah, who won the bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics and became the first Pakistani boxer to secure an Olympic medal. Sarwar underwent one year of boxing training to portray Hussain Shah. Other roles are portrayed by Kiran Chaudhary, Sardar Baloch, Adeel Wali Raees, and Gulab Chandio.

Production

Pre-production of film began in August 2013 and filming started that autumn. The lead actor had to go through a yearlong boxing programme to prepare for the role. He commented about it: "I lived and breathed boxing. I had to go through functional resistance training and running in the morning and boxing drills in the evening with very little intake of food. It was tough." The film production took place in Pakistan.

The film's cast and crew were revealed on 5 June 2015 in a teaser poster which also revealed film sponsors Bank Alfalah, Pepsi, and Samsung. The theatrical trailer was released on 1 July. Ali Zafar and Amir Khan invited people to watch this film in cinemas.

The Director of the film Adnan Sarwar said in an Interview "We had nothing but a five member team, a low budget camera and a Laptop on the sets of the film".He also urged the Pakistani people to go and watch the film and promote their efforts.

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