Arth: The Destination

Arth: The Destination (2017)

A struggling musician meets a writer, whose marriage with her film director husband is in turmoil because of an upcoming actress.

Date of release
2017-09-13
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Drama, Music, Romance
Director
Shaan Shahid

Casting

Interesting facts

Arth – The Destination is a 2017 Pakistani romantic drama film, written, directed and co-produced by Shaan Shahid under his banner 5th Element. It stars Shahid as Ali, a struggling musician, with Humaima Malick, Mohib Mirza and Uzma Hassan in lead roles. It is a Pakistani remake based on Mahesh Bhatt's 1982 film Arth.

Production

Shaan Shahid revealed in August 2013 to The Times of India that when Mahesh Bhatt called him to remake Arth in Pakistani version, he was excited. "The movie will be made in an Urdu version and it's going to a multi-level movie with actors from both the countries", he said.

Bhatt said to the Dawn newspaper that it was the film he started his career with. He commented that Shahid "has complete freedom to reinterpret it however he wishes" and "I am very keen to see" it. Shahid too shared, "I offered him money to buy the rights but he said he doesn't want it." He told that Bhatt said to him, "Just give me credit and make it a symbol of Indo-Pak friendship."

An MoU was signed between ARY Films and Riaz Shahid Films on 23 November 2013 for 5 films. It also included Arth 2, however, ARY Films withdrew their support. Shaan Shahid then clarified later in December 2017 interview with Samaa TV that he believes "such an act limits the scope of the film" that's why he didn't go to media houses.

Humaima Malick's name was also revealed as the film was announced. The cast of the film was announced in May 2014, it includes Uzma Hassan. Earlier Humayun Saeed was cast, but due to ARY Films, left. Mohib Mirza replaced him later in December 2015.

In an interview to Samaa TV, Malick told that when Arth 2 was offered to her, she was busy in "Raja Natwarlal and Dekh Magar Pyaar Say". She said that the director told her, "this character was written for me" and "said that if I didn't do it, he will not do it." Mirza told that as the "director had his own vision and nuances set for the character," so he tried to "conceive and portray an already established role" and delivered in his own blended…

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