Teefa in Trouble (2018)

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Teefa in Trouble is a 2018 Pakistani romantic comedy action film. The film is the directorial debut of Ahsan Rahim, who was previously known for directing music videos and television commercials, under his Tadpole Films banner. It stars Ali Zafar, Abdullah Solangi and Maya Ali, who also made their Pakistani film debuts. It is also the debut film under Zafar's banner Lightingale Productions.

Production

In 2014, Ali Zafar revealed to Dawn that his first Pakistani film production would "be directed by Ahsan Rahim". In September 2015, Zafar established a studio in his new house and named it Lightingale Studios. The film was announced on 18 October 2016 by Zafar and Rahim, reported The Express Tribune. It is Zafar's first Pakistani film as a lead after working in several Indian films and a small role in Lahore Se Aagey.

Zafar revealed the film title on 20 January, with the name of lead actress Maya Ali on 27 January 2017. She is known for many Pakistani dramas and has gained popularity on Indian television when her starring drama Aunn Zara aired there. On finalizing her debut film, she told The News that "it took me a while" because "I don't want people to relate it to any of my previous work(s)".

Filming began on 18 February. The first spell took place in Lahore, Pakistan, and completed on 10 May after about 42 days. In April, Asma Abbas revealed her role in an interview with The Nation. Nayyar Ejaz, Simi Raheal, Mehmood Aslam and British actor Tom Coulston were also cast, along with Marhoom Ahmad Bilal in his film debut. The second spell then continued from 20 June in Warsaw, Poland.

Sheikh revealed his role to The News; he further said, "I absolutely love traveling", as he had to work in many films that required traveling including this. The film marked the return of Aslam to the industry after 28 years; he said, "I finally got the role which I always wanted to play." Maya Ali commented to Pakistan Today, "I couldn't have found a better film than Teefa to make my cinematic debut." Zafar told Khaleej Times that he was interes…

Zafar said in an interview with Newsline, "I wrote the story along with the director." "We started off with an idea to make an action comedy, then romance came into play and then the songs…", he said to Dawn. He further told The News that he had "studied books on screenplays to learn how it's done." He further said that the architectural shots and the action sequences would be something like never been seen before, for which he prepared himself p…

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