Slackistan (2010)

Islamabad, Pakistan. A group of privileged and westernised twenty-something friends while away their days and nights driving around town, partying, surfing the internet and smoking shisha pipes. As the country outside their world starts to crack, Hasan and his friends must face up to their relationships, angst and life choices before it is too late.

Date of release
2010-05-22
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (6)
Genres
Drama
Director
Hammad Khan

Casting

Interesting facts

Slackistan is an independent film directed by London-based filmmaker, Hammad Khan, and written by Khan and his wife, Shandana Ayub. The film stars Shahbaz Hamid Shigri, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, Ali Rehman Khan, Shahana Khan Khalil, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Saeed, and Rafey Alam. The film is distributed by Big Upstairs Films.

Production

The film was shot in Islamabad over a period of three weeks in April 2009. Locations included various popular spots around the city, including F-10 Markaz, F-8 Markaz, Daman-e-Koh, Gol Market F-7/3, and some local parks.

The cast was a relatively unknown one, consisting of local theatre actors in their 20s who essentially play themselves. Shahbaz Shigri used his own car for the shooting, while Aisha Linnea Akhtar allowed her own room to be used for some scenes. Houses were borrowed from friends of the cast and crew to keep the costs as low as possible.

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