Khel Khel Mein (2021)
"If histories were told in the form of stories it would never be forgotten."
A group of students from the colleges drama society decide to participate in a theatre competition taking place in Bangladesh and choose the 1971 war as their topic for the play Their idea is opposed by almost everyone but the students are determined to stick to their plan. However when they reach Bangladesh, they realize why everyone was concerned, now it is their job to change that perspective and not only win the competition but their hearts as well.
- Date of release
- 2021-11-14
- Runtime
- 2h 11m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Director
- Nabeel Qureshi
Casting
- Sajal Ali — Zara karamullah
- Bilal Abbas Khan — Saad Sikander
- Javed Sheikh — Salman Sikandar
- Manzar Sehbai — Karamullah
- Marina Khan — Mrs. Haque
- Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui — Karamullah
- Farhan Ally Agha — Waji
- Mojiz Hasan — Perviaz
- Naveed Raza — Vikram
- Faham Usman — Happy (Team India)
- Ali Zafar — Self
Interesting facts
Khel Khel Mein is a 2021 Pakistani historical drama film directed and written by Nabeel Qureshi and produced by Fizza Ali Meerza. It stars Sajal Aly and Bilal Abbas Khan. The story of the movie is related to the separation of East Pakistan from West Pakistan in 1971. The film was theatrically released on 19 November 2021. The film revolves around a drama club in a university taking its production to a drama festival in Dhaka.
Production
On 26 February 2021, Sajal Aly and Bilal Abbas Khan shared on their social media handles that they were leading actors in the film. Besides Aly and Khan, Sheheryar Munawar joined the cast for an extended cameo appearance. The cast also includes veterans such as Samina Ahmed, Manzar Sehbai (who played the older version of Munawar), Marina Khan, Javed Sheikh and Farhan Ally Agha.
For the sake of promotion of the film, Aly and Khan made appearances in various TV shows including Jeeto Pakistan and Waseem Badami's Har Lamha Purjosh.
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