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Pakistani filmmaker Samar Minallah Khan won Best Short Film for her film Out Swing

at the 7th Sports Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Samar Minallah is a documentary filmmaker and human rights activist from Pakistan. 

Born: 1970 (age 53 years), Islamabad

Awards:

Clio Award for Out of Home,

Clio Award for Public Relations

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Shaan Shahid played the lead role in 2013 Pakistani film WAAR as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army officer.

The film also features Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, and Kamran Lashari in supporting roles.

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Cannes Film on 14 April 2022 announced that Joyland, a feature film by Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq is selected to be screened at the 75th anniversary of the prestigious annual film festival

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Jago Hua Savera is the Pakistani film Faiz Ahmad Faiz was associated with as the screenplay writer.

Released in 1959, the film is considered a classic of Pakistani cinema.

Faiz was the first Asian poet to be awarded the Lenin Peace Prize (1962) by the Soviet Union 

was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz is also the author of Urdu and Punjabi literature.

Born: February 13, 1911, Narowal

Died: November 20, 1984, in Lahore

while 

Name only two Pakistani who got Lenin Prize.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz revived Lenin Prize in 1962.

 Abdul Satar Edhi revived Lenin Prize in 1988.

ND28-4-2023

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Filmmaker Samar Minallah has been awarded for her short film Out Swing at the 7th Sports Film Festival Rotterdam in the Netherlands in December 2021.

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The fame of Shamim Ara (1938-2016) rests in being an actress.

She was a prominent figure in Pakistani cinema.

She is known for her roles in numerous films during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Legend of Maula Jatt Facts

Release date: 13 October 2022

Running time: 153 minutes

Language: Punjabi

Budget: Rs. 45 crore (US$1.6 million)–Rs. 55 crore (US$1.9 million)

Income: Rs. 370.0 crore (US$13 million)

last updated 06.07.2023

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The 1960s is often cited as being the golden era of Pakistani cinema.

Many stars were introduced during this period who would go on to become cinema legends on the silver screen.