Pollywood (other)

	Pollywood (other) Pollywood may refer to * Pashto cinema, the Pashto language film industry in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa * Punjabi cinema, the Punjabi language film industry in the Indian state of the Punjab. also referred as Punjwood. See also * Pallywood Pallywood, a portmanteau of "Palestinian" and " Hollywood", is a coinage used to describe supposed media manipulation, distortion or fraud by some Palestinians putatively designed to win the public relations war with Israel. The term came into c ... , supposed media manipulation, distortion or fraud by the Palestinians and other Arabs in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pashto Cinema Pashto cinema ( ps, د پښتو سينما; ps, پالېوډ), also known as Pollywood, refers to the film industry based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, enagaged in production of motion pictures in Pashto language. The industry is a part of the larger Pakistani cinema. Origins Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first-ever Pashto film produced in Pakistan and released in theaters on 1 December 1970. It was directed by Aziz Tabassum, with debut stars Yasmin Khan and Badar Munir. The story is based on the Pashto folk story '' Yousuf Khan and Sher Bano'' and completed 50 weeks at number 1 in Peshawar. Revival In 2015, Sanober Qaiser's film ''Sartez Badmash'' was released at two cinemas in Kabul and ''Pakhtun Pay Dubai'' was released in Dubai as well as Kabul. In 2013, the first high definition Pashto film Zama Arman was released. After 35 years, in 2015 the Pashto film industry released seven new movies, thus breaking all previous records of film production. All film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Punjabi Cinema Punjabi cinema, sometimes metonymously referred to as Pollywood or Punjwood is the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali. The cinema of Punjab has its beginnings with the 1928 production of '' Daughters of Today'', the earliest feature film produced in the region. The first sound film, ''Heer Ranjha'', using the sound-on-disc technology, was released in 1932. Since then, many films have been produced in Punjabi cinema, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers started their careers in Punjabi films, a number of whom have acquired international reputations, and a number of whom have found greater financial benefits in careers in larger film producing industries. History Film operations started in the 1920s in Lahore, the provincial capital of British Punjab. The first silent film, '' Daughters of Today'', was released in 1924 in Lahore; the city had nine operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]