''Gardaab'' (; ) is a 2016

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directed by Harune Massey, written by Harune Massey, Saleemullah Nasir and produced by Mazhar Zaidi under the production banner of Matteela Films. The film features

Fawad Khan Fawad Afzal Khan (born 29 November 1981) is a Pakistani actor, producer, screenwriter, songwriter and singer known for his work in films and television. Khan is a recipient of several accolades, including a Filmfare Award, two Lux Style Awards ...

and

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in the main cast. It also features

Gohar Rasheed Mirza Gohar Rasheed (born 2 May 1984) is a Pakistani actor. He is known for the 2013 film ''Seedlings'', which earned nomination for best actor in a supporting role at the 2012 New York Film Festival and the 1st ARY Film Awards, and nominated ...

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, Mohammad Javed and Khalid Ahmed.

Cast

as Shahbaz *

as Parveen *

as Yousaf *

as Maywa Jaan *

* Mohammed Javed as Akmal * Khalid Ahmed as Firdous Khan * Shama Askari as Miss Christina * Arif Hassan as Abdullah Jaan * Gule Rana as Mother

Production

Whilst speaking to ''

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'' Producer Mazhar Zaidi; revealed that the film was about a serious love story which was set against the backgrounds of

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, which has fall in a lot of turmoil. Director Harune Massey originally had planned to make a short film but due to the scale of the subject matter the film was turned into a feature-length romantic thriller. The film production began in 2015. Fawad Khan revealed about plot of the film that it is a loose adaptation of ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

''.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, http://matteela.org/feature-films/gardaab-2015/ Pakistani drama films 2016 films 2010s Urdu-language films 2016 drama films Urdu-language Pakistani films

Cast

Production

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