''Sultanat'' (; ) is a
2014
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Pakistani
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action
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romance film
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and 30-episode
television series
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created and directed by
Syed Faisal Bukhari
Syed Faisal Bukhari (born 9 August 1963) is a Pakistani film and television director, producer, and cinematographer.
He is the son of the late Pakistani film playback singer Zubaida Khanum and the late film cameraman Syed Riaz Bukhari.
Fais ...
who had previously directed the top-grossing film
Bhai Log
''Bhai Log'' is a 2011 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Faisal Bukhari, produced by Chaudhry Ijaz Kamran, with dialogues and screenplay By M. Pervaiz Kaleem.
The cast includes Moammar Rana, Shamoon Abbasi, Saima Noor, Nadeem Baig, Javed ...
and produced by Aslam Bhatti, who also plays the lead role. The film has a multi-star cast including actors from the Indian television industry. It is said to be most expensive film of Pakistani film industry having 22 crore budget.
Pakistan's top famous writer
Pervaiz Kaleem
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is writing screenplay and dialogue. Ahmed Afridi is doing editing for this movie and he is handling post production sound designing and visual effects. It will be released as a film and later turned into a television series.
The film released on
Eid al-Fitr
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,
2014
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. in cinemas across Pakistan.
Cast
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Kashif Mehmood
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Filmography
Television series
Films
Awards and nominations
* 2012 - Lux Style Awards
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Deepak Shirke
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Akashdeep Saigal
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as Tabraiz
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Shweta Tiwari
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Chetan Hansraj
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Career
Hansraj started his career as a child actor in 1980, doing over 250 press advertisements and 30 ad films, and his debut film ''Kook Doo Koo'' was selected for th ...
as Javaid
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Zainab Qayyum
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as Zainab
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Ahsan khan
Ahsan Khan (; born 9 October 1981) is a British Pakistani actor, producer and TV host.
He began acting in 1998. He appeared in the films ''Nikah'', '' Billi'', '' Ghar Kab Aao Gay'', '' Sultanat'', '' Ishq Khuda'', '' Dil Mera Dhadkan Teri'' ...
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Javeria Abbasi
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Nayyar Ejaz
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Nayyar has been working in television industry since the mid-1980s and became a recognized face from the early 1990s.
He is famous for his supporting roles, mainly as vi ...
as Shafi
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Shabbir Jan
Shabbir Jan () is a Pakistani actor who has appeared in many TV drama serials, such as '' Jangloos'' (1989), '' Makan'' (2006) ''and'' '' Zindagi Dhoop Tum Ghana Saya'' (2011).
Career
Shabbir Jan started working as a TV actor in the 1980s. He ...
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Achint Kaur
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as Tara
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Mustafa Qureshi
Mustafa Qureshi (born 11 May 1938) is a Pakistani film and television actor.
He has acted in more than 600 movies, in Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi languages.
He is best remembered for playing the antagonist Noori Natt in '' Maula Jatt'' (1979) ...
as Haji Baba
* Sila Hussein
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Govind Namdev
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as Gharo Dollor
* Haroon Ashraf
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Raheela Agha
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Ayub Khoso
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as Dumma
* David Firefly as David
* Aslam Bhatti as Aslam
* Umar Jadoon as himself (Special appearance in item song ''Sone Di Tawitri'')
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Sara Loren
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as herself (Special appearance in item song ''Saiyaan'')
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Afreen Khan as herself (Special appearance in item song ''Sone Di Tawitri'')
Promotion
The film was promoted in
Dubai
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.
Post-release
Sultanat was panned by critics across the country.
Kamran Jawaid of ''
Dawn
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'' named his review, "Movie Review: It doesn't get worse than Saltanat" and gave the film 1 out of 5 stars. Muhammad ShahZaib Siddiqui (@hellozaib) said on Twitter "Over all film is super duper but songs are too much vulgar so please don't watch it with family" Irteza Bhatti (@bhatti_rockstar) review on Twitter "well go nd watch it its super but dnt compare to Indian or any other nd give time to film its superb I love if nd watched twice". Jawaid claimed that it was probably the worst film in the history of cinema and that he had never seen people actually leave the cinema during a movie before this. His final words read, "Definitely not a good way to spend your Eid day – or any other day for that matter."
See also
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List of highest-grossing Pakistani films
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List of Pakistani films of 2014
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References
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