Abu Aleeha | |
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| Born | July 31, 1981 |
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| Years active | 2019-present |
Abu Aleeha is a Pakistani film director and writer. [1] Also known as Ali Sajjad Shah, [1] he started his career as a journalist. [2] He made his directorial debut with the 2019 film, Kataksha, which he also wrote. He later wrote and directed Tevar , Udham Patakh, [3] Kukri , Super Punjabi, Once Upon a Time in Karachi, Shot Cut, Sheenogai and Daadal. [4] [5] His latest film, Taxali Gate was released countrywide on 16 February 2024. [6] [7]
He started his career as an investigative journalist for Daily Pakistan . After a decade working in Islamabad and Rawalpindi in different Urdu and English newspaper companies, he started working as a content writer and eventually turned filmmaker. [8]
In 2022, the director announced that he was working on Javed Iqbal 2, a planned sequel to Javed Iqbal:The Untold Story of a Serial Killer [2] but the project came to a halt later that year. [9]
In 2021 Abu Aleeha criticized nepotism in the film industry of his country, [10] which explains why he may have been called as a "self-professed rebel against the system”. [1]
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Notes |
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| 2019 | Kataksha | Debut as film director [11] |
| Tevar | [11] | |
| 2022 | Udham Patakh | [8] |
| 2022 | ‘’super pubjabi | |
| short cut | ||
| 2023 | Kukri | [12] |
| Daadal | [13] | |
| 2024 | Taxali Gate | [14] |
| 2025 | Mango jatt | |
| Laal baati | ||
| soorma | ||
| seylum | ||
| shahi mohala | ||
| her pher |