Salute (2016 film)

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Salute
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Shahzad Rafique
Written byShahzad Rafique
Based onReal-life Events
Produced byShahzad Rafique
Ghufoor Butt
Haji Arshad Mehmood
StarringAli Mohtesham
Saima Noor
Ajab Gul
Nayyar Ejaz
Pervaiz Kaleem
Adnan Khan
Rashid Mehmood
Jalal Haider
Mahnoor
Shehraz
CinematographyAdil Askri
Edited byAdeel pk
Music byRobin Ghosh (Late)
Aamir Munawar
Production
company
Cinetainment Production
Distributed byIMGC Distribution Club
Release date
  • 2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)(Pakistan)
Running time
160 min
Country Pakistan
Languages Urdu, Pashto
Box officeRs4.5 million [1]

Salute is a 2016 Pakistani biographical film directed, written and produced by Shahzad Rafique. The film is based on the life of martyr Aitzaz Hasan [2] [3] who confronted a suicide bomber, preventing his attempt to detonate a bomb in his school, saving roughly 2000 lives. [4] The film stars Ali Mohtesham, Ajab Gul and Saima Noor in leading roles.

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The film was distributed by IMGC Global Entertainment and released nationwide on 2 December 2016. [5] The film received positive reviews from critics but was a box-office failure. [6]

Plot

The film details the life of Shaheed Aitzaz Hasan Bangash, a school boy from Hangu, Pakistan; who, on 6 January 2014 confronted a suicide bomber outside his school. He prevented the terrorist from causing more casualties in the explosion and saved 2,000 lives. [7]

Cast

Production

On the first anniversary of Aitzaz Hassan's death at the Lahore's Alhamra Arts Complex, Shahzad announced that he would make a film titled 'Salute' which would be a biopic of Aitzaz life. [8] Saima Noor and Ajab Gul were cast in lead roles and would play the role of Atizaz's parents. Shahzad confirmed that the film's Post-production would be done in state of the art studios in the United States and Bangkok. [9] The TV rights for the film are owned by Urdu 1. [10]

Filming

Due to security issues and the nature of the film, the Director Shahzad was unable to shoot the film in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Instead, the major parts of the film were shot in Azad Kashmir in Mirpur and Kotli. [7]

Release

The film was originally slated for a May 2015 release [11] but was postponed to 23 March 2016. For unexplained reasons, the film was pushed back once more to 5 August 2016, but was later pushed further back. [12] A teaser for the film was released online on 11 Aug 2016. [13] A theatrical trailer of film was released on 7 September 2016. [14] IMGC Distribution Club distributed the Film in Pakistan nationwide on 2 December 2016. [15] PTV premiered the film on 6 January 2019. [16]

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