List of Pakistani films of 2016

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This is a partial list of Pakistani films scheduled to release in 2016:

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Highest-grossing films

The top 10 films released in 2016 by worldwide gross are as follows:

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Highest-grossing films of 2016
RankTitleStudioGrossRef.
1. Actor in Law Urdu 1 Pictures Rs. 30.00 crore (US$1.0 million) [1]
2. Janaan IRK FilmsRs. 30.00 crore (US$1.0 million) [2]
3. Ho Mann Jahaan The Vision Factory FilmsRs. 22.50 crore (US$780,000) [1]
4. Lahore Se Aagey Showcase Films,
AN Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.		Rs. 21.60 crore (US$750,000) [3]
5. Dobara Phir Se ARY Films Rs. 10.50 crore (US$360,000) [1]
6. Bachaana Big Film EntertainmentRs. 10.00 crore (US$350,000) [4]
7. Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay RC Films
Kingfisher Films		Rs. 10.00 crore (US$350,000) [1]
8. 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam Waadi AnimationsRs. 8.10 crore (US$280,000) [5]
9. Maalik Media HubRs. 7.30 crore (US$250,000) [6] [7]
10. Jeewan Hathi Matteela FilmsRs. 6.50 crore (US$230,000) [1]

Events

Award ceremonies

DateEventHostLocationRef.
16 April 2nd ARY Film Awards ARY Digital Network Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE [8] [9]
23 April 4th Hum Awards Hum Network Limited Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh [10]
29 July 15th Lux Style Awards Lux Style Awards Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan [11]
27 October1st Hum Style AwardsHum Style AwardsExpo Center Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan [12]

Releases

January – April

OpeningTitleGenreDirectorCastRef.
J
A
N
1 Ho Mann Jahaan Musical/Romance Asim Raza Adeel Hussain, Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar, Sonya Jehan, Bushra Ansari, Nimra Bucha, Arshad Mehmood, Munawar Siddiqui, Jamal Shah [13]
F
E
B		26 Bachaana Romance-thrillerNasir Khan Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed, Adeel Hashmi [14]
A
P
R		8 Maalik Action-thriller Ashir Azeem Ashir Azeem, Farhan Ali Agha, Sajid Hassan, Shakeel Hussain Khan, Hassan Niazi, Adnan Shah Tipu, Mohammed Ehteshamuddin, Rashid Farooqi, Tatmain ul Qalb, Mariam Ansari, Pakiza, Lubna Aslam [15]
22 Hijrat Romantic-thrillerFarooq MengalAsad Zaman, Rabia Butt, Noman Ejaz, Nadeem Baig, Salma Agha, Ayub Khoso, Rubab Ali, Wiam Dahmani, Mareeha Safdar, Zaib Rehman, Jamal Shah, Durdana Butt, Sana Nawaz [16]

May – August

OpeningTitleGenreDirectorCastRef.
M
A
Y		6 Mah e Mir Biographical Anjum Shahzad Fahad Mustafa, Iman Ali, Sanam Saeed, Manzar Sehbai, Alyy Khan [17]
13 Hotal Psycho-ThrillerKhalid Hasan Khan Meera, Anees Raja, Jasmine Sandlas, Nasreen Jaan, Baila Naz, Wiam Dahmani, Tariq Jamal [18]
20 Aksbandh HorrorEmran HussainBilal Yousufzai, Danial Afzal, Saud Imtiaz, Ayaz Samoo, Shehzeen Rahat, Mahrukh Rizvi, Arshad Ali [19]
J
U
L		6 Sawaal 700 Crore Dollar Ka Action-ThrillerJamshed Jan Mohammad Ghulam Mohiuddin, Javaid Sheikh, Shamoon Abbasi, Ismail Tara, Nayyar Ejaz, Iftikhar Thakur, Ali Mohiuddin, Qurat Ul Ain [20]
22 Ishq Positive Romantic comedy Noor Bukhari Noor Bukhari, Wali Hamid Ali Khan, Saud, Shafqat Cheema, Saim Ali, Ahmed Ali, Faria Bukhari, Durdana Butt, Sonu Sood [21]
Revenge of the Worthless Action drama Jamal Shah Jamal Shah, Ayub Khoso, Firdous Jamal, Shamyl Khan, Maira Khan, Emel Karakose, Asif Shah, Asaldin Khan, Imran Tareen, Iram, Shehrbano, Abdul Rahim, Najeebullah Anjum, Tariq Jamal, Arshad, Sultan, Kaleemullah, Qazi Zubair, Wafa Khan, Rafique, Marjan [22]
A
U
G		5 Dance Kahani DanceOmar HassanMadeleine Hanna, Alamdar Khan, Vernin U'chong [23]
Blind Love RomanticFaisal Bukhari Yasir Shah, Mathira, Nimra Khan, Aamir Qureshi, Fawad Jalal, Imran Bukhari [24]
24 A Wedding [note 1] Drama Stephan Streker Lina El Arabi, Sebastien Houbani  [ fr ], Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni, Olivier Gourmet, Alice de Lencquesaing, Zacharie Chasseriaud  [ fr ], and Aurora Marion [25] [26]

September - December

OpeningTitleGenreDirectorCastRef.
S
E
P		2 Teri Meri Love Story Romantic comedy Jawad Bashir Mohib Mirza, Ushna Shah, Omar Shahzad, Uzma Khan, Mohsin Abbas Haider, Salman Shahid, Laila Zuberi, Ahmed Abdul Rehman, Ahsan Rahim, Jawad Bashir, Faisal Qureshi [27]
13 Janaan Romance drama, Comedy Azfar Jafri Armeena Khan, Bilal Ashraf, Ali Rehman Khan, Ajab Gul, Mishi Khan, Hania Aamir, Usman Mukhtar, Nayyar Ejaz [28]
Actor in Law Socio Comedy Nabeel Qureshi Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat, Om Puri, Alyy Khan, Saboor Ali, Nayyar Ejaz [29]
Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay Romance drama Anjum Shahzad Sajal Ali, Feroze Khan, Alyy Khan, Shafqat Cheema, Jibraiyl Ahmed, Nayyar Ejaz, Rashid Farooqui [30]
O
C
T		28 Abdullah: The Final Witness Mystery, Action-Drama Hashim Nadeem Imran Abbas, Sadia Khan, Hameed Sheikh, Sajid Hassan, Imran Tareen, Saleem Mughal, Zuhab Khan [31]
N
O
V		4 Jeewan Hathi Dark Comedy Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin Shah, Samiya Mumtaz, Saife Hassan, Fawad Khan, Adnan Jaffar, Nimra Bucha, Kiran Tabeer, Jahangir Khan, Nazarul Hassan [32] [33]
11 Lahore Se Aagey Road, ComedyWajahat Rauf Yasir Hussain, Saba Qamar, Mubashir Malik, Rubina Ashraf, Behroze Sabzwari, Atiqa Odho, Abdullah Farhatullah, Hasan Rizvi, Omer Sultan, Ashir Wajahat, Ahmed Ali [34]
18 Rahm Dark Drama, Thriller Ahmed Jamal Sanam Saeed, Rohail Pirzada, Sunil Shankar, Sajid Hasan, Nayyar Ejaz, Seerat Jafri, Khalid Butt [35] [36]
25 Dobara Phir Se Romance drama Mehreen Jabbar Ali Kazmi, Sanam Saeed, Hareem Farooq, Adeel Hussain, Atiqa Odho, Tooba Siddiqui, Shaz Khan [37]
D
E
C		1 Gardaab Romance DramaHarune Massey Amna Ilyas, Fawad Khan (Theatre Actor), Gohar Rasheed, Adnan Shah Tipu, Nimra Bucha, Naseeruddin Shah (Cameo) [38]
2
 8969 Murder Mystery Thriller Azeem Sajjad Saba Qamar, Sadaf Hamid, Anam Malik, Hussain Tiwana, Sama Shah, Haseeb Khan, Oun Sarvar, Ali Jabran Khan [39]
Salute (2016 film) Biographical Shahzad Rafique Ali Mohtesham as Aitzaz Hasan , Ajab Gul, Saima Noor, Imran Khan, Adnan Khan, Nayyar Ejaz, Rashid Mehmood, Pervaiz Kaleem, Jalal Haider [40]
3 Oye Kuch Kar Guzar Online/ComedyHarris Rasheed Ali Safina, Uzair Jaswal, Ushna Shah, Mahjabeen Habib [41]
15 3 Bahadur: The Revenge of Baba Balaam Animated Thriller Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy Zuhab Khan, Hanzala Shahid, Arisha Razi, Fahad Mustafa, Salman Shahid, Behroze Sabzwari, Sarwat Gilani, Ahmed Ali Butt [42]
16 Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal Historical, Action-War film Umair Fazli Javed Sheikh, Firdous Jamal, Moammar Rana, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Sameer, Rachel Gill, Nimra Khan, Kamran Mujahid, Aamir Qureshi, Rambo, Shafqat Cheema, Asad Malik, Nayyar Ejaz, Iftikhar Thakur, Jia Ali, Noor Bukhari [43]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The press kit indicates the film is a co-production between Pakistan and three European countries (Belgium, France, and Luxembourg) [25]

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