Waar (2013)
October 16, 2013Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Shaan Shahid
Major Mujtaba Rizvi
Hamza Ali Abbasi
Field Officer Ehtesham
Shamoon Abbasi
Ramal
Ayesha Khan
Javeria
Ayesha Khan
Javeria
Uzma Khan
Mujtaba`s Wife
Bilal Lashari
Director
Meesha Shafi
Lakshmi (alias Zoya)
Hassan Rana
Writer
Ali Azmat
Ejaz Khan
Jameel Ahmed
ProductionDesigner
Batin Farooqi
Militant
Kamran Lashari
Head Of Security Wing
Nadeem Abbas
Rana
Waseem Badami
News Anchor
Naseer Afridi
Cameo
Imran Khan
Taliban Partner
Luke Rocheleau
Steadicam Operator
Hassan Waqas Rana
Producer
Amir Munawar
Music
Clinton Cerejo
Playback Singer
Haris Ali
Digital Compositor
Mohammad Bilal
Visual Effects Supervisor
Umair Jaswal
Playback Singer
Dixon Wilson
Sound
Umair Shahid
Modeling
Malik Gillani
Animation / Visual Effects
Altamash Faridi
Playback Singer
Umar Garcia Tariq
Visual Effects Supervisor / Digital Imaging Technician
Khawar Riaz
Makeup Artist
shahjahan
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Sajid Wahab
Makeup Artist
Alvina Ijaz
Assistant Production Manager
Muhammad Kamran
Unit Production Manager / Assistant Director
Muhammad Shakeel
Production Manager
Rana Sarmad Umair
Assistant Production Manager
Hasil Kureshi
Sound Designer
Mohammad Naseer
Sound Recordist
Sergei Groshev
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Aamir Qureshi
Boom Operator
Syed Waqar Alam
Visual Effects
Ghazi Ali
Compositor
Ali Haider
Visual Effects
Haider Iqbal
Visual Effects Lineup
Syed Abbas Hussain Jaffri
Visual Effects Supervisor
Taimoor Jahangir
Compositor
Wassay Uddin Khan
Modeling
Rizwan Muhammad
Visual Effects
Raheel Qureshi
Visual Effects
Fahad Riaz
Animation
Fahad Saeed
Visual Effects
Sajid Saim
Lighting Artist
Wassay Sami
Modeling
Talha Shamsi
Modelling Supervisor
Asad Sheikh
Visual Effects
Zubair Tahir
Compositor
Aboo
Stunts
Sher Khan
Stunts
Muhammad Akram
Electrician
Waris Ali
Lighting Technician
Arshad Altaf
Camera Operator
Arshad
Lighting Technician
Basit
Grip
Saeed Cheema
Focus Puller
Malik Lal Din
Lighting Technician
Fazal
Grip
Asif Gul
Grip
Athar Hussain
Assistant Camera
Meraj
Lighting Technician
Raja Najeeb
Assistant Camera
Sarah Panni
Still Photographer
Allah Rakha
Gaffer
Shahid
Lighting Technician
Shayan Latif Sheikh
Camera Operator
Waseem
Grip
Syed Muhammad Ali
Animation
Khan Mansoor
Animation
Jawed Shaikh Raheel
Animation
Iftikhar Ahmad Shaheen Shah
Wardrobe Assistant
Muhammad Waqas
Music / Thanks
Manoj Yadav
Lyricist
Shadab Faridi
Playback Singer
Sawan Khan Manganiyar
Playback Singer
Bianca Gomes
Playback Singer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 16, 2013
Original Nameوار
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 10m
Budget$2,000,000
Filming LocationsIstanbul, Turkey
Genres
Wiki.
Waar (Urdu: وار Wār; IPA: [ʋɑːr], transl. The Strike) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi, it stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer, Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan, and Kamran Lashari. The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts to conduct a war on terror on state-sponsored terror groups, which resulted in warfare among tribal units in North-West Pakistan. One incident included a terrorist attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009.The film opened to positive reviews, and was Pakistan's highest anticipated film at that time. It is considered to be Pakistan's eleventh-highest-grossing movie of all time. A sequel titled, Waar 2 is in development.