May 22, 2010
Release Date

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Slackistan (2010)

Name: Slackistan
Genre: Drama
Released: 2010-05-22

May 22, 2010
Release Date

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Plot.

Islamabad, Pakistan. A group of privileged and westernised twenty-something friends while away their days and nights driving around town, partying, surfing the internet and smoking shisha pipes. As the country outside their world starts to crack, Hasan and his friends must face up to their relationships, angst and life choices before it is too late.

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Cast & Crew.

Shahbaz Hamid Shigri

Hasan

Aisha Linnea Akhtar

Aisha

Ali Rehman Khan

Sherry

Shahana Khan Khalil

Zara

Osman Khalid Butt

Saad

Khalid Saeed

Mani

Rafey Alam

Zeeshan

Adnan Malik

Guest appearance

Adil Omar

Himself

Uzair Jaswal

Himself

Hammad Khan

Director

Details.

Release Date
May 22, 2010

Status
Released

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-12

Wiki.

Slackistan is an independent film directed by London-based filmmaker, Hammad Khan, and written by Khan and his wife, Shandana Ayub. The film stars Shahbaz Hamid Shigri, Aisha Linnea Akhtar, Ali Rehman Khan, Shahana Khan Khalil, Osman Khalid Butt, Khalid Saeed, and Rafey Alam. The film is distributed by Big Upstairs Films.

Inspired by the Richard Linklater's 1991 film Slacker, Slackistan debuted (first 10 minutes) at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in the Marche du Film section. It was also screened at a number of festivals, in such locations as London, Abu Dhabi, New York City, San Francisco, and Goa. It was banned in Pakistan.