#pakistani cinema

[goblinsbriide]

mahira khan: Bismillah 🩵

شكر الحمدلله

[chameli]

MAHIRA KHAN as Noori in Superstar (2019)

[cloudtinn]

"Sometimes I feel like I have nothing that's my own."

Joyland (2022), dir. Saim Sadiq.

[southasiansource]

toh chhod kyun nahi dete? chhodna hal nahi hai. toh kya hai hal? saath reh kar apna yaar karna. doosre ko apni mohabbat mein giraftaar kar lena, taake woh khud ko aapke hawale kar de.

[Image ID: ten gifs of Wahaj Ali and Yumna Zaidi as Murtasim and Meerab from Tere Bin episode 20. The original Urdu dialogues are in white and yellow, and the subtitles are in blue and green respectively.:

GIF 1: Murtasim covering his injury with his good hand. Meerab reaches out to touch him, laying her hand over his.

GIF 2: Murtasim moving his good hand so he's almost grasping Meerab's.

GIF 3: Meerab looking up from the injury at Murtasim in surprise.

GIF 4: Meerab placing her hand tighter in Murtasim's as she asks him a question. He runs a thumb over her knuckles, dropping his gaze from hers to stare down at their hands together, then nodding slightly. The text reads, "Ek baat poochoon?" and the subtitle reads, "Can I ask you something?"

GIF 5: Meerab looking up at Murtasim as she asks, "Mujhe bachaya kyun tha?" The subtitle reads, "Why did you save me?"

GIF 6: A shot of just their hands. Murtasim is holding Meerab's hand in his injured one, the other running over her bangle, past her wrist before tucking under their joined hands to hold her one hand with both his tightly.

GIF 7: Murtasim watching Meerab with a pained crease between his brows as he says, "Tumhein na bachaata toh khud bhi zinda na reh pata." The subtitle reads, "If I hadn't saved you, I wouldn't have been able to live, either.

GIF 8: Murtasim's hand sliding up and into Meerab's hair, pushing it back from her face as he cradles it. Both of Meerab's hands are balanced around his sling.

GIF 9: A close-up of Meerab, Murtasim's thumb stroking down the side of her face as he cradles her head with one hand.

GIF 10: Murtasim watching Meerab with sincerity, pleading her to understand what he's saying.

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[celluloidrainbow]

جوائے لینڈ | JOYLAND (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq The middle-class Rana family, headed by elder patriarch Amanullah, yearns for the birth of a grandson. Amanullah forces his daughter-in-law Mumtaz to quit her job after Haider, his youngest son and her husband, finds work at an erotic dance theater. However, complications arise when Haider becomes infatuated with Biba, the transgender dancer he works for. (link in title)

[mehreenkhan]

I just think that Nadia Jamil in the 90s

[zaaalima]

MAHIRA KHAN photographed by Shahbaz Shazi, 2022

[binnte-dil]

Joyland (2022)

[screenhellzone]

Joyland (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq

[desicinema]

FAWAD KHAN in THE LEGEND OF MAULA JATT (2022)

[tawaifeddiediaz]

jitni beizzati tum meri duniya walon ke saamne karwa rahi ho - jis din...jis din mere kandhe uska bojh na utha sake, uss din sab se pehle moo ke bal tum girogi, meerab

[Image ID: four gifs of Wahaj Ali as Murtasim and Yumna Zaidi as Meerab from Tere Bin episode 12. The text is both the original Urdu, and the English subtitle under it:

GIF 1: Meerab narrowing her eyes at Murtasim as she says, "Tumne jo mere saath kiya hai na, uske liye main tumhein chhodoongi nahi." The English subtitle reads, "For what you've done to me, I won't leave you."

GIF 2: Murtasim pleadingly pulling Meerab closer as he says, "Please mujhe mat chhodna." The English subtitle reads, "Please don't leave me."

GIF 3: Meerab reeling back, taken aback by his words. Her brow is still furrowed.

GIF 4: Murtasim watching her with pleading eyes.

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bonus:

[BONUS ID: Murtasim holding Meerab’s hand and wrist while she looks up at him, keeping them close together as he pleads, “mera kya hoga.” The translation reads, “What will happen to me then?” /end ID]

[eohachu]

Joyland is coming to German cinemas in November, Hamburg and Leipzig are confirmed to have showings starting 9th Nov

sources: Missy Magazine, filmstarts.de

[chameli]

When Mahira met Shah Rukh (x)

[cloudtinn]

Joyland (2022), dir. Saim Sadiq.

[southasiansource]

main tumhaara dil nahi jeet paa raha, kisi aur ko kya haasil karoonga?

[Image ID: two gifs of Wahaj Ali as Murtasim Khan from episode 38 of Tere Bin. He is talking to Meerab in their bedroom:

GIF 1: Murtasim looking softly at Meerab, shaking his head as he reassures her by saying, "Koi nahi hai". The subtitle reads, "There's no one."

GIF 2: A continuation of the previous gif, Murtasim's brow is wrinkled gently as he emphasizes to his wife, "Bas tum ho." The subtitle reads, "There's just you."

/end ID]

[sleepy-ogre]

Some shots from the Pakistani film Joyland (2022) that I personally found captivating