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The Legend of Maula Jatt
Official poster
Directed byBilal Lashari
Written byNasir Adeeb
Bilal Lashari
Based onCharacters
by Nasir Adeeb[1]
Produced byAmmara Hikmat
Dr. Asad Jamil Khan
Starring
CinematographyBilal Lashari
Edited byBilal Lashari
Music bySarmad Ghafoor
Production
companies
Encyclomedia
Lashari Films
Distributed byAAA Motion Pictures
Geo Films
Mandiwala Entertainment
Release date
  • 13 October 2022 (2022-10-13)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguagePunjabi
BudgetRs. 45–55 crore[2]
Box officeRs. 25 crore [2]

The Legend of Maula Jatt is a 2022 Pakistani Punjabi language epic action drama film directed and written by Bilal Lashari and produced by Ammara Hikmat and Dr. Asad Jamil Khan[3] under the production banner of Encyclomedia.[4] It is a remake of the 1979 cult classic Maula Jatt. The film stars Fawad Khan as the titular character with Hamza Ali Abbasi, Humaima Malik and Mahira Khan.[5] The film was released theatrically on 13 October 2022.[6] and received mostly positive reviews from critics.[7][8]

The film has been described as the most expensive Pakistani film to date.[9]

Synopsis

A modern take and retelling on the legendary rivalry, a local hero named Maula Jatt takes on a leader of a brutal gang, Noori Natt.[10]

Cast

Production

Development

On 14 December 2013 in an interview with The Express Tribune, Bilal Lashari announced that he will be directing Maula Jatt and said: "This will be my take on gandasa films which are blamed for the death of Lollywood. I think the gandasa genre was a missed opportunity for Pakistani cinema,[11] and what better choice to utilize it then by paying homage to the cult classic Maula Jatt."[12][13] To mold himself in the role, Hamza Ali Abbasi started training to work on muscle symmetry, proportion, endurance and cardiovascular health.[14]

On 4 April 2014, Lashari announced that he had just finished the script of film and looking up for lead cast. He said, "Waar was appreciated for its stylistic elements, but was criticized for its script, which is why I want to spend more time on Maula Jatt's script." On 27 May 2014, the cast was chosen and the shooting of film was started revealing that film will be in three languages; English, Urdu and Punjabi.

Casting and filming

The film cast was revealed individually by Hamza Ali Abbasi. On advice of Bilal Lashari, on 16 November 2016, Adnan Jaffar and Shamoon Abbasi were removed from these cast after Asad Jamil Khan and Ammara Hikmat took over the project. In March 2015, Lashari announced that he is about to start the film shooting initially from Lahore. He revealed that film's story will be all new unlike the first part, but dialogues will be taken from 1979 film. On 8 January 2016, it was revealed that Fawad Khan will play the role of Maula Jatt opposite to Noori Nath played by Hamza Ali Abbasi.[15] The film is shot with the Red Epic W camera.

Release

A trailer for the film was released on 21 December 2018 to a positive reaction[16] with a release date of Eid ul-Fitr 2019.[17] However, due to a copyright lawsuit filed by the producer of the 1979 movie, the release was postponed. A settlement was reached between the two parties in February 2020,[18] after which the film was scheduled to be released in Pakistan and China simultaneously on Eid Al Fitr 2020,[19] but was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20][21]

In July 2022, it was rumored that the film will be released on 30 September 2022. After multiple delays, it was officially announced that the film will be released on October 13, 2022.[22][23]

Reception

Critical response

Cath Clarke's rated the film 3 out of 5 stars review for The Guardian stated "The movie ends, unsurprisingly, with a big fight between Maula and Noori – a fight in which Maula pauses to twiddle his fine moustache. Like I said, old school; still, I enjoyed every minute."[24] Writing for The Express Tribune, Rafay Mahmood And Zeeshan Ahmad rated the film 4 out of 5 stars saying "While the film borrows nothing but the characters and bits of plot from the original, the themes it quite bravely endorses in this day and age call for a broader study of a shared sense of masculinity and rethinking of the box office prospects of South Indian cinema in Pakistan, in a better political climate of course."[25] Eleen Bukhari of Geo News said "A lot of ups and downs, delays and legal setbacks later, TLoMJ has lived up to, if not surpassed expectations. It is an initiative never seen in Pakistan before. It is truly a labour of love."[7]

Box office

On first day of release the film grossed Rs. 4.9 crore in Pakistan and Rs. 4.4 crore in other territories, for a worldwide total of Rs. 9.3 crore.[2]

Lawsuit

In 2017, Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, the producer of the 1979 film Maula Jatt, filed a suit before the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan tribunal seeking an injunctive order against the exhibition of The Legend of Maula Jatt. In 2019, he also submitted multiple applications for a stay order in Lahore High Court to prohibit the producer and director of the new movie from using material which may violate his intellectual property.

Responding to these claims, producer Ammara Hikmat said, "the malicious claims made by Sarwar Bhatti are false and frivolous" and hinted at taking the matter to court since Nasir Adeeb, the writer of the 1979 film, had officially handed over the rights of his characters – including Maula Jatt and Noori Natt (among others) – to director Bilal Lashari and Hikmat.[26]

On 9 February 2020, after a lengthy legal battle,[27][28][29][30] a settlement was reached between the two parties. Bhatti was recognized as the exclusive copyright and trademark owner of the 1979 movie. However, he gave permission to the filmmakers of the new movie to use the content from his original work and agree to withdraw all other court petitions regarding its release. This agreement was confined to the production, release, promotion, and distribution of The Legend of Maula Jatt and did not apply to any future movies that may violate the rights of the old movie, which were retained by Bahoo Films. Similarly, Bahoo Films would have to record a statement before the Intellectual Property Tribunal, Lahore, declaring that the matter had been resolved and that Ammara Hikmat's Encylomedia PR was allowed to use the content of Maula Jatt for the upcoming movie is here.[31]

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "'The Legend of Maula Jatt' box office collection inches closer to Rs100 million". Daily Pakistan Global. 14 October 2022.
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  16. ^ Images Staff (22 December 2018). "India reacts with all praise to The Legend of Maula Jatt trailer". Images. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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  19. ^ 0 The Legend of Maula Jatt is all set to release on Eid
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  22. ^ "The Wait Is Finally Over! On October 13, 'The Legend Of Maula Jatt' Will Be Released". Youth Ki Awaaz. 11 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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  25. ^ "'TLoMJ' review: Pakistani cinema's grandest offering yet". The Express Tribune. 13 October 2022.
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  27. ^ Images Staff (11 May 2019). "Sindh High Court has issued a stay order against the original Maula Jatt producer". Images. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
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