ARY Films ( ur, ) is a film distribution and production company in
Pakistan
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, part of
ARY Digital Network
ARY Digital Network ( ur, ) is a subsidiary of the ARY Group. The ARY group of companies is a Dubai-based holding company founded by a Pakistani businessman, Haji Abdul Razzak Yaqoob (ARY). The network has a video on demand streaming service cal ...
. 35 films including 11
, six
Punjabi
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* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
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* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
and 17
Pashto
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...
films have been released by ARY Films since 2013. Among them, ''
Waar'', ''
Jawani Phir Nahi Ani'', ''
Wrong No.'', ''
Jalaibee'', ''
3 Bahadur'' and ''
Punjab Nahi Jaungi'' have topped the charts in the industry.j
Films
List of films distributed/produced under the banner ''ARY Films''
Joint ventures
An MoU was signed between ARY Films and Riaz Shahid Films on 23 November 2013, starting a joint production venture between the two companies announcing two films at the event,
Arth 2
''Arth – The Destination'' is a 2017 Pakistani romantic drama film, written, directed and co-produced by Shaan Shahid under his banner 5th Element. It stars Shahid as Ali, a struggling musician, with Humaima Malick, Mohib Mirza and Uzma ...
and ''Mission-5''.
ARY Films is making a sequel of ''
Waar'', to be shot in
Pakistan
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,
U.K.,
Russia
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,
Turkey
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and
Yugoslavia
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.
On 7 December 2013, ARY Films & MindWorks Media joined hands to produce Pakistani movies. The collaboration started with ''
Waar 2''
and ''Delta Echo Foxtrot'', later named ''
Yalghaar''.
In early 2014, ARY Films signed an agreement with Summit Entertainment (Pakistan) to release Concordia Productions' feature ''
Tamanna'' in cinemas across Pakistan on 6 June as part of the new wave of Pakistani films released in 2014. The film premiered on 8 June in London at the 16th
London Asian Film Festival.
On 11 September 2014, ARY Films and
SOC Films announced a joint venture company named Waadi Animations, in intention to produce animated content including feature films, with the debut project ''
3 Bahadur''.
See also
*
ARY Film Awards
*
List of film distributors in Pakistan
References
Mass media companies of Pakistan
Film distributors of Pakistan
Film production companies of Pakistan
Mass media in Sindh
Companies based in Karachi
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