''Gardaab'' ( ur, ; ) is 2016

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directed by Harune Massey, written by Harune Massey, Saleemullah Nasir and produced by Mazhar Zaidi under the production banner of Matteela Films. The film features Fawad Khan and

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in the main cast. It also features

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, Mohammad Javed and Khalid Ahmed.

Cast

* Fawad Khan as Shahbaz *

as Parveen *

as Yousaf *

as Maywa Jaan *

* Mohammed Javed as Akmal * Khalid Ahmed as Firdous Khan * Shama Askari as Miss Christina * Arif Hassan as Abdullah Jaan * Gule Rana as Mother

Production

Whilst speaking to ''

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'' Producer Mazhar Zaidi; revealed that the film was about a serious love story which was set against the backgrounds of

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, which has fall in a lot of turmoil. Director Harune Massey originally had planned to make a short film but due to the scale of the subject matter the film was turned into a feature-length romantic thriller. The film production began in 2015. Fawad Khan revealed about plot of the film that it is a loose adaptation of ''

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''.

References

External links

* * {{Official website, http://matteela.org/feature-films/gardaab-2015/ Pakistani drama films 2016 films 2010s Urdu-language films 2016 drama films

Cast

Production

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