''Kambakht'' ( ur, meaning "cursed") is an upcoming Pakistani action comedy film directed by

Hamza Ali Abbasi Hamza Ali Abbasi (Urdu/ pa, ; born 23 June 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actor and director. He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial ''Pyarey Afzal'', and as Salahuddin in the drama serial ''Mann Mayal''. In 201 ...

, and produced by Eyad Ibrahim and Sharmeen Khan. The film stars Humayun Saeed,

Shafqat Cheema Shafqat Cheema is a Pakistani actor and producer. With his career of more than three decades, he is known for playing villain roles and is dubbed as "Pakistan’s favorite villain". Early life Shafqat graduated from the Jamia Naeemia religiou ...

, Agha Haris,

Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui Sheheryar Munawar Siddiqui (born 9 August 1988) is a Pakistani actor, film producer and director. He made his film debut as a lead actor and producer in 2016 with Ho Mann Jahaan. He is notable for his role in Asim Raza's ''Parey Hut Love'', whi ...

and Sohai Ali Abro.

Plot

''Kambakht'' is about a middle-aged man from the backward areas of the Pakhtunkhwa, played by

, and a young urban city-slicker, played by Shehreyar Munawar, who strike an unlikely and accidental friendship.

Cast

* Humayun Saeed *

* Agha Haris *

* Sohai Ali Abro * Fizza Zehra *

* Gohar Rasheed * Salmaan Shaukat * Humaira Ali * Meezam Ali * Rabi Mansoor * Ahmed Cheema * Atif Siddiqui * Jalal Haider Khan * Latif Sheikh * Yousuf Bashir Qureshi * Amal Saleh *

Faryal Mehmood Faryal Mehmood is a Pakistani model and actress. She has played the role of Mehwish in Geo Entertainment's '' Baba Jani'' (2018). Mehmood has been profiled and featured in ''Gulf News'', ''The News International'', and ''MangoBaaz''. Her mother i ...

Production

The film was produced under the banner ''Kahani Films''. Film shooting began in May 2013 and was completed in June 2014. Post-production began in same month but it was delayed as director was busy attending Imran Khan's protest. In an interview with '' Dawn'' he said, "I admit, the shooting did get delayed because I was busy in dharna (protest).However, it is in post production now and we will hopefully be done with it by March and then hand it over to

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to release it whenever they deem fit. I truly believe in this project. Entertainment without a message or moral is useless. Kambakht will make people laugh but also make people think."

Release

First look teaser was released on 7 February 2014 on

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References

External links

* * * {{Vimeo, id=86986405, title=''Kambakht'' teaser Unreleased Pakistani films Pakistani action comedy films Urdu-language Pakistani films