Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
is the core of Pakistan's media and arts scene. Pakistan's film industry is based in the city and is called
Lollywood
Lollywood ( ur, , translit=lâli vuḍ) refers to Pakistan's film industry based in Lahore, previously the base for both Punjabi and Urdu language film production.
Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since the partition of ...
. Many films are filmed in Lahore and the city has some of the oldest film studios in the country.
Films which have been shot in, or have plots based in the city of Lahore are:
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Awarapan
''Awarapan'' () is a 2007 Indian Hindi-language neo-noir action film directed by Mohit Suri and written by Shagufta Rafique, from a story by and produced by Mukesh Bhatt. It stars Emraan Hashmi, Shriya Saran, Mrinalini Sharma, and Ashutosh Ra ...
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Bol (film)
''Bol'' (lit. ''Speak'' or ''word(s)'') is a 2011 Pakistani Urdu language social drama film written, directed and produced by Shoaib Mansoor. The film stars Humaima Malik, Atif Aslam, Mahira Khan, Iman Ali, Shafqat Cheema, Amr Kashmiri, Manzar ...
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Bhowani Junction (film)
''Bhowani Junction'' is a 1956 British adventure drama film of the 1954 novel '' Bhowani Junction'' by John Masters. The film was directed by George Cukor and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Sonya Levien and Ivan Moffat.
The ...
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Daughters of Today
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Donkey in Lahore
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Dil Bole Hadippa!
''Dil Bole Hadippa!'' (''Heart Says Hurray!'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language sports film directed by Anurag Singh and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. It stars Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor in the story about a you ...
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Earth (1998 film)
''Earth'' ( hi, पृथ्वी; released in India as ''1947: Earth'') is a 1999 Indo-Canadian period film, period Romance film, romance Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Deepa Mehta. It is based upon Bapsi Sidhwa's novel, ' ...
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Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
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Henna (film)
''Henna'' is a 1991 Indian romance drama film, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, produced and directed by Randhir Kapoor. It stars Rishi Kapoor, along with Pakistani actress Zeba Bakhtiyar in the title role and Ashwini Bhave. This film was planned an ...
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Kalank
''Kalank'' (; ) is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language period romantic drama film directed by Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under Dharma Productions and Sajid Nadiadwala under Nadiadwala Grandson Ent ...
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Khuda Kay Liye
''Khuda Kay Liye'' (also released as ''In the Name of God'' in international markets) is a 2007 Pakistani drama film directed by Shoaib Mansoor, produced by Brigadier Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi from ISPR and stars Shaan Shahid, Fawad Khan and Iman Al ...
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Lahore (film)
''Lahore'' is a 2010 Indian Hindi sports film that was released on 19 March 2010. It was directed by Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan and produced by Vivek Khatkar, Jagat Singh Rana & Sunil Sharma, with Sai Om Films Pvt. Ltd.’s, and distributed b ...
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Larki Punjaban
Larki Punjaban (Urdu: , (''lit'' Punjabi Girl) is a 2003 Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Noor and starring Babar Ali, Saima, and Shamyl Khan.
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Mughal E Azam (1960 film)
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Pinjar (film)
''Pinjar'' () is a 2003 Indian period drama film directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. The film is about the Hindu-Muslim problems during the partition of India and is based on a Punjabi novel of the same name, written by Amrita Pritam. Urmila Ma ...
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Salakhain
Salakhain () is a Pakistani Lollywood film which was released in 2004. Stars included Ahmed Butt, Zara Sheikh and Meera. The music was composed by M Arshad. Sajid Hassan and Saud were cast as villains with Shafi Muhammad as their boss.
S ...
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Shararat
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Tere Pyar Mein
''Tere Pyar Mein'' (Urdu: تیرے پیار میں) (lit: In Your Love) is a Pakistani film which was released in December 2000. It launched the career of Zara Sheikh in Lollywood.
Plot
The story is about a young Indian Sikh girl Preety play ...
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Teri Yaad (film)
''Teri Yaad'' ( ur, ; ''Your Memory'') was a Pakistani Urdu-language film released on 7 August 1948 in the newly formed country, Pakistan on Eid.
It starred Nasir Khan and Asha Posley in lead roles.
It was the first film released after the ...
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Veer-Zaara
''Veer-Zaara'' () is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Yash Chopra, who co-produced it with his son Aditya Chopra. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta as the eponymous star-crossed lovers: Veer Pratap Singh (Kha ...
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Virsa
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)
''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'' is a 2012 political thriller drama film directed by Mira Nair and starring Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, and Liev Schreiber. It is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Mohsin Hamid. The film is a post-9/11 story ...
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