''Wajood'' (lit: ''Existence'') is a 2018 Pakistani revenge thriller film co-written and directed by

Jawed Sheikh Jawed Sheikh (also spelled Javaid and Javed; born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, film director and producer who works in Lollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for working in the Hindi films ''Om Shanti Om'', '' My Name Is Anthony Gon ...

. It stars

Danish Taimoor Danish Taimoor ( ur, ; born 16 February 1983) is a Pakistani actor and model. He began his career in 2005 and appeared in "Mystery Series" (Do saal baad, Dracula); both episodes were directed by Imran khokhar and aired on Indus Vision. He is ...

and

Saeeda Imtiaz Saeeda Imtiaz ( ur, ) is a model and actress. Personal life She was born in the United Arab Emirates and raised in New York, United States. Career Imtiaz worked as a model, both in shows and in photo shoots, starting in 2013 and finishing ...

in leading roles, while also featuring Aditi Singh from India, Nadeem Baig, Shahid, Ali Saleem and Jawed Sheikh himself. It was produced by

Momal Sheikh Momal Sheikh ( ur, ) is a Pakistani actress and producer. Her works in serials are ''Yeh Zindagi Hai'' in 2008 and '' Mirat Ul Uroos'' in 2013. She made her film debut with 2016 film ''Happy Bhag Jayegi''. Sheikh also co-produced 2018 film ''Wuj ...

and

Shehzad Sheikh Shahzad Sheikh ( Punjabi, ur, ) is a Pakistani television and film actor. He is the son of Pakistani actor, director and producer Jawed Sheikh. He made his acting debut with the television series Dreamers (2011), and has since gained success w ...

under the banner Jawed Sheikh Films. The film released on

Eid ul-Fitr , nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast , observedby = Muslims , type = Islamic , longtype = Islamic , significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan , dat ...

, 16 June 2018, and has been distributed by SagaHits And Music Available on Unisys Music

Cast

Javed Sheikh Jawed Sheikh (also spelled Javaid and Javed; born 8 October 1954) is a Pakistani actor, film director and producer who works in Lollywood and Bollywood. He is best known for working in the Hindi films ''Om Shanti Om'', '' My Name Is Anthony Gon ...

* Aditi Singh *

Shahid ''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...

* Nadeem Baig * Shaheen Khan as Mrs. Samdani * Asad Mehmood * Faiza Khan *

Frieha Altaf Frieha Altaf is a Pakistani actress, former model, host, film director, producer and human rights activist. She is the CEO of her own Catwalk Event Management and Sahil which she founded in 1989. She also worked in classic dramas '' Rozi'' and ' ...

as Mrs. Shafqat *

Ali Saleem Ali Saleem (Urdu: علی سلیم), best known by his alter-ego Begum Nawazish Ali, is a Pakistani television host, actor, scriptwriter and impressionist. He became a contestant in Bigg Boss 4 in 2010. He broke into the mainstream audiences th ...

* Iqra Memon * Azhr Ahmd (rabia d)

Production

Development

In October 2015,

announced that he is making his directional comeback with ''Wajood'', and describes the film as "vicious adoration story". Revealing about the story Sheikh said, "I'm not saying it has ''maar dhaar'' in it, but it's not going to be your usual romantic love story. It's going to be intense and something different." The film will be produced by Sheikh's company JK Productions and line production in Turkey will be carried out by Azat Films Türkiye. In November 2015, IMGC Global Entertainment came on board as a distributor.

Casting

In July 2016, Saeeda Imtiaz and

were cast in a leading roles. The character of Saeeda is "of a young Pakistani girl who is very outspoken, independent and doesn't rely on anybody to fulfill her dreams," and further revealed "for now, I have just signed the film with the initial details; I will get to know more about the team and the script once I'm in Pakistan." While Taimoor said, "The script is brilliant and its music also promises to be so; this is the main reason why I signed the film. And also the fact that Javed Sheikh Sahab is making his directional comeback with it. How could I have said no?" In May 2016, Frieha Altaf was cast in an unannounced role.

Filming

Principal photography is scheduled to commence in December 2016 in Pakistan, Turkey and Thailand. Javed said, "Half of the film will be shot in Pakistan and half of it will be in Turkey."

Marketing

Set to release in 2018 on Eid Ul Fitr with its trailer launch hosted at the Nueplex Cinema on 12 May 2018.

Soundtrack

The music and soundtrack of the film is composed by

Sahir Ali Bagga Sahir Ali Bagga (born 10 April 1980) is a Pakistani singer, music director and composer from Lahore, who composes music for Lollywood and other independent singers.ahir AliBagga but it is likely that we may also have one or two more musicians contribute their tracks to the film as well. It is a great blend of tunes in my opinion and this was definitely a good decision”"

References

{{reflist 2018 films 2010s Urdu-language films 2018 action thriller films Films about revenge Pakistani action thriller films Films scored by Sahir Ali Bagga