The Legend of Maula Jatt, an upcoming fan favorite, is in line to rock fans with never-before-seen twists, turns, loopholes and sordid betrayals.
The long awaited “The Legend of Maula Jatt,” starring Pakistani superstars Fawad Khan and Mahira Khan (no relation), is set to release theatrically worldwide on Oct. 13.
The revival of Yunus Malik’s 1979 cult classic “Maula Jatt,” which has one of the highest budgets in Pakistani film history, is in the Punjabi language. The main focus of the movie is the storied rivalry between Noori Natt, the violent gang boss, and local hero Maula Jatt. The story has been recreated for a global audience by director Bilal Lashari, whose debut film “Waar” (2013) set box office records in Pakistan.
Fawad Khan had little access to the original “Maula Jatt” because his family had been living outside of Pakistan for several years when it first came out and was becoming a cult classic.
” ‘Maula Jatt’ always had a cult status in Pakistani media, and because of that, we’d obviously heard of it, and who had not heard of the dialog,” Khan told Variety. When Lashari approached Khan, it was with the idea of a remake and that’s when the actor watched the original properly. “The actors who made that film what it was – Sultan Rahi and Mustafa Qureshi – were very big veterans of the industry,” says Khan. “To take their acting as an influence for modern cinema may have been a bit out of context, and all respect to them, but we felt that these were very big shoes to fill, and therefore maybe we should attempt something.”
“The Legend of Maula Jatt” was finally designed as a reboot rather than a remake. Khan’s role, that of a prizefighter, demanded a lot of physicality but the team opted for a naturalistic body type for the actor based on the South Asian wrestling style Pehlwani.
“They’re not exactly Michelangelo’s sculptures of Greek gods, some of them are just like sumo wrestlers,” says Khan. “We decided that we’d actually go ahead and make a version which is not so sexy by modern standards and make something that’s more a bit off the wall and therefore weight gain came into the equation.”
The Legend of Maula Jatt in Cinema List UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar
Here is the list of cinemas where The Legend of Maula Jatt will prmiere in UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain and Qatar
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