Mah e Mir (2016)
10/10
Depravity and Madness of Love
11 June 2020
"Mah E Mir" is a story about depravity and madness of love. A wonderful depiction of modern and classical Urdu literature. Irrespective of your nationality this movie will trace your mind if you have a love for serious cinema.

Plot: The film's story focuses on the life of a modern-day poet named Jamal going through a rough patch. The movie tries to draw parallels between Jamal's and Mir Taqi Mir's life with the story jumping from present-day to Jamal's mind as he imagines himself to be Mir Taqi Mir in Lucknow focusing on the trials and tribulations that Mir once experienced (faithfully adapted from Mir's biography).

Star Cast: Fahad Mustafa, Emaan Ali, Manzar Sehbai & Sanam Saeed.

Director: Anjum Shehzad

What's Good: Everything. A story of a tremendous potential perfectly executed by charismatic Persian and Urdu poetry narrations. This movie demands your concentration during the whole time frame to understand the intellect of the basic theme.

Acting Performances: Fahad Mustafa is a great actor. Recently he said in a statement that "He's Salman Khan of Pakistani Cinema". I'm a die-hard fan of Salman Khan but on honest terms, after watching this film I would say that he is a lot better actor than Salman Khan. He's one of the finest artists from Pakistan.

Manzar Sehbai as Dr. Kaleem is the core of this film. Without him, it would be a boring literature class but his acting and narration provide a lot of layers. I loved all of his Persian narrations.

Emaan Ali did a good job as Mehtab. Her looks did more wonders than her acting and dialogue delivery.

Music: Sound Track and Background score were intriguing throughout the full film.

Last Word: It's the best Pakistani Film in modern times. Watch it and let's fall in love with Urdu once again.
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