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Hijrat (2016)
Title is misleading
I watched it very first day in Burjuman Dubai with my wife. Had high hopes because of Farooq Mengal's name, fresh cast and the apparently promising theme but what a big disappointment this movie is!! The title is misleading. The story has nothing to do with the problems of Afghan refugees. Their camps are merely used as a beautiful background for an ordinary love story. The male lead acted well and seems he can be a next big things for our industry however both the female leads failed to impress. The item number was average, a poorly choreographed skin show and Sana looked disgusting with loose skin protruding out of the strange cuts in her dress. Big names like Nadeem, Ayub Khooso and Durdana Butt were simple wasted. Zeb Rahman was very robotic and expressionless. Jamal Shah was strictly OK. I could not understand till the last moment what message actually the writer wants to convey through this annoyingly boring story and very poorly written dialogues. All in all the movie is not engaging and I could not find a single strength except the beautiful locations that also include the refugee camps which are also used only as a beautiful background. My wife wanted to leave after the first half but I asked her to wait with the hope that second half might be engaging but the movie was consistently boring. So better save your money and time and wait for Mah-e-Mir and Dobara Phir Se.