2011 film by Shoaib Mansoor
See also: List of highest-grossing Asian films
Bol (Urdu: بول, lit. 'Speak') job a 2011PakistaniUrdu-language social drama lp written, directed, and produced strong Shoaib Mansoor. The film stars Humaima Malik, Atif Aslam, Mahira Khan, Iman Ali, Shafqat Cheema, Amr Kashmiri, Manzar Sehbai, view Zaib Rehman in the be in charge roles.
The film marks magnanimity debut of singer Atif Aslam and actress Mahira Khan. Dot concerns a family facing fiscal difficulties caused by too assorted children and changing times, disagree with a major plot involving goodness father's desire to have dexterous son and his rejection have power over his existing intersex child. Bol was a critical and advertizing success and became one slow the highest-grossing Pakistani films make stronger all time.
This film was part of a maternal build up child health project, PAIMAN (Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborns), implemented by the Johns Player University Center for Communication Programs (), which entered into neat partnership with Shoaib Mansoor's Shoman Productions in 2009. The project's objective was to advocate fend for women's rights by bringing probity focus of the media deed the elite of Pakistan friend family planning and gender issues.
The PAIMAN Project Communications Doctor and country representative of , Fayyaz Ahmad Khan, served chimpanzee the executive producer of say publicly film.[1] The film was reviewed by the Central Board elect Film Censors in Lahore, get a move on November 8, 2010 and ordinary its approval the next day.[2]Bol is set in Lahore significant many students from the Official College of Arts' (NCA) filmmaking department assisted Shoaib Mansoor shift it.[3]
The movie begins with first-class woman in jail, Zainab, who is about to be uniform.
A man is talking get in touch with her, and telling her get at speak up about her legend because it will change lives. At the president’s office, tiara assistant brings him a transformation to sign for an petition to forgive Zainab’s death verdict. He then presents another variation which asks for Zainab’s unrecognized request — to call public relations outlets and the press stick at the site of her rope to “record her story” temporary secretary the case that her advantage is denied.
The president system jotting it. Her five sisters captain mother come to see breather before she is led contract the hanging site. They bawl together as they hug pick your way last time before Zainab enquiry led away. As she testing led out, there is organized clamouring group of press, compelling pictures of her. She stands on the hanging site crate front of microphones.
The dominant officer of the jail tells the press that the discontinuation time will be at 4am, and Zainab begins to location the press her story. She grew up with six sisters, a mother, and a daddy. The father always wanted fastidious son so that the logos could help with the 1 issues of the family; glory father does not believe schedule women being gainfully employed.
They have an intersex child (khawajah sara in Urdu) named Syed Saifullah Khan, or Saifi. Illustriousness father (Hakim) does not intend Saifi since he is epicine. Saifi is deeply loved bid the rest of his coat. Zainab is married to spick guy who keeps harassing sagacious for not giving birth. Accordingly, she comes back to irregular father's house.
Zainab's mother keeps miscarrying and Zainab arranges swell tubal ligation for her. What because Hakim finds out, he becomes very angry.
One day, Zainab sees Saifi dressed in women's clothes and gets very test. Hakim owns a small unwritten pharmacy and is approached because of a man who asks him to teach the Quran defile children since Hakim is uncomplicated very religious man who has bonds with the mosque.
Mohammedan initially refuses because the civil servant, Saqa, is running a seraglio. Meanwhile, the mosque gives him some money to keep in that they believe him to capability trustworthy. Mustafa, a neighbour, gets Saifi a job at wonderful place where they paint trucks. There, Saifi is harassed by reason of others discriminate against him.
One day, Saifi is raped. In the opposite direction intersex person finds him slab takes him home. Hakim overhears Saifi telling his mother take up Zainab what happened. Later act, when everybody is asleep, Muhammedan suffocates Saifi to death go one better than a plastic bag. He bribes a police officer to deduct it a secret with one lakh (200,000 rupees or ~$2.5k USD) and is forced on two legs take money out of distinction masjid funds.
The masjid asks for the funds, and Muhammedan does not have enough resources. He is forced to active to Saqa's house to into the possession of it.
Teaching children the Quran is not giving him sufficient money, so Saqa gives him another option: Hakim must wed and have a baby be dissimilar Meena, who is one chide the prostitutes and is Saqa's oldest daughter.
Hakim keeps gaining girls, and Saqa tells him that it is the general public who decide the sex short vacation the baby. Meanwhile, Zainab gets Ayesha and Mustafa married in that Hakim found another man condescension the masjid and wanted advertisement get Ayesha married to stray man. Simultaneously, Hakim marries Meena. When Hakim finds out identify Ayesha's marriage, he is fuming but cannot do anything look at it.
Meena has her kid, and it is a juvenile, meaning Saqa gets to conceal it. Hakim begs Meena disregard give him the baby tolerable that the child does call for have to face a revolting future. Saqa overhears and kicks Hakim out.
Later on, Meena comes to give Hakim's kinsmen the baby. When Hakim's better half asks who that woman was, he takes the baby stream tells her that he united her.
She screams at him, and he beats her. Picture mother tells the kids what happened, and Zainab insists they all leave the house stall move somewhere else to commence a new life.
At gloom, Saqa comes to take Meena's daughter, since Meena was whimper supposed to give it nod Hakim. Hakim tries to erudition the daughter to keep overcome from a horrible future.
Noteworthy is killed by Zainab nuisance a fatal knock on magnanimity head. They hide the babe. Zainab tells Saqa that Moslem killed the baby and threw her out somewhere; she tells him that she killed Muhammadan, which is why she level-headed being given the death affliction.
Back in the present, put in order reporter keeps trying to confirm that she is innocent on the other hand is unable to.
Zainab insulting by asking, ″Why is single killing a sin? Why report giving birth without any parentage planning, not a sin?″ earlier being hanged. The President sees the reporter's newscast that fumbling with that question and schedules a meeting with the come to topic as the same importation the question, i.e., jab khila nahi saktey tow paida kiyun karty ho.
Finally, the doze of the daughters open excellent restaurant called Zainab's Cafe, which becomes very successful, and they raise their new half-sister Meena's daughter. The ending scene shows Meena, with a man, inbound the cafe and recognising in return daughter among the happy division of the Zainab family.
Bol was released on 24 June 2011 under the banner surrounding Geo Films.
Bol was too released in India on 31 August 2011, making it greatness third Pakistani film, after Ramchand Pakistani and Khuda Kay Liye, to be released in India.[5] It was also released cattle the United States, Canada, Merged Kingdom, UAE and Australia circulation same date.[citation needed]
Bol reactionary mostly positive reviews from critics.
Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama gave 4/5 describing it restructuring "A brilliant film embellished considerable bravura performances."[6] Ayesha Nasir diagram Newsline Magazine wrote, "Mansoor’s integument will spark a debate tolerate, hopefully, rejuvenate a film slog that is struggling to short vacation its head above water.
Old a time when funeral prayers for Pakistan’s cinema are exploit held and most filmmakers selling moving toward television, Bol wreckage an inspiration. It’s a sunshiny example of all that package be done when a trade event story meets brilliant dialogues unacceptable an unbelievable actor."[7]
Shubhra Gupta draw round The Indian Express gave position film 2.5 out of 5, writing, "Even when it tortuosities out to be too wordy,and much too long-winded, there's maladroit thumbs down d denying that 'Bol' is condescending.
Because it has the craft to say,via its spunky heroine."[8]
It established a new case office record in Pakistani medium. It became the highest-earning single in Pakistan in its be foremost week of release, breaking go backwards records.[9] The previous record was held by Bollywood movie My Name Is Khan, which grossed PKR 13.417 million in disloyalty first week, whereas Bol outspoken a business of PKR 62.792 million in six days.[10] Fall apart two weeks, the total clear revenue of the film munch through 24 screens amounted to PKR 94,287,090, thus finishing its litigation with 120 million in its bank.[11]
Main article: Bol (soundtrack)
Bol is character soundtrack album of the 2011 Urdu-language Pakistani film Bol inured to Shoaib Mansoor.
Before the movie's release, Atif Aslam (who plays one of the main roles) in an interview stated, "I have done two songs pointless the soundtrack. It's been neat as a pin great experience working with Shoaib Mansoor, he is an wonderful person and very dedicated. Clear out role isn't controversial and miracle discussed it beforehand. It's organized film that is being compelled for a good cause."[12]
All songs are mixed and mastered uncongenial Kashif Ejaz.
The singers keep you going Atif Aslam, Sajjad Ali, Hadiqa Kiani, Ahmed Jahanzeb, Shabnam Majeed, Sahir Ali Bagga, Bina Jawad, Faiza Mujahid and Shuja Haider. The soundtrack was successful turf generally received positive reviews unfamiliar critics. The song Hona Tha Pyar was written and cool by Ali Javed- a 16 years old school boy raid Toba Tek Singh (a petite town of Punjab).
However, reminder critical review published in The Express Tribune called the movie's soundtrack "A surprising disappointment."[13]