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Janaan

Released Sep 9, 2016 2h 13m Drama Musical Romance List Janaan: Teaser Trailer 1 Janaan: Teaser Trailer 1 1:35 View more videos
Reviews 62% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A girl (Armeena Rana Khan) experiences culture shock upon returning to her ancestral Pakhtoon home following an 11-year absence. Read More Read Less

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Audience Member great movie loved every bit Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member best movie ever <3 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Janaan is a decent attempt and seems to have been made for a small budget. Cinematography was very good, but they should have shown more of the region rather than focus on the shots on set. I don't think they utilised the northern areas as much as they could have Armeena was the wrong casting. I think they made her stand on a stool for her shots with bilal. There was zero chemistry between the actors. Bilal looks good as the hero but definitely very wooden and needs to work very hard training to be an actor but the sidekick Ali rehman stole the film from under his nose The script was clichéd and too many OTT pathan stereotypes. Inaccurate cultural references. For example, girls driving alone at night with no dupatta even. That would never happen. I have to wear a chaddor and would never be allowed to drive a car in my village, let alone at night. So, no pashtun family is that modern in swat. They didn't explore the characters enough. Why was mishi Khan unmarried, why was the chachi evil one second and then not the next. The absurd notion that armeena came back to Pakistan after ten odd years and didn't recognise any of her family... Erm... They didn't Skype or see photos of each other in that period? Also, Ali who suddenly went from a mega chichora to having serious feelings for meena was unauthentic. Basically lots of goofs that could have been avoided. Songs were very bad, especially shor sharaaba was tragic and cringe. Only Reid-e-gul was worth a mention. The evil guy ikramullah could have been developed much more but they didn't do that and just left it very superficial. Often it felt like a glossy long play from HUM TV and not a feature film. Marketing has been its strongest point hence I am glad people went out to watch this film and many more to come from Pakistan Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Naz H This film was very entertaining. Locations breathtaking. Feel good film, which i highly recommend. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/17/16 Full Review Audience Member The first half of the movie was pretty decent from story line , humor , direction and cinematography , however after intermission the movie turned into a Hum tv drama . The pace turned into 10-20 sec per frame , the cinematography turned into as a drama print . The story line got strong but as a drama script . I was as disappointed as happy I was before interval . Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member terrible.. not at all a good and truthful portrayal. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A girl (Armeena Rana Khan) experiences culture shock upon returning to her ancestral Pakhtoon home following an 11-year absence.
Director
Azfar Jafri
Producer
Hareem Farooq, Munir Hussain, Imran Raza Kazmi, Reham Khan
Screenwriter
Osman Khalid Butt
Genre
Drama, Musical, Romance
Original Language
Urdu
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 9, 2016, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 15, 2017
Runtime
2h 13m