Synopsis: A gang of fun-loving hooligans or, ‘Jinnah Boys’, find themselves in trouble when they cross paths with a small-time gangster from the other side of the tracks. In cinemas this October.
“Pindi Express” is the official soundtrack for ‘Gol Chakkar‘, an upcoming feature film by Shahbaz Shigri and Aisha Linnea Akhtar. The song is produced by Original B-Man and also features additional vocals by Usman Mukhtar in character as ‘Shera’. Photos in the slideshow were taken by Mobeen Ansari, and the video edit was done by Shaheer Shahid.
InCahoots Films has released six character posters that reveals the laundas of Gol Chakkar. The posters are for German (Asad Ali Shigri), Teddy (Hasan Bruun Akhtar), Candy (Ali Rehman Khan), Jaanu (Adil Gul), Dagger ‘Sameer’ (Salmaan Ahmed Shaukat) and Sukraat (Uzair Jaswal). Check out the images below:
Synopsis: Candy bhai is back, but he’s not alone this time. Now we meet his real friends and even his little nephew, Teddy. What might be an ordinary day in Jinnah Market spirals out of control when the gang heads over to Pindi, a place where Candy’s antics are much less appreciated. The boys have stepped on the wrong toes this time, the toes of men; the paws, of Shera.
Images of cast and crew in attendance at the World Premiere of ‘Slackistan‘ at the Raindance Film Festival, Apollo Cinema in London on Thursday 7th October 2010.
Director Hammad Khan says filming in Islamabad is now very difficult because of heightened security measures
Islamabad is the setting for British director Hammad Khan’s first film Slackistan, a low budget independent feature looking at Pakistan’s young and privileged as they drift around in a world of dating, drinking and parties despite the terror attacks on their city.
“On a personal trip to the country I realised this was a story right under our noses to tell about young people out there,” says Khan.
Khan’s wife Shandana Ayub, from north London, has co-written and produced the movie.
“For someone who doesn’t know Pakistan at all, the images they’ll see on TV is of bombs and bad people – but that’s not the kind of Pakistan we know,” she says.
indie music and individuality Instep Today speaks to Hammad Khan, the director of the upcoming film Slackistan
Saba Imtiaz
The Slackistan trailer has been discussed and dissected widely. The story of young adults trying to discover themselves in a rapidly changing Islamabad has garnered a lot of interest in Pakistan and abroad. Directed by the London-based Pakistani filmmaker Hammad Khan, Slackistan may just be the most relevant film for young people who find themselves searching for their identity in the socio-political climate. Instep Today speaks with the filmmaker…