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Actor in Law

  • 2016
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
2.9K
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Om Puri, Mehwish Hayat, and Fahad Mustafa in Actor in Law (2016)
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ComedyDramaRomance

Estranged from his attorney father, an aspiring actor poses as a lawyer who becomes a celebrity for taking on difficult cases.Estranged from his attorney father, an aspiring actor poses as a lawyer who becomes a celebrity for taking on difficult cases.Estranged from his attorney father, an aspiring actor poses as a lawyer who becomes a celebrity for taking on difficult cases.

  • Director
    • Nabeel Qureshi
  • Writers
    • Inam Hasan
    • Fizza Ali Meerza
    • Nabeel Qureshi
  • Stars
    • Mehwish Hayat
    • Fahad Mustafa
    • Om Puri
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    2.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nabeel Qureshi
    • Writers
      • Inam Hasan
      • Fizza Ali Meerza
      • Nabeel Qureshi
    • Stars
      • Mehwish Hayat
      • Fahad Mustafa
      • Om Puri
    • 34User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Mehwish Hayat
    Mehwish Hayat
    • Meenu Screwala
    Fahad Mustafa
    • Shaan Mirza
    Om Puri
    Om Puri
    • Rafaqat Mirza
    Nayyar Ejaz
    • Lawyer
    Talat Hussain
    • First Judge
    Rehan Sheikh
    • Lawyer
    Alyy Khan
    Alyy Khan
    • Muddasir Sultan
    Saleem Mairaj
    • Mehboob Bhai
    Mahira Khan
    Mahira Khan
    • Mahira Khan
    Humayun Saeed
    Humayun Saeed
    • Self (Special Appearance)
    Anoushay Abbasi
    • Friend
    Fahad Ahmad
    Fahad Ahmad
    • Channel Owner
    Saboor Ali
    • Annie Mirza
    Lubna Aslam
    • Shan's mother
    Mohammed Ehteshamuddin
    • Lawyer
    Inam Hasan
    • TV Reporter
    Saife Hassan
    Kaizer Behram Irani
    • Meenu's Mother
    • Director
      • Nabeel Qureshi
    • Writers
      • Inam Hasan
      • Fizza Ali Meerza
      • Nabeel Qureshi
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews34

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    8shahbaz101-491244

    Completely Masala Movie

    1 Hour 58 minutes approx the story telling and punchy lines made me amused ,the intro of all characters is executed very well,the story is very relate-able and consequences occurs are very much near to common man lives. Shan Mirza's dream is to be an actor (Fahad Mustafa)the story amaze you when his struggle goes beyond the limits and Meenu Screwwala stand by him (Mehwish Hayat).Muddasir Sultan (Aly Khan)plays the antagonist in the movie along with Mehbbob Bhai (Saleem Miraj).Rafaqat Mirza (Om Puri)plays the role of the father of the protagonist shan mirza who is not so happy with the profession of his son.The story revolves around these characters the performances are at its best,light romance,fancy costumes and good dialogues movie is full of surprises. Completely Masala Movie.
    8maxon305

    Pakistani Movie of the Year

    One of the finest piece of work Pakistani Industry has ever produced, It highlights the several public issues faced by Pakistani People, Fahad Mustufa has done great acting even in comparison of Hamayun Saeed I would go for Fahad, Mehwish Hayat, The Parsi Character seems to be very authentic. Nabeel Qureshi done proved that he is one of the finest Director Pakistan has got, the songs are good and dance was light, just lacking one thing Action, but being a Middle class man that doesn't fits in. Comedy timing and dialogues were very funny its an complete Entertainment package for Family Audience, the also portrayed major languages and casts in movie like, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashtun, Urdu, Minorities I guess it was the first time when a Parsi character plays a lead role in Pakistani movie which is a good gesture, Keep up the good work.
    10asimiqbalhussaini-112-593779

    Highlighting social issues is the main Objective

    I never wrote a review before for any movie but after watching this, I have to write one.

    May be I watched the best script written in Pakistan ever.

    Everyone must be familiar with main concept of the movie through the trailer but this movie is not only about comedy and laughs but also about some serious social issues which has been presented brilliantly by the AIL team. Even you will see some political characters, including a telephonic speech by political leader. Everyone did superb Job. Mehwish Hayat played a brilliant roll in this movie. I guess in next few days it will be hard to grab tickets for this movie. A must must watch movie - 10/10 from my side.

    P.S: Even my words cannot define the movie in a proper way
    9nabeelsiddiqi

    A well made movie

    Talk about the Pakistani Movies, Waar initiated the message that Pakistan can make the much better movies. By leading message forward Pakistan developed the several good movies and they achieved the healthy box office report. By seeing this result, it seems our entire Drama industry is moving towards to Movie industry, that's unfortunate. That is why you can feel drama touch in Pakistan Movie Industry. Only few movies are being made that we can say its purely a movie that deserve to watch at big screen and YES! Actor in Law is among of them.

    Actor in law is moving towards a person named Shan Mirza that wanted to be a actor but some circumstances he couldn't be a actor but a lawyer. That is played very well by Fahad Mustafa. So Shan Mirza utilized his acting skills in court, in very amazing way that will make you enjoy the movie. Talk about other lead actors, I wasn't expecting good from Mehwish Hayat but she also did her job and played a lady that wants to fight with the basic issues facing by people of the country. Talk about Om Puri, I don't need to say anything about his as he had small but very important roll and he done it very well.

    Overall it was a very good comedy movie with some emotional scene in the end, you can enjoy with the pop corn. So I suggest go and watch this one.

    But this was not just the comedy movie, there were some serious messages in the movie that I request you all to consider it.
    8aimenoon

    Sets the bar

    A totally out of the blue with a powerful duo . sure to leave you laughing and aware of the problems day to day Pakistanis feel. Would love more films like this

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      This film is Lollywood debut of Om Puri

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    • Release date
      • September 13, 2016 (Pakistan)
    • Country of origin
      • Pakistan
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    • Language
      • Urdu
    • Filming locations
      • Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
    • Production company
      • Filmwala Pictures
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      • $800,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $144,654
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      1 hour 56 minutes
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