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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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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
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    2.9K
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    • 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
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    User reviews34

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    8khurramarif

    excellent movie!

    The whole movies was great to watch. The acting of mehvish Hayyat is awesome. The lines are excellent. The superb performance by Fahad Mustafa is treat to watch. Nice to see Om puri, he has done a great job by pulling off the role. A great entertainer. Some special appearance of celebrities made the movie look even better. Must watch a complete Entertainment. Best comedy, great laughter, altogether the film is a must watch. The location showed the old city of lights Karachi, some excellent, popular places are sot beautifully. The time spend at theater watching Actor is Law is worth spending. Highly recommended to watch and enjoy the comedy especially mehvish Hayyatt Performanc is worth mentioning.
    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.
    10yaseen-16789

    Exceptional and Unique

    Genius story and extraordinary acting by Fahad Mustafa.

    I feel like whoever doesn't watch it will miss out.

    The movie is based in Karachi, Pakistan and is true to the culture of the city. It's genuine and heart-warming.

    I'd recommend it it to non-Pakistanis too if you're going for something unique and entertaining.

    The songs are on point too with Rahat FAK and Atif Aslam.

    The standout part of the film has to be the plot. The story is unparalleled. The wannabe actor embarks on a career as a lawyer using his acting skills to be successful. The film takes a sharp turn when the hero's credentials are questioned, although he fought for the masses against the powerful. The hero's acting is flawless and he is supported well by the female lead and the others. There's a lot of comedy that complements the story. The movie appeals to your emotions too and delivers a message. The songs make you wanna dance.

    It leaves you with good vibes.
    7mohidsing

    International Standards: Average Movie; Pakistan Standards: Above Average

    Well, I am one of those people who desperately urge Pakistan Cinema to revive. So if some movie does not add to that objective I feel sad about it and If any movie is doing good I kind of feel excited about it.

    Talking specifically about this movie. There are goods and not-so- goods about it. In comparison to Pakistan movie standards for Direction, it was excellent. Song picturisation was neatly arranged, precise, having aesthetic values. All the songs were surprisingly catchy and fitted very well with situation. The short appearance of Nabil was refreshing and it was good to know that he could dance. The first half of the movie was funny and absorbing. Only for a moment, I felt it was dragging a little but otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed it. We would not expect Nabil to lack on humor anyway. There are other things though that I will be discussing in the next paras. In addition to the humor, the idea of addressing public issues impacted well and helped in engaging the audience.

    Movie after intermission where Nabil needed to take the story to Climax and give us a happy ending, everyone could see what's coming. There was no surprise. In fact, the only surprise was that there was no surprise at all. Still, movie took so much time to reach and get passed the obvious movements.

    The script overall did not have required depth in context of movie plot. Only at one point where they were specifically searching for a provision of law the writer does not seem to have subject matter knowledge. How court systems work, what kind of arguments and language is spoken in court of law; where judge should overrule or sustain the objections etc. Anyways we should not be expecting Pakistani movies to be comparable with international movies,where internationally they hire subject matter specialists to aid the writing of scripts and directorial details etc.

    Fahad is an excellent actor but Mehwish needs to work on her acting a lot, like a hell lot. And what was Om Puri doing in the movie ??? His work, his dialogues should have been more strong to give an impact to his celebrated appearance especially given the fact that some of the movie posters were Only showing Om Puri. His final punch was too superficial, clichéd and short.If I am director of the movie I would spend hell lot of time and effort to give that scene proper depth, emotional appeal, technical correctness, comprehensive precision and summing up to make the audience awe about the whole movie.

    On overall basis, I would recommend watching this movie but I expect better work can be done with the given resources.
    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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    • 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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