The Legend of Maula Jatt: Analysts criticise cinema owners for not screening record-breaking movie
Film analysts and showbiz personalities criticised some cinema owners for not screening the record-breaking movie, The Legend of Maula Jatt.
Film analysts and showbiz personalities have criticised some cinema owners for not screening the record-breaking movie, The Legend of Maula Jatt, whereas, they also appealed to the cinema-goers to not share video clips of the flick on social media platforms.
A film analyst Mahwish Ajaz said on Twitter, “Can this issue also be resolved asap. The film isn’t playing in many cinemas. A large chunk of cinemas in #Karachi are not showing #TheLegendofMaulaJatt & similar comments from #Islamabad. Whatever the issue is hope it is fixed soon, public should be able to see this film now.”
Can this issue also be resolved asap. The film isn’t playing in many cinemas. A large chunk of cinemas in #Karachi are not showing #TheLegendofMaulaJatt & similar comments from #Islamabad. Whatever the issue is hope it is fixed soon, public should be able to see this film now. pic.twitter.com/18ZP5bILN0
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) October 14, 2022
Director Wajahat Rauf also shared his disappointment over some cinema owners for not screening The Legend of Maula Jatt in major cinemas of Pakistan. He wrote on Instagram, “70 per cent cinemas not playing The Legend of Maula Jatt. This is bizarre, sad and cruel. While the government and opposition are busy throwing mud at each other obviously no interest in the arts, our cinema will die a second time if not regulated immediately. Phir kehte hein softer image promote karo…”
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Filmmaker Nabeel Qureshi highlighted another issue of leaking video clips of the movie on social media. He wrote on Twitter, “Absolutely! This is has become a norm, if u like the movie ! Share the poster or a image but do not share clips on insta/snap & please do not think its normal to rec videos on ur insta or snap story during movie. Its illegal/unethical”
Absolutely! This is has become a norm, if u like the movie ! Share the poster or a image but do not share clips on insta/snap & please do not think its normal to rec videos on ur insta or snap story during movie. Its illegal/unethical https://t.co/Uz5dsCOM87
— Nabeel Qureshi (@nabeelqureshi) October 14, 2022
Mahwish Ajaz also said on Twitter yesterday, “Can’t someone pls stop people from uploading clips of #thelegendofmaulajutt on social media? This is ridiculous, I haven’t seen the film and I’m avoiding everything abt it until I see it because I want my review to be as balanced as possible. Pls stop uploading the clips!”
She added, “Media from the film uploaded to social media should be disabled by the copyright owner, YouTube also has similar policies — also how are cinemas allowing this! Pls do something @AmmaraHikmat @blashari #TheLegendofMaulaJatt”
Can’t someone pls stop people from uploading clips of #thelegendofmaulajutt on social media? This is ridiculous, I haven’t seen the film and I’m avoiding everything abt it until I see it because I want my review to be as balanced as possible. Pls stop uploading the clips!
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) October 13, 2022
Film critics and analysts declared ‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ a super-hit movie of Lollywood – a remake of blockbuster Sultan Rahi-starer Punjabi movie “Maula Jatt”.
Pakistan’s biggest and most expensive Punjabi film in Lollywood was released on October 13. It is the remake of the blockbuster Punjabi movie, Maula Jatt.
The movie reportedly shattered several records as it earned a whopping over Rs90 million on its first day of release, 4.9 crores domestically and 4.4 internationally on 420 screens all over the world.
The movie is released across Pakistan on 100+ screens in all the major cities, 43 screens in USA and 82 screens in the UK.
According to Ethnat, The Legend of Maula Jatt becomes the first ever Pakistani film to get over more than 420 overseas screens. It also became the first Pakistani movie released in Saudi Arabia. While Bilal Lashari’s directorial film is releasing in almost 30+ countries, unfortunately, The Legend of Maula Jatt is not releasing in India.
It registers a big upset by breaking the record of Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2. From within Pakistan, Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali Abbasi‘s starrer The Legend Of Maula Jatt collected 4.4 Crore on its opening day. This film has broken the record of Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2, which had set the record for the highest collection of 2.9 crores on its first day.
This movie also broke another record that was previously held by Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 (JPNA 2). It has dethroned JPNA 2, which held a record for the most prominent overseas opening for any Pakistani film with a whopping collection of Rs. 2.2 crore PKR. The Legend Of Maula Jatt movie has just thrashed this record by collecting Rs. 4.9 Crore.
