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Maula Jatt is an incredible Pakistani epic that deserves to be seen and appreciated world over. With an outstanding cast and contemporarily relevant, almost feminist script, the film is thoroughly entertaining. The critique of society not taking a stand for the downtrodden and the underdog in Pakistan still stands.

The film is a remake of the Pakistani classic with heavy influence from Game of Thrones, but really holds its own.

Faris Shaf and, Umaima Malik stole the show.

I really hope the Indian Punjabi speaking public also gets to enjoy the film. It really is the best Punjabi film of the year for sure.

This has to be one of the best films of 2022. Tilda Swinton and Edris Alba both give stellar performances in this tale of the Djinn who grants three wishes to his liberator. The film is marvelously directed with clarity in storytelling and a breathtaking production design. The soundtrack alone is a masterclass. The films unfolds like middle eastern folklore with story within a story and each one gives you an insight into the characters and into the nature of love itself.

The film takes us to modern day Turkey and uses Middle Eastern and North African history and mythology very respectfully. The production design is at once fantastical and believable. Not since Tarsem Singh has a film visually moved me so much.

It needs to be seen in the cinema.

Indus Blues is breathtakingly beautiful, It is a tale of dying cultures across Pakistan - a country that has traded culture and beauty for Wahabism and 18th century colonial prudishness. The film is very bold in its attempt to document the struggles of folk music in a country that has literally started to look at music as something haram (forbidden). Bravo! Everyone needs to watch this film.