Waar
| Waar | |
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| وار | |
| Directed by | Bilal Lashari |
| Written by | Hassan Rana |
| Produced by | Hassan Rana Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bilal Lashari |
| Edited by | Bilal Lashari |
| Music by | Amir Munawar |
Production company | MindWorks Media |
| Distributed by | ARY Films Mandviwalla Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Languages | English Urdu |
| Budget | Rs. 170 million (US$610,000) |
| Box office | Rs. 346.5 million (US$1.2 million) |
Waar (Urdu: وار Wār; IPA: [ʋɑːr], transl. The Strike) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and co-produced by Rana and Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Aisha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles. The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack.
It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts in the war on terror, including the war in north-west Pakistan and the 2009 Lahore police academy attack.
It was one of Pakistan's highest anticipated films at the time of its release and opened to positive reviews and is the twelfth highest-grossing Pakistani film.
On 7 December 2013 ARY Films and MindWorks Media announced a sequel titled, Waar 2, but ultimately stalled in development.