{"id":45724,"date":"2024-08-21T14:09:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=45724"},"modified":"2024-08-21T14:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T09:09:20","slug":"box-office-giant-the-legend-of-maula-jatt-likely-to-release-in-india-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/box-office-giant-the-legend-of-maula-jatt-likely-to-release-in-india-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Box office giant &#8216;The Legend of Maula Jatt&#8217; likely to release in India next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI:<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Fawad <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Khan<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0starrer Pakistani blockbuster film<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8216;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/showbiz\/hrithik-roshan-on-mahira-khans-look-in-the-legend-of-maula-jatt-love-it\/\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Legend of Maula Jatt<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216; <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is set to release in India next month, India-based weekly magazine <em>India Today <\/em>reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The film is most likely to hit theatres in neighboring India on September 20, delighting fans who have been eagerly waiting for the film&#8217;s release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Earlier, Pakistan&#8217;s most successful film TLOMJ <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">was going to be released in India in <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">December<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a02022. However, after facing opposition from Hindu far-right groups and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">film&#8217;s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> release was <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">canceled<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Following its international success, speculation is rife that a leading Indian film production house, possibly Zee Studios, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is planning<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to release this highly anticipated film in India on September 20, 2024,\u00a0<em>India Today\u00a0<\/em>reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Directed by Bilal Lashari,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a Punjab-language action drama film featuring Hamza Ali Abbasi, Mahira Khan, and Humaima Malik<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> was released worldwide on October 13, 2022. The film, which earned <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rs400 Crore at the box office worldwide, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">is the <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">remake of the<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Nasir Adeeb written 1979 film<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> &#8216;<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maula Jat<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">t<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8216;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The last Pakistani film to get a theatrical release in India was Bol <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">starring<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Mahira in 2011. Before that was Ramchand Pakistani <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">starring<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Nandita Das and Rashid Farooqi in 2008. Khuda Kay Liye, which included Fawad in the ensemble cast alongside Naseeruddin Shah, was <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">released<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pakistani films, however, have been screened at festivals in India. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In November this year, the Dharamshala International Film Festival screened Saim <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sadiq\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Joyland, <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">which is<\/span> <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pakistan\u2019s<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> official entry in the international film category at the 95th Academy Awards.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MUMBAI:\u00a0Fawad Khan\u00a0starrer Pakistani blockbuster film &#8216;The Legend of Maula Jatt&#8216; is set to release in India next month, India-based weekly magazine India Today reported. The film is most likely to hit theatres in neighboring India on September 20, delighting fans who have been eagerly waiting for the film&#8217;s release. Earlier, Pakistan&#8217;s most successful film TLOMJ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":45728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3410,20687,20688],"class_list":["post-45724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showbiz","tag-fawad-khan","tag-the-legend-of-maula-jatt","tag-tlomj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45729,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45724\/revisions\/45729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}