Punjab Nahi Jaungi Movie Details:
| Urdu title | پنجاب نہیں جاؤں گی |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu, Punjabi |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Release date | 1 September 2017 (Pakistan) |
| Running time | 2hr 39min |
| Starring | Humayun Saeed Mehwish Hayat Urwa Hocane |
| Directed by | Nadeem Baig Muhammad Umer Jamal |
| Written by | Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar |
| Produced by | Humayun Saeed Salman Iqbal Hassan Saeed Shahzad Nasib |
| Cinematography by | Suleman Razzaq |
| Edited by | Rizwan AQ |
| Music by | Shani Arshad |
| Production Company | Six Sigma Plus Salman Iqbal films |
| Distributor | ARY Films |
Punjab Nahi Jaungi Movie Cast & Characters:
- Humayun Saeed as Chaudhry Fawad Khagga
- Sohail Ahmed as Mehtab Khagga
- Mehwish Hayat as Amal Dastoor
- Saba Hameed as Firdous Khagga
- Navid Shahzad as Bebo Ji aka Nikatara
- Urwa Hocane as Durdana Butt
- Ahmed Ali Butt as Shafique Ahmed
- Waseem Abbas as Jawad Khagga
- Azfar Rehman as Vasay
- Behroze Sabzwari as Dastoor Ahmed
- Safina Sheikh as Mrs. Dastoor Ahmed
- Bashar Amir Shafi as Farhan (Dastoor’s son) (child artist)
- Adnan Shah Tipu as Shaukat Ali (cameo appearance)
- Syed Mohammad Ahmed as a lawyer (special appearance)
- Marina Khan (as a lady in the restaurant) (special appearance)
- Fahad Rehmani (as a man in the restaurant) (special appearance)
- Ushna Shah (special appearance in song “Raat Ka Nasha”)
- Muhammad Umer Jamal
Storyline:
Mehtab Khagga and his family have had generation-old ties of love and friendship with Bebojee and her family despite them belonging to 2 different worlds. Fawad Khagga, grandson of Mehtab Khagga, falls in love with his beloved Bebojee’s granddaughter, Amal. He vows to win Amal through the sheer strength of his love. What follows is a test of love, friendship, and family and Fawad’s ultimate quest to bring Amal with him to Punjab.
Punjab Nahi Jaungi Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Worldwide Collection | Rs. 516.5 million (US$1.8 million) |
About Punjab Nahi Jaungi Movie:
Punjab Nahi Jaungi is a Pakistani romantic comedy film directed by Nadeem Baig and written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar. It stars Humayun Saeed and Mehwish Hayat alongside Sohail Ahmed, Saba Hameed, and Urwa Hocane in pivotal roles
The film was a joint production between ARY Films and Humayun Saeed’s production house Six Sigma Plus.
The film also has renowned Pakistani television actors, such as Urwa Hocane, Ahmed Ali Butt, Saba Hameed, Sohail Ahmed, Azfar Rehman, Naveed Shehzad, Behroze Sabzwari, Safeena Sheikh, Samina Peerzada and Waseem Abbass.
Iman Ali was first chosen as the female lead but was replaced by Mehwish Hayat. However, Saeed later clarified that Iman Ali was never officially a part of the film that they were just in talks, and that he and Iman Ali mutually agreed that she would not be cast in this film.
Sohai Ali Abro was initially approached for Durdana’s role which she refused to do. Talking about this, Saeed asserted, “We did approach Sohai for Urwa’s role but she wasn’t comfortable doing it. Maybe she expected a bigger role and this just wasn’t delivering it.”
The filming took place in the city of Faisalabad, while architectural masterpieces from Bahawalpur, like Darbar Mahal and Gulzar Mahal, were used in some of the scenes.
Most of the filming took place in the cities of Faisalabad, Lahore, and Karachi.
The film’s trailer was released online on 6 July 2017. Within 48 hours, it had over 1 million views and trended at number 1 on YouTube Pakistan for several days and has also crossed up to 6 million views to date.
Punjab Nahi Jaungi was theatrically released worldwide on the festival of Eid al-Adha, 1 September 2017. The film had a premiere event at Nuplex Cinema, Karachi, on 29 August 2017.
With a worldwide gross of over Rs. 51.65 crore (US$1.8 million), it remained the highest grossing Pakistani film until beaten by Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2.
Its spin-off to the film titled, London Nahi Jaunga released to mixed reviews.
