List of Pakistani films of 2016 explained

This is a partial list of Pakistani films scheduled to release in 2016:

Highest-grossing films

See also: List of highest-grossing Pakistani films. The top 10 films released in 2016 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Background color indicates the current releases

Highest-grossing films of 2016

Rank	Title	Studio	Gross	Ref.
1.	Actor in Law
2.	Janaan	IRK Films
3.	Ho Mann Jahaan	The Vision Factory Films
4.	Lahore Se Aagey	Showcase Films, AN Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
5.	Dobara Phir Se	ARY Films
6.	Bachaana	Big Film Entertainment
7.	Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay	RC Films Kingfisher Films
8.		Waadi Animations		^[1]
9.		Media Hub		^[2]
10.	Jeewan Hathi	Matteela Films

Events

Award ceremonies

Date	Event	Host	Location	Ref.
16 April	2nd ARY Film Awards	ARY Digital Network	Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE	^[3] ^[4]
23 April	4th Hum Awards	Hum Network Limited	Expo Center, Karachi, Sindh	^[5]
29 July	15th Lux Style Awards	Lux Style Awards	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	^[6]
27 October	1st Hum Style Awards	Hum Style Awards	Expo Center Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan	^[7]

Releases

January – April

Opening		Title	Genre	Director	Cast	Ref.
J A N
	1	Ho Mann Jahaan	Musical/Romance		Adeel Hussain, Mahira Khan, Sheheryar Munawar, Sonya Jehan, Bushra Ansari, Nimra Bucha, Arshad Mehmood, Munawar Siddiqui, Jamal Shah	^[8]
F E B	26	Bachaana	Romance-thriller	Nasir Khan	Mohib Mirza, Sanam Saeed, Adeel Hashmi	^[9]
A P R	8	Maalik	Action-thriller		Ashir Azeem, Farhan Ali Agha, Sajid Hassan, Shakeel Hussain Khan, Hassan Niazi, Adnan Shah Tipu, Mohammed Ehteshamuddin, Rashid Farooqi, Tatmain ul Qalb, Mariam Ansari, Pakiza, Lubna Aslam	^[10]
	22		Romantic-thriller	Farooq Mengal		^[11]

May – August

Opening		Title	Genre	Director	Cast	Ref.
M A Y	6	Mah e Mir	Biographical			^[12]
	13	Hotal	Psycho-Thriller	Khalid Hasan Khan	Meera, Anees Raja, Jasmine Sandlas, Nasreen Jaan, Baila Naz, Wiam Dahmani, Tariq Jamal	^[13]
	20	Aksbandh	Horror	Emran Hussain	Bilal Yousufzai, Danial Afzal, Saud Imtiaz, Ayaz Samoo, Shehzeen Rahat, Mahrukh Rizvi, Arshad Ali	^[14]
J U L	6	Sawaal 700 Crore Dollar Ka	Action-Thriller	Jamshed Jan Mohammad	Ghulam Mohiuddin, Javaid Sheikh, Shamoon Abbasi, Ismail Tara, Nayyar Ejaz, Iftikhar Thakur, Ali Mohiuddin, Qurat Ul Ain
	22	Ishq Positive	Romantic comedy			^[15]
		Revenge of the Worthless	Action drama		Jamal Shah, Ayub Khoso, Firdous Jamal, Shamyl Khan, Maira Khan, Emel Karakose, Asif Shah, Asaldin Khan, Imran Tareen, Iram, Shehrbano, Abdul Rahim, Najeebullah Anjum, Tariq Jamal, Arshad, Sultan, Kaleemullah, Qazi Zubair, Wafa Khan, Rafique, Marjan	^[16]
A U G	5	Dance Kahani	Dance	Omar Hassan	Madeleine Hanna, Alamdar Khan, Vernin U'chong	^[17]
		Blind Love	Romantic	Faisal Bukhari	Yasir Shah, Mathira, Nimra Khan, Aamir Qureshi, Fawad Jalal, Imran Bukhari	^[18]
	24	A Wedding	Drama		Lina El Arabi,, Babak Karimi, Neena Kulkarni, Olivier Gourmet, Alice de Lencquesaing,, and Aurora Marion	^[19] ^[20]

September - December

Opening		Title	Genre	Director	Cast	Ref.
S E P	2	Teri Meri Love Story	Romantic comedy			^[21]
	13	Janaan	Romance drama, Comedy			^[22]
		Actor in Law	Socio Comedy			^[23]
		Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hay	Romance drama			^[24]
O C T	28		Mystery, Action-Drama	Hashim Nadeem	Imran Abbas, Sadia Khan, Hameed Sheikh, Sajid Hassan, Imran Tareen, Saleem Mughal, Zuhab Khan	^[25]
N O V	4	Jeewan Hathi	Dark Comedy		Hina Dilpazeer, Naseeruddin Shah, Samiya Mumtaz, Saife Hassan, Fawad Khan, Adnan Jaffar, Nimra Bucha, Kiran Tabeer, Jahangir Khan, Nazarul Hassan	^[26] ^[27]
	11	Lahore Se Aagey	Road, Comedy	Wajahat Rauf	Yasir Hussain, Saba Qamar, Mubashir Malik, Rubina Ashraf, Behroze Sabzwari, Atiqa Odho, Abdullah Farhatullah, Hasan Rizvi, Omer Sultan, Ashir Wajahat, Ahmed Ali	^[28]
	18	Rahm			Sanam Saeed, Rohail Pirzada, Sunil Shankar, Sajid Hasan, Nayyar Ejaz, Seerat Jafri, Khalid Butt	^[29] ^[30]
	25	Dobara Phir Se	Romance drama			^[31]
D E C	1	Gardaab	Romance Drama	Harune Massey	Amna Ilyas, Fawad Khan (Theatre Actor), Gohar Rasheed, Adnan Shah Tipu, Nimra Bucha, Naseeruddin Shah (Cameo)	^[32]
		8969	Murder Mystery Thriller	Azeem Sajjad	Saba Qamar, Sadaf Hamid, Anam Malik, Hussain Tiwana, Sama Shah, Haseeb Khan, Oun Sarvar, Ali Jabran Khan	^[33]
		Salute (2016 film)	Biographical		Ali Mohtesham as Aitzaz Hasan, Ajab Gul, Saima Noor, Imran Khan, Adnan Khan, Nayyar Ejaz, Rashid Mehmood, Pervaiz Kaleem, Jalal Haider	^[34]
	3	Oye Kuch Kar Guzar	Online/Comedy	Harris Rasheed	Ali Safina, Uzair Jaswal, Ushna Shah, Mahjabeen Habib	^[35]
	15		Animated Thriller				^[36]
	16	Saya e Khuda e Zuljalal		Umair Fazli		^[37]

See also

• 2016 in Pakistan

External links

• Search Pakistani film - IMDB.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: Boxoffice History : 3 Bahadur Series Always Delivers Big. 13 December 2018.
2. Web site: 'Maalik' collects Rs20m in six days. 14 April 2016.
3. Web site: It's official: ARY Film Awards 2016 to be held in Dubai!. ARY News. 17 January 2016. 28 January 2016.
4. Web site: ARY Film Awards are back...this time in Dubai. HIP. 31 December 2016. 28 January 2016.
5. Web site: It's official: ARY Film Awards 2016 to be held in Dubai!. 25 March 2016. HIP. 11 April 2016.
6. News: Glamorous, credible 'Lux Style Awards 2016' today. 31 July 2016. The News International.
7. Web site: Desk . Entertainment . Here's everything that happened at the first Hum Style Awards 2016 - The Express Tribune . Tribune.com.pk . 2016-10-28 . 2017-09-20.
8. Web site: Mahira Khan's "Ho Mann Jahaan" to be released on January 1, 2016. Daily Pakistan. 7 October 2015. Ali Zain. 7 October 2015.
9. News: Sanam Saeed-Mohib Mirza starrer Bachaana set for a February 26 release. 5 January 2016. DAWN.com.
10. News: The story of every Pakistani : 'Maalik' all set to release on April 8. 21 March 2016. Daily Times.
11. News: 'Hijrat' to release on April 22. 21 March 2016. The Express Tribune.
12. News: 'Mah-e-Meer' to hit theatres on May 6. 19 April 2016. The Express Tribune.
13. Web site: Another Meera shocker: actress to pen a tell-all book. ARY News. 12 May 2016. 19 July 2016.
14. News: Pakistan's first found footage film to release May 20. 5 May 2016. The Express Tribune.
15. Web site: Noor Bukhari's 'Ishq Positive' set to release on July 22nd. HiP. 15 June 2016. 9 July 2016.
16. Web site: Revenge of the worthless to release on 22nd. The Nation. 3 July 2016. 9 July 2016.
17. News: Dance Kahani: One-of-a-kind film set to release this August. 11 July 2016. Daily Pakistan. Nazish Kanwal.
18. Web site: Film on Aitezaz Hassan to be out on August 5. The Express Tribune. 4 July 2016. Rahul Aijaz. 11 July 2016.
19. Web site: Press Kit. A Wedding team. 2019-12-01. - French version
20. Web site: Noces. https://web.archive.org/web/20160901070414/http://www.filmfrancophone.fr/portfolio-item/noces/. dead. 2016-09-01. . 2019-12-01. - The first date shown is the first ever showing of the film, making it the premiere date.
21. Web site: Trailer out: Teri Meri Love Story appears to be a major letdown - The Express Tribune. 23 July 2016.
22. Web site: B4U to distribute 'Janaan' internationally on Eid-Ul-Adha. HiP. 29 May 2016. Ahmed Sarym. 23 July 2016.
23. Web site: Om Puri's first Pakistani film to release on Eidul Azha. The Express Tribune. 10 January 2016 . 26 June 2016.
24. News: A Cinematic Year Ahead. 23 July 2016. The News International. Buraq Shabbir.
25. Web site: Distribution Club to release one Pakistani film every month - The Express Tribune. 5 October 2016.
26. Web site: The media's dark side reflects our own, and other lessons Jeewan Hathi teaches us - Film & TV - Images . 8 November 2016 . Images.dawn.com . 2017-09-20.
27. Web site: Cinemas step back from 'free refreshment' promised at Jeewan Hathi's show - Entertainment - Dunya News . Dunyanews.tv . 2016-11-08 . 2017-09-20.
28. News: Lahore Se Aagey poster: Saba Qamar, Yasir Hussain all set for a fun journey. 23 July 2016. The Express Tribune.
29. Web site: It's raining films: Sanam Saeed starrer Rahm to release on November 18. 10 November 2016.
30. Web site: Syeda Ifrah Abbas . Filmy November: 4 Pakistani Films coming your way! . November 2016 . Galaxylollywood.com . 2017-09-20.
31. News: Dobara Phir Se release. 17 September 2016. DAWN.com.
32. Web site: Two years after the release of 'Zinda Bhaag', production house Mateela Films is back in action - The Express Tribune. 12 June 2015.
33. Web site: Azeem Sajjad's '8969' to release on December 2 - Entertainment - Dunya News . Dunyanews.tv . 2016-11-09 . 2017-09-20.
34. Web site: Salute delayed...again!. 2 September 2016.
35. Web site: Pakistani first online film: Oye!! Kuch Kar Guzar - .thenewstribe.com. 12 June 2015.
36. Web site: Desk . Entertainment . Trailer of '3 Bahadur - The Revenge of Baba Balaam' released - The Express Tribune . Tribune.com.pk . 2016-08-04 . 2017-09-20.
37. Web site: Saya-e-Khuda-e-Zuljalal to release on December 16th 2016 . December 2016 .