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Waar is a Pakistanais film of genre Drama directed by Bilal Lashari with Shaan Shahid
Waar (2013)
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Add to a movie listWaar (Wār; [ʋɑːr], meaning "The Strike") is a 2013 Pakistani action-drama film directed by Bilal Lashari and written and produced by Hassan Rana. The film features Shaan Shahid, Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan and Kamran Lashari. It is the second highest-grossing Pakistani film after Jawani Phir Nahi Ani. The film is a stylized depiction of events surrounding the war on terror in Pakistan, including the attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009.
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Major Mujtaba Rizvi (played by Shaan Shahid) is a former Pakistan Army officer, who took an early retirement from the service. The plot involves a counter-terrorism operation being conducted in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan, led by Ehtesham Khattak (played by Hamza Ali Abbasi) and coordinated by his sister, Javeria Khattak (played by Ayesha Khan), an intelligence officer. Ehtesham and Javeria come to know of a major terrorist attack that can only be countered with the help of Major Mujtaba.Actors
Shaan Shahid
(Mujtaba)
Shamoon Abbasi
(Ramal, Indian spy agency Research and Analysis Wing's operative)
Ayesha Khan
(Javeria Khattak)
Meesha Shafi
(Lakshmi (alias Zoya))
Hamza Ali Abbasi
(Ehtesham Khattak, O/C Field Operations CTG)
Bilal Lashari
(Ali (Sniper man))
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