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Janaan

2016 · 133 min

A warm, bustling wedding comedy that turns earnest and heartfelt as family secrets and a fight for justice test new love.

Directed by
Azfar Jafri
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Armeena Khan, Ali Rehman Khan, Bilal Ashraf
Overview
The story of a Pakhtun girl who returns from Canada to attend her cousin's wedding in Swat, Pakistan and falls in love.

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Directed by
Azfar Jafri
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Armeena Khan, Ali Rehman Khan, Bilal Ashraf
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • identity
  • justice
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, comedy
Directed by
Azfar Jafri
Written by
Osman Khalid Butt
Starring
Armeena Khan, Ali Rehman Khan, Bilal Ashraf, Hania Aamir, Usman Mukhtar, Nayyar Ejaz, Sameer Ajab Gul, Mishi Khan
Runtime
133 min
Country
Pakistan
Languages
English, Pushto, Urdu

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