{"id":224372,"date":"2019-05-15T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=224372"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:43:34","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T08:43:34","slug":"yasir-akhtar-is-returning-to-the-big-screen-with-azaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/yasir-akhtar-is-returning-to-the-big-screen-with-azaad\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasir Akhtar is Returning to the Big Screen with &#8220;Azaad&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yasir Akhtar, the face behind numerous iconic productions and songs from the yesteryear, is returning to our screens with another brilliant idea.<\/p>\n<p>This time around the multi-talented star is going to introduce a series of films under one banner.<\/p>\n<p>Yasir said he would release a series of movies called \u2018Multinational Films\u2019 starring a mix of artists from Pakistan and various other locales in the world. The first installment of the series named <em>Azaad<\/em> is coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about his latest innovative idea, the actor said <em>Azaad<\/em> was shot in London under the banner of <em>Motion Content Group and Pegasus Productions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>During an exclusive interview with The Nation, the talented actor said \u2018Multinational Films\u2019 will be shot and produced abroad \u2013 mostly in the UK, USA, and UAE.<\/p>\n<p>He said the films will feature both experienced faces from Pakistan and young but talented actors from foreign countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>His idea is to introduce new faces to the industry and polish their skills while working alongside the industry veterans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yasir said the \u2018Multinational Films\u2019 will be 100-minute movies based on different true stories on various subjects.<\/p>\n<p>These films will air on several TV channels on special occasions including all other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the idea, he said,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI believe that so much can be shared by merging new and renowned talents and depicting cultural issues faced by many silently. My goal is to shine a light to these cultural divides, and give the audience a taste of international storytelling.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sharing some insights into <em>Azaad<\/em>, Yasir said the movie revolves around the love triangle between two brothers and their Anglo-Asian neighbor who grew up together in England after their mother fled from Pakistan in their early childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Yasir Akhtar himself, the movie Azaad stars cross-border talent and was shot in England in December last year.<\/p>\n<p>The film features Yasir Akhtar, Moomal Sheikh, Gagan Chopra and Parveen Akbar in lead roles. The film will be released soon.<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.com.pk\/15-May-2019\/yasir-akhtar-strikes-back-with-another-trendsetter-multi-national-films\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Nation<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasir Akhtar, the face behind numerous iconic productions and songs from the yesteryear, is returning to our screens with another brilliant idea. This time around the multi-talented star is going to introduce a series of films under one banner. Yasir said he would release a series of movies called \u2018Multinational Films\u2019 starring a mix of artists from Pakistan and various [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/yasir-akhtar-is-returning-to-the-big-screen-with-azaad\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":224375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,1293,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-lollywood","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"Azaad is coming soon.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Azaad-cast-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Azaad-cast-758x451.jpg",758,451,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Azaad-cast.jpg",840,500,false]},"author_name":"Raza Rizvi","categories_name":["Featured","Lollywood","TV &amp; Film"],"title_text":"Yasir Akhtar is Returning to the Big Screen with \u201cAzaad\u201d","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,1293,1297&exclude=224372","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224372"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=224372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}