The revival of Pakistan's film industry (Review of Actor in law)

Review of Actor-In-Law.

By Rebecca Ursani.

This evening I went to watch this movie expecting it to be a comic movie only but it was way too above my expectations. This Lollywood movie directed by Nabeel Qureshi with Fahad Mustafa, Mehwish Hayat and Om Puri in lead roles did a very nice job. This movie actually highlighted the main problems Pakistan is going through. The story is about an ordinary guy whose only dream is to become an actor and he is really passionate about it but his father is likely to mock him all the time for not becoming a lawyer like he is and thinking about achieving some very stupid profession like acting. In the beginning Fahad, despite of giving so many auditions finds himself rejected. After some time he happens to fight a case for the rights of poor people and luckily wins the case and thinks of himself as a capable actor. 

The days go on and he becomes famous for fighting for public interest and winning the cases constantly. On the other hand, Mehwish Hayat is a journalist and belongs to Parsi community and she is the one who records Fahad while he is fighting some case and gets him on TV channels. Meanwhile Om Puri is gone on Hajj pilgrimage, Fahad enjoys his constant victory. On Om Puri’s return he finds out about his son’s drama he had been playing after him and kicks him out of his home disappointingly. When Mehwish figures out about Fahad’s reality, she records a video in his defense, saying that nobody cares about what he did for public interest but now as his real face is exposed, everyone has stepped against him. In the end Fahad’s case is fought by his own father and surprisingly the win the case and Fahad is released of accusation. The story ends with Fahad proposing Mehwish.

All the weaknesses of our society have been showed in this movie. How a woman is bound to live according to the men in his life and how a woman cannot speak for her own right because of IZZAT of her family, the load shedding which has become like a life partner of our lives now sadly, how politicians react before and after the elections and so on. 

 I personally liked Fahad a lot in this movie. Mehwish was better in this movie than Jawani Phir Nahi Ani. The music was good but not extraordinary. Picturization and production was really well too. I actually enjoyed this movie a lot that I had to write a review on this.