Fahad Mustafa’s take on film industry’s downfall

ISLAMABAD – May 13 (ONLINE) Leading Pakistan actor and host Fahad Mustafa has recently talked in detail about Pakistan’s film industry.

In a show with his fellow actor Nauman Ijaz, Fahad shared his thoughts about film industry.

““I think we were doing well, our films were witnessing growth until 2019.

Actually, things eventually went bad. I think the businesses that grow rapidly, also fall down rapidly, the evil eye struck us, and things got worsened during COVID-19.

Also, the political situation has hit us really badly after which Indian films were banned, it affected cinema. In Pakistan, the TV industry has a very deep bond with the audience. The film industry does not have that.” Fahad told host.

On a question about local filmmakers’ work, he said, “If I will ask you to name five good films, you will not be able to tell about them and If I will ask you about films’ songs, even the singers here will not be able to answer about them, which pretty much tells that we haven’t delivered anything significant yet.

Accepting our mistakes is good, that way, we can move forward. We need to make 70 to 80 films per year, out of which 10 to 15 of the films should be the films that can be owned by us. From the rest, one filmmaker will be filtered out each year who’ll struggle to do better next time.”