Lollywood

Lollywood
Lollywood
Main distributors	ARY Films; Hum Films; Geo Films; Urdu1 films; PTV Films; Six Sigma Plus; MD Productions; Eveready Pictures;
Produced feature films (2023)
Total	100+

Lollywoodis Pakistan's film industry, which has served as the base for bothUrdu- andPunjabi-language film production.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Lahore has been the center ofPakistani cinemasinceindependencein 1947. However, with Urdu film hub largely shifting toKarachiby 2007, film industry in Lahore became synonymous with Pakistani Punjabi film Industry.^{[citation needed]}

The word "Lollywood" is aportmanteauof "Lahore"and"Hollywood",coined in 1989 byGlamourmagazine gossip columnist Saleem Nasir, and is usually used comparatively with respect to other film industries inSouth Asian cinema.

Etymology

"Lollywood" is aportmanteauderived from Lahore and "Hollywood", ashorthand referencefor theAmerican film industry,Hollywood.

History

Prior to the 1947partition of Indiainto theRepublic of IndiaandPakistan,the Lahore film industry was initially part of theBritish Raj-eracinema of India.TheBombay cinemaindustry (now known as Hindi cinema or "Bollywood" in modern India) was closely linked to the Lahore film industry, as both produced films in theHindustani language,also known as Hindi-Urdu, thelingua francaof northern and centralBritish India.^[11]Many actors, filmmakers and musicians from the Lahore industry migrated to the Bombay industry during the 1940s, including actorsK. L. Saigal,Prithviraj Kapoor,Dilip KumarandDev Anandas well as playback singersMohammed Rafi,NoorjahanandShamshad Begum.^[12]After the 1947 partition and the foundation of Pakistan, the Lahore film industry transitioned to becoming the centre of the newPakistani cinema.

Films

Lollywood films in Punjabi were most popular in the 1960s and are often referred to as thegolden ageof Pakistani Punjabi cinema.^[13]

Casts and crews

References

^"Have Urdu films taken over Lollywood? Insiders weigh in".The Express Tribune.26 December 2018.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan's 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'".Scroll.in.15 January 2019.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"Ejaz Durrani — Lollywood's favourite Ranjha".Dawn.8 March 2021.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"The Last of Pakistan's Cinema Artists".Vice.26 May 2020.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"Goonda raj".The Express Tribune.25 November 2012.Retrieved20 February2022.The real-life characters behind the goonda and gandasa era of Lollywood... The scene is from the 1979 Lollywood film Wehshi Gujjar. On the face of it, to any modern critic of the Punjabi film industry, the story follows the 'tried-and-tested' Punjabi film formula: honour, bharaks (grandiose boasting), machismo and violence.
^"18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed".The Express Tribune.3 September 2020.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'".Scroll.in.6 May 2017.Retrieved20 February2022.Though from an Urdu-speaking Indian immigrant background, Rahi did most of his acting in Punjabi films. Indeed, the whole genre of so-called gandasa (long-handled axe) movies, which has dominated Punjabi filmdom since the late '70s, is built almost entirely upon the face and voice of Sultan Rahi.
^"Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi".Scroll.in.22 July 2017.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"Bilal Lashari's next project: A multi-million dollar remake of Maula Jatt".The Express Tribune.14 December 2013.Retrieved20 February2022.
^"If you thought Lollywood was booming, let 2016 remind you why it's not".30 December 2016.
^Ghosh, Partha S. (2016).Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia.SAGE Publications.p. 263.ISBN 9789351508557.
^Raju, Zakir Hossain (2014).Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?.Routledge.p. 131.ISBN 978-1-317-60181-4.
^Awan, M. Saeed (6 July 2014)."Cinemascope: Pulling the plug on Punjabi films".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 15 September 2015.Retrieved20 April2016.

Bibliography

South Asian Media Cultures:Audiences, Representations, Contexts.United Kingdom, Anthem Press, 2011.

External links

Search Punjabi films @ IMDB

[1] "Have Urdu films taken over Lollywood? Insiders weigh in".The Express Tribune.26 December 2018.Retrieved20 February2022.

[2] "Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan's 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'".Scroll.in.15 January 2019.Retrieved20 February2022.

[3] "Ejaz Durrani — Lollywood's favourite Ranjha".Dawn.8 March 2021.Retrieved20 February2022.

[4] "The Last of Pakistan's Cinema Artists".Vice.26 May 2020.Retrieved20 February2022.

[5] "Goonda raj".The Express Tribune.25 November 2012.Retrieved20 February2022.The real-life characters behind the goonda and gandasa era of Lollywood... The scene is from the 1979 Lollywood film Wehshi Gujjar. On the face of it, to any modern critic of the Punjabi film industry, the story follows the 'tried-and-tested' Punjabi film formula: honour, bharaks (grandiose boasting), machismo and violence.

[6] "18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed".The Express Tribune.3 September 2020.Retrieved20 February2022.

[7] "Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'".Scroll.in.6 May 2017.Retrieved20 February2022.Though from an Urdu-speaking Indian immigrant background, Rahi did most of his acting in Punjabi films. Indeed, the whole genre of so-called gandasa (long-handled axe) movies, which has dominated Punjabi filmdom since the late '70s, is built almost entirely upon the face and voice of Sultan Rahi.

[8] "Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi".Scroll.in.22 July 2017.Retrieved20 February2022.

[9] "Bilal Lashari's next project: A multi-million dollar remake of Maula Jatt".The Express Tribune.14 December 2013.Retrieved20 February2022.

[10] "If you thought Lollywood was booming, let 2016 remind you why it's not".30 December 2016.

[Ghosh-11] Ghosh, Partha S. (2016).Migrants, Refugees and the Stateless in South Asia.SAGE Publications.p. 263.ISBN 9789351508557.

[Routledge-12] Raju, Zakir Hossain (2014).Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?.Routledge.p. 131.ISBN 978-1-317-60181-4.

[Awan_2014-13] Awan, M. Saeed (6 July 2014)."Cinemascope: Pulling the plug on Punjabi films".DAWN.COM.Archivedfrom the original on 15 September 2015.Retrieved20 April2016.

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