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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Suparna Sharma

Pakistani film The Legend of Maula Jatt sets a new benchmark

The film reportedly cost an unprecedented $4.6m to make in a country where the biggest films' budgets have been below $1.5m. It earned $2.3m worldwide in its opening weekend. [Handout: Geo Films]

Days before its October 13 worldwide release, the owner of the IMGC cinema hall in Pakistan’s provincial town of Burewala was working round-the-clock to get his new theatre ready for the much-anticipated action-drama film, The Legend of Maula Jatt.

“History is being made by this film,” said Sheikh Amjad Rasheed, adding that he wanted to be a part of that history.

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