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Joyland (2022)

18/11/2022 (PK)Romance, Drama2h 7m
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Overview

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Ali Junejo

      Ali Junejo

      Haider

    2. Rasti Farooq

      Rasti Farooq

      Mumtaz

    3. Alina Khan

      Alina Khan

      Biba

    4. Sarwat Gilani

      Sarwat Gilani

      Nucchi

    5. Salmaan Peerzada

      Salmaan Peerzada

      Father

    6. Sohail Sameer

      Sohail Sameer

      Saleem

    7. Sania Saeed

      Sania Saeed

      Fayyaz

    8. Ramiz Law

      Ramiz Law

      Qaiser

    9. Honey Albela

      Ashfaq Saab

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    A review by Faraz Khan

    10.0
    Written by Faraz Khan on Dec 2, 2022

    I guess people have forgotten the difference between the meanings of "promotion" and "depiction". For those who really don't know what these words mean: promotion means to encourage, to support something. And depiction means to show something, to make people aware of something by showing it to them. Now, Joyland, nowhere in its 126 minutes run supports or encourages or "promotes" homosexuality or anything that is anti-Islamic. In fact, this isn't even the only theme of the film. It covers pretty much every aspect of the domestic life of a lower middle-class Pakistani man and a woman (I didn...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageUrdu

    Budget-

    Revenue$1,200,000.00

    Keywords

    • dance
    • husband wife relationship
    • dancer
    • love
    • attraction
    • lgbt
    • pakistani culture
    • gay theme
    • transgender
    • admiring
    • tragic