Durj
| Durj | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Shamoon Abbasi |
| Written by | Shamoon Abbasi |
| Based on | True Events |
| Produced by | Dodi Khan Sherry Shah |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Shamoon Abbasi Ayaz Ahmed |
| Edited by | Shaam Films |
| Music by | Asif Noorani |
Production companies | Shaam Films Blunt Digital |
| Distributed by | Zashko Films IMGC Distribution Club Green Chillies Entertatinment |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
Durj is a 2019 Pakistani Urdu-language mystery thriller film, written and directed by Shamoon Abbasi and produced by Dodi Khan.The film stars Shamoon Abbasi, Sherry Shah, Maira Khan, Dodi Khan, Nouman Javaid and Hafeez Ali. The film is based on true events and a large part of it is about cannibalism.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Inspired by two actual cases of cannibalism in Pakistan, particularly that of a pair of brothers from Bhakkar who devoured over 100 corpses and were set free despite their dastardly crimes, solely because no law exists against cannibalism in Pakistan's penal code.
Plot
[edit]Dr Farah Maira Khan, a Pakistani psychologist, gets access to a notorious recaptured cannibal, Gul Buksh Shamoon Abbasi, incarcerated in a high security prison. Dr Farah's objective is to find her missing journalist husband. And she strongly suspects Buksh might have the answer.
Throwing her professional career and caution to the winds, Farah manages to kidnap a chained Buksh from solitary confinement and takes him to a place where she can grill him. While the entire local elite police force is activated to search for them, Farah tries to elicit answers from the serial cannibal – but it is not that simple. Hardened by years of societal neglect and police brutality, Buksh responds to her aggression with amusement, and turns the tables on her, forcing her to listen to aspects of his life she would rather not know or hear.
If the hair-raising horror in The Silence of the Lambs made audiences feel fairly queasy, Durj does not indulge in depicting gory details – there are only suggestions of it. And yet the hideousness of digging up graves, hunting for humans and, cooking and devouring their flesh are all creatively implied – the hallmark of a talented director. Producer Shamoon Abbasi has not only directed the film, but also written the screenplay and played the villainous lead as well.
Cast
[edit]- Shamoon Abbasi as Gul Bakhsh
- Sherry Shah as Laali
- Maira Khan as Farah
- Nouman Javaid
- Dodi Khan
- Hafeez Ali
Production
[edit]In an interview with Dawn News, Abbasi stated that the film was inspired by true events which took place in Punjab and that although the film is based on Cannibalism it has multiple stories merged into one; "Durj's plot does not just revolve around cannibalism, it is about a cannibal but we have multiple stories. There are three stories which merge into one." The film crew had to research which took about a year to collect data on cases before starting work on the story line.[10]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Release Date Of Shamoon Abbassi's Durj Revealed". EntertainmentPK.com. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Pakistani Movie Durj Teaser Highlights Real Life Incidents - VeryFilmi". VeryFilmi. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Durj Trailer: The Suspense-Filled Trailer Will Leave You Thrilled - VeryFilmi". VeryFilmi. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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- ^ "Pakistani Movies 2019: List of Upcoming Films Releasing Soon! - Brandsynario". Brandsynario. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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- ^ "Movie Durj's teaser is released and it's way beyond our expectations". Daily Pakistan Global. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Images Staff (13 November 2018). "The trailer of Durj tells the story of a Pakistani cannibal". Images. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Shirazi, Maria. "Shamoon Abbasi on his metamorphosis". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Ul Haq, Irfan (14 November 2018). "I gained inspiration for Durj from two cannibal brothers in Punjab: Shamoon Abbasi". Dawn. Retrieved 4 June 2022.