Cinema of Pakistan

Cinema of Pakistan ( Eng. Cinema of Pakistan ) - Cinema of the Asian state of Pakistan . Most films have been released in English and Urdu . Films from the Pakistani film industry are often known as Lollywood , similar to Hollywood , Bollywood, and Nollywood .

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Overview

Prior to East Pakistan’s secession, Pakistan ’s three major film production centers were located in Lahore , Karachi, and Dhaka . Then Dhaka became the capital of the independent state of Bangladesh . Under the regime of Muhammad Ziya-ul-Haq , video recorders, movie piracy were banned, additional taxes on the production of films were introduced, and stringent Islamic laws hindered the growth of the film industry. Currently, the Pakistani film industry has released into the world one of the most famous and recognized directors, actors and screenwriters in South Asia . However, film piracy is a serious problem and does not contribute to the larger-scale growth of Lollywood ^[1] .

Cinema List

Since 1995, the Pakistani government has stopped paying attention to the decline in the number of movie theaters in the country. The following is a chronological table of cinemas in Pakistan from 1995 to 2002 ^[2] . The country had 750 cinemas in 1990, but this number dropped to 175 by 2002 ^[2] . Almost all cinemas are reportedly in very poor condition and in need of reconstruction ^[2] . There are no data on the number of cinemas in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan .

Counties	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar	17	17	17	17	17	15	sixteen	15
Mardan	four	four	four	four	four	four	four	four
Kohat	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	2
Dera Ismail Khan	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Bannu	one	one	one	one	one	2	2	3
Khazar	6	6	five	five	five	7	6	6
Mansehra	2	2	one	one	one	one	one	one
Malacand	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2
Balochistan
Quetta	7	7	7	7	eight	eight	eight	eight
Job	one	one	one	one	one	one	one	one
Sibi	2	2	2	2	one	one	one	2
Calat	one	one	one	one	2	2	2	one
Mekran	four	four	four	four	2	3	3	3
Nazirabad	one	one	one	one	one	one	0	0
Punjab
Lahore	67	65	65	65	62	62	56	56
Sialkot	25	22	sixteen	13	ten	ten	ten	09
Faisalabad	42	42	38	38	37	38	38	34
Rawalpindi	25	25	26	26	23	21	20	18
Multan	56	56	53	50	50	47	46	39
Gujranwala	61	61	60	59	58	64	66	69
Sargodha	17	17	sixteen	15	15	15	14	12
Bahawalpur	thirty	thirty	31	thirty	29th	29th	27	27
Dera Ghazi Khan	18	18	nineteen	nineteen	nineteen	12	ten	eleven
Sindh
Karachi	57	57	57	57	53	46	45	43
Hyderabad	35	35	27	27	23	22	nineteen	13
Sukkur	27	27	24	20	17	18	ten	9
Larkana	21	21	eleven	eleven	9	6	6	five
Mirpur Khas	25	25	22	22	22	22	22	nineteen
Federal Capital Territory
Islamabad	four	four	four	four	four	four	four	2

Notes

↑ The Beginner's Guide to Pakistani Cinema
↑ ¹ ² ³ Cinemas in Pakistan (neopr.) . Mazhar.dk (courtesy of Daily Khabrain Online). Archived February 18, 2008.

Links

Complete List of Films Released in Pakistan

[1] The Beginner's Guide to Pakistani Cinema

[CITEREFCinemaThreatreDecline-2] ¹ ² ³ Cinemas in Pakistan (neopr.) . Mazhar.dk (courtesy of Daily Khabrain Online). Archived February 18, 2008.