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Tête-à-Tête with the cast of Chupan Chupai Text By Saneela Jawad
Chupan Chupai , a comedy-thriller starring Ahsan Khan and Neelam Munir in lead roles , as well as Talat Hussain , Arshad Mehmood , Ali Rizvi , Adnan Jaffer , Sakina Samo and Javed Shiekh released worldwide on December 29th , 2017 .
The film has a ‘ youth-oriented script ’ as it revolves around a group of young unemployed men who want to make quick money . As a result , they resort to dramatic measures like kidnapping and other hooliganisms .
The movie also marks the directorial debut of Mohsin Ali , of Na Maloom Afraad fame who has also written the script . It is produced by Zayed Sheikh and Ray Khan .
The film marks the comeback of Ahsan Khan on the silver screen after almost three years , the students from NAPA , National Academy of Performing Acts , make their film debut in the movie as well . This film also marks the debut of Neelam Munir in the Pakistan film industry .
The comic-thriller is based in Karachi and Dubai . GLOSS talks to the cast to know more about the new narrative that is being introduced in the industry with Chupan Chupai .
Tell us about the movie ‘ Chupan Chupai .’ Neelam : I am very excited about it as it is my debut film . Chupan Chupai is full of comedy and being my first movie I didn ’ t want it to be a stereotypical love story and instead wanted my character to entertain the audience . I am sure people are going to enjoy it .
Ahsan : It is a comedy , full of surprises . I feel this is going to be something that everyone will enjoy . It ’ s a genre that appeals to the masses . This film has everything that the youth would want to watch . People are looking forward to it because of the new faces , fresh content and a new style of narrative that is being introduced in the Pakistani industry .
Ali : It is a fusion of three genres ; Crime , Action , Comedy . It revolves around the theme of unemployment and how that leads to crimes , but with a comic touch to it as it is a movie . We rehearsed the movie for a month before actually filming it .
What is your role like in the movie ? Neelam : I play the character of Pari , who is not only
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