Lollywood information

Lollywood
Lollywood
Main distributors	ARY Films; Hum Films; Geo Films; Urdu1 films; PTV Films; Six Sigma Plus; MD Productions; Eveready Pictures;
Produced feature films (2023)
Total	100+

Lollywood is Pakistan's film industry, which has served as the base for both Urdu- and Punjabi-language film production.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

Lahore has been the center of Pakistani cinema since independence in 1947. However, with Urdu film hub largely shifting to Karachi by 2007, film industry in Lahore became synonymous with Pakistani Punjabi film Industry.^{[citation needed]}

The word "Lollywood" is a portmanteau of "Lahore" and "Hollywood", coined in 1989 by Glamour magazine gossip columnist Saleem Nasir, and is usually used comparatively with respect to other film industries in South Asian cinema.

^ "Have Urdu films taken over Lollywood? Insiders weigh in". The Express Tribune. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan's 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'". Scroll.in. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Ejaz Durrani — Lollywood's favourite Ranjha". Dawn. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "The Last of Pakistan's Cinema Artists". Vice. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Goonda raj". The Express Tribune. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2022. The real-life characters behind the goonda and gandasa era of Lollywood... The scene is from the 1979 Lollywood film Wehshi Gujjar. On the face of it, to any modern critic of the Punjabi film industry, the story follows the 'tried-and-tested' Punjabi film formula: honour, bharaks (grandiose boasting), machismo and violence.
^ "18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed". The Express Tribune. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'". Scroll.in. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022. Though from an Urdu-speaking Indian immigrant background, Rahi did most of his acting in Punjabi films. Indeed, the whole genre of so-called gandasa (long-handled axe) movies, which has dominated Punjabi filmdom since the late '70s, is built almost entirely upon the face and voice of Sultan Rahi.
^ "Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi". Scroll.in. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Bilal Lashari's next project: A multi-million dollar remake of Maula Jatt". The Express Tribune. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "If you thought Lollywood was booming, let 2016 remind you why it's not". 30 December 2016.

[1] "Have Urdu films taken over Lollywood? Insiders weigh in". The Express Tribune. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[2] "Severed limbs and rivers of blood: The film that inspired Fawad Khan's 'The Legend of Maula Jatt'". Scroll.in. 15 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[3] "Ejaz Durrani — Lollywood's favourite Ranjha". Dawn. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[4] "The Last of Pakistan's Cinema Artists". Vice. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[5] "Goonda raj". The Express Tribune. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2022. The real-life characters behind the goonda and gandasa era of Lollywood... The scene is from the 1979 Lollywood film Wehshi Gujjar. On the face of it, to any modern critic of the Punjabi film industry, the story follows the 'tried-and-tested' Punjabi film formula: honour, bharaks (grandiose boasting), machismo and violence.

[6] "18th death anniversary of Ahmad Rahi observed". The Express Tribune. 3 September 2020. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[7] "Lollywood music special: Pakistani star Sultan Rahi like never before in 'Jasoos'". Scroll.in. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022. Though from an Urdu-speaking Indian immigrant background, Rahi did most of his acting in Punjabi films. Indeed, the whole genre of so-called gandasa (long-handled axe) movies, which has dominated Punjabi filmdom since the late '70s, is built almost entirely upon the face and voice of Sultan Rahi.

[8] "Sound of Lollywood: Listen to Noor Jehan letting it rip in Punjabi". Scroll.in. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[9] "Bilal Lashari's next project: A multi-million dollar remake of Maula Jatt". The Express Tribune. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2022.

[10] "If you thought Lollywood was booming, let 2016 remind you why it's not". 30 December 2016.

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