First Look Of Malala’s Biopic ‘Gul Makai’ Is Out

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First look of Malala’s biopic ‘Gul Makai’ is out

Gul Makai is shot in Kashmir and directed by Indian filmmaker Amjad Khan.

Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 4th July, 2018) The first poster of Gul Makai, a biopic on Nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the courageous Pakistani activist who defied Taliban, was unveiled Tuesday evening.

The poster gives a glimpse of the fire that she fought against. Gul Makai is the pseudonym Malala used while writing blogs for BBC urdu during the Talibani rule.

As a girl holds a book in her hands with fire lit upon it, Kabir Bedi’s deep voice echoes, “This is about those times when the Taliban was destroying Pakistan and Afghanistan in the name of Jihad and religion. When from a very small village in Pakistan, a voice arose.”

Gul Makai is shot in Kashmir and directed by Indian filmmaker Amjad Khan. The biopic traces the then socio-political atmosphere of Pakistan. The biopic will feature Reem Shaikh, Divya Dutta, Mukesh Rishi, Abhimanyu Singh and Ajaz Khan in lead roles.

Have a look at the motion poster:

The heartless terrorists shot at the then 15-year-old Malala for the highly ‘sinful’ act of advocating girls’ education in Swat Valley. But not only did she survive this attack, she retaliated with even more resilience and courage. This gave her global attention and she became an international figure – an activist advocating women and child rights on international forums.

Her efforts were not only recognized at home but she was applauded internationally as well. In 2013, she won the United Nations Human Rights Prize, awarded every five years. She appeared on the cover of Times magazine and was named in the magazine’s list of most influential people in 2013. Not only this, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 in recognition of her efforts to advocate children’s rights, making her the youngest Nobel Laureate. If that was not enough to bring a good name and pride to Pakistan, her book Gul Makai became an international bestseller with all eyes on this biopic now.

Mahnoor Sheikh

The writer is News Editor, Pakistan Point. She has graduated in Mass Communication and has worked in various media houses