Geo Films coming up with Ali Zafar’s ‘Teefa in Trouble’

KARACHI: Geo Films is coming up with ‘Teefa in Trouble’ along with nightingale and Mandiwalla after a major gap. Last Geo films project was with Shoaib Mansoor Khuda kay Liey and Bol which were record hits of their time.

‘Teefa in Trouble’ also has distinction that it’s gotten global rights partner of Yash Raj films which will be relapsing internationally. This is a first for Pakistan that largest south Asian movie maker is taken Pakistan films global rights. It is to be noted this film trailer will be shown on 1,200 screens all over the world.

Ali Zafar is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, model, actor and painter. Zafar started out on Pakistani TV before becoming a popular musician. He then also established a career in Bollywood cinema and his success led many Pakistani actors to venture into Hindi films. He has received five Lux Style Awards and a Filmfare Award nomination. He started his career as a music composer and gained popularity by his single “Channo” from his debut album Huqa Pani which sold over five million copies worldwide. “Channo” turned out to be a huge success topping many music charts and earned him several awards. Ali Zafar made his acting debut with a leading role in the 2010 Bollywood satire film ‘Tere Bin Laden’. He then also worked in several films, including ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’, ‘Chashme Baddoor’, and ‘Dear Zindagi, Kill Dil’, ‘Total Siapah’, ‘Luv ka the end, London, Paris, New York.

Ali Zafar said in interview that “I wrote the story along with the director. We started off with an idea to make an action comedy, then romance came into play and then the songs”. He further said that he had studied books on screenplays to learn how it’s done. In this film would be something like never have been seen before, for which he prepared himself physically and disallowed his stunt double. He said that it has been designed to provide a cinematic experience that hasn’t been done here yet. He said it a most expensive Pakistani production. He further said, “We need to think out of the box and see how international cinema works”.

Film casts include Ali Zafar, Maya Ali, Jawed Shiekh, Mehmood Aslam, Simi Raheel, Nayyar Ajaz, Ahmed Bilal and others.