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Jalaibee

Jalaibee (Urdu: جلیبی, romanizedjalēbī, lit.'twist') is a 2015 Pakistani caper action thriller film directed and written by Yasir Jaswal, and produced by Eman Syed. Jalaibee is a joint production of ARY Films & Redrum Films in association with Sermad Films and Jaswal Films. The film stars prominent TV actors Danish Taimoor and Ali Safina in lead roles along with Adnan Jaffar, Sajid Hasan, Uzair Jaswal, Wiqar Ali Khan, Sabeeka Imam and Zhalay Sarhadi.

It is the first Pakistani film to be shot with an Arri Alexa camera. The film is shot in the federal capital Islamabad, and provincial capitals Lahore and Karachi. Jalaibee features Ford Mustang 73 in the film as well as its mascot. It is about the intertwined stories of numerous relatable characters who are all struggling with their problems, and who somehow connect on a unifying level.

The film focuses on several parallel sub-plots. In one of them, two orphans plan a casino heist in order to pay their debts to a local mafia organization. In another sub-plot, a mafia don is targeted by a revenge plot, and his front man has to decide how to handle the situation without losing his own influence. In a third sub-plot, an aspiring politician is preoccupied with the upcoming elections, and he consequently ignores his daughter's efforts to inform him about her love life.

Jalaibee's story revolves around two orphaned friends Billu (Danish Taimoor) and Bugga (Ali Safina) who get tangled up in a debt with the local mafia called The Unit. As they look for ways to pay the debt before The Unit comes to collect, they find out they are in deeper waters than they thought. Thinking of different ways to pay the debt, they stumble upon an idea to rob a local casino. To execute this heist, they enlist the help of a bar dancer named Banno (Zhalay Sarhadi) to seduce to the owner of the casino.

At the same time, another man Ali (Wiqar Ali Khan), along with his brother and partner, Jimmy (Uzair Jaswal), wants revenge against The King, a mafia don who killed his father and forced his mother to commit suicide when he was young. The King's front man Dara (Adnan Jaffar) is caught between collecting the debt and handling the kidnapping while retaining fear and control over the city.

Simultaneously, Eman (Sabeeka Imam), the daughter of wealthy industrialist and contender for the Prime Minister's seat, Akbar Chaudhary (Sajid Hassan), is trying to talk to her father about Ali, her beau. This proves to be difficult with the election coming closer by the day.

In interview with The National, director said: "The casting was done with my casting director Ehtesham Ansari, who has also styled everyone in the film. There were a couple of people I had in mind when I was writing every character. Some of them didn’t work out, some did. One who did work out was Ali Safeena, who plays Bugga. He is the narrator of the story and I could always see him as Bugga. I knew from the start that I didn’t want any big names in my film. It’s not to take anything away from them, but I wanted to broaden the horizon a bit. We have a lot of talented actors and actresses who never get a chance to appear on the big screen because not that many films are being made."

Jalaibee is produced by Eman Bente Syed of Sermad Films and the executive producer of the film is Murtaza Shah of Redrum Films. Shooting started in the summer 2013 in Islamabad and it took to Karachi after finishing the Lahore shoot. Film production designers Nida Akbar Khan and Khurram Syed designed set worth Rs. 7 million for Jalaibee in Eastern Studios Karachi and Ever New Studios, Lahore where the film's last few scenes and a song were filmed. Sets were constructed by Aqeel ur Rehman of Set & Act. The film shooting session ended in September 2014. The film was shot using an Arri Alexa which was used to shoot blockbuster films like Gravity, Skyfall and Iron Man 3 were shot. Jalaibee is part animated film, edited by Rizwan AQ, artwork of which is illustrated by Babrus Khan in Lahore. VFX of the film is done by a London based Sharp Image.

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