Karachi: The Musical

Karachi: The Musical is Pakistan's first original Broadway-style Urdu musical, with music by Hamza Jafri and lyrics by Faraz Lodhi.^[1]^[2]^[3] Set in the Lyari area of Karachi, the story revolves around an aspiring boxer, Saif Salam, who travels from Mailsi to train with the country's best boxing coach, Ghulam Bashir. It guest-starred Munawar Saeed as Dara Jokhio, a former gangster.

Productions

The musical opened in Karachi on 22 October 2011 and ran until 13 November.^[4] An all Pakistan tour was planned for March 2012.^[2] The show's band included Asad Zafar (Guitarist), Sheraz (Tabla), Manzoor Ahmed (Violinist), Joshua Fernandes (Drummer), and Danish Manzoor (Keyboardist).

Director, Producer and Choreographer: Nida Butt
Writers: Faraz Lodhi and Uns Mufti
Co Producer: Waqas Bukhari
Assistant Director: Alina Iftikhar
Production Manager: Usman Mazhar
Volunteer Head: Eleyna Haroun
Lighting Director: Amna Soomro
Set Designer: Khizer Farooq Aslam Bandey
Photographer: Adil Mufti

Synopsis

Saif Salaam (Imam Syed) travels from Mailsi, Multan to train with Pakistan's best boxing coach, Ghulam Bashir (Faraz Lodhi), who owned the Ghulam Bashir Boxing club in Lyari. But there is one catch: Bashir has not coached anyone in the last two decades since he had a falling out with his best friend Daud Islam (Adnan Jaffar), who now runs the local mafia that controls drugs, prostitution, and betting houses in one of the most troubled parts of the city.

As Saif learns how to spar, he realizes that his decision to train for a professional boxing career has sparked tension between the age old rivals, put the livelihood of thousands in the area at risk, and exposed his family to grave danger.

Cast

Faraz Lodhi as Ghulam Bashir
Syed Adnan Jaffar as Daud Islam, the local gangster.
Imam Syed as Saif Salam
Rubya Chaudhry as Yasmeen, a reporter
Munawar Saeed as Dara Jokhio, a former gangster, who still holds sway over the area.
Raza Shah as Raza Baloch, a former boxer who is on the run from the law.
Monazza Fatima Naqvi as Tabassum (Tabu)
Younas Khan as Mir
Merium Azmi as Selina
Aryaan Aslam as KK
Kamal Hussain as Raheem Ibad
Muhammad Shakeel Hussain Khan as Jugnu
Arshad Malik: Arsi
Hamid Yousuf Khan as Sikandar
Asif Shehzad Malik as Saniullah/News Reporter/Yasir Khan
Ahsan Ali as Wajiullah/News Reporter/Imam
Zakiullah Khan as Inspector Rehman/Asif
Danish Hayat as Clement

Songs

An official soundtrack for the Musical was released which consists of the first six songs.

Lyari
Karachi
Ek Sae Dus (One to ten)
Aaye Re Main Aaye
Babu Bhai
Left Right Jab
Chaand
Shor Machao
Jin
Aur De
Daaka
New York

References

^ Faruqi, Sara (25 October 2011). "Haar na mano: Karachi-the musical". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Karachi: The Musical - fight night". The Express Tribune. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ "Karachi – The Musical 'Haar Na Mano'". Retrieved 10 February 2023.
^ AFP (10 November 2011). "Karachi musical makes song and dance of gang wars". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[1] Faruqi, Sara (25 October 2011). "Haar na mano: Karachi-the musical". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[tribune-2] "Karachi: The Musical - fight night". The Express Tribune. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[3] "Karachi – The Musical 'Haar Na Mano'". Retrieved 10 February 2023.

[4] AFP (10 November 2011). "Karachi musical makes song and dance of gang wars". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 February 2023.

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