Load Wedding

Load Wedding is a 2018 Pakistani romantic comedy film, which

Load Wedding
is mutually written by the director Nabeel Qureshi and the
producer, Fizza Ali Meerza under the banner of Filmwala
Pictures. The film stars Fahad Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat in
lead roles. Released on Eid al-Adha; 22 August 2018,[5] it was
distributed by IMGC nationwide, and by Zee Studios
internationally.[6]

Contents
Cast
Production
Release
Reception
Critical reception
International screening
Home media Film poster
Digital release Directed by Nabeel Qureshi
Accolades Written by Fizza Ali Meerza
Soundtrack Nabeel Qureshi
See also Mohsin Abbas
Haider[1]
References
Produced by Fizza Ali Meerza
External links
Mehdi Ali
Starring Fahad Mustafa
Cast Mehwish Hayat
Samina Ahmed
Fahad Mustafa as Raja Faiza Hasan
Sadoon as young Raja Narrated by Qaiser Piya
Mehwish Hayat as Meerab "Meeru" Khurram Cinematography Rana Kamran

Hamna Amir as young Meeru Edited by Asif Mumtaz

Samina Ahmad as Raja's Mother Music by Shani Arshad
Faiza Hasan as Farhana "Baby Baji"; Raja's sister Production Filmwala
Noor ul Hassan as Khalil; Raja's uncle company Pictures

Mohsin Abbas Haider as young Khalil (special Distributed by IMGC

appearance) Zee Studios
Qaiser Piya as Nazeer; Raja's best friend Release date 22 August 2018
 Fahad Khan as young Nazeer (Eid al-Adha)
Fahim Khan as Aashiq Rafaqat; TV show host Running time 135 minutes[2]
Hania Amir as young Khalil's love interest (special Country Pakistan
appearance)
Shanzay Khan as Meeru's sister Languages Urdu
Punjabi
Ehtisham ud Din as Meeru's brother-in-law
Ghazala Butt as Anam Budget Rs. 6.00 crore[3]
Om Puri as Raja's late father (tribute) Box office est.
Anjum Habibi Rs. 13.50 crore[4]
Ghalib Kamal
Kehkashan Faisal
Ijaz
Razia Malik

Production
Fahad Mustafa hinted the film in February 2017.[7] Film was announced on 8 December.[8] This will be his
fourth collaboration with director-producer-duo Nabeel Qureshi and Fizza Ali Meerza. Qureshi commented
on this that he feels best at working with him, and further revealed that it will be a different film from his
previous three films. "There are a lot of things that I and Fizza believe in and we are trying to say them", he
said to Gulf News.[9]

This was Mehwish Hayat's third collaboration with the three of them, including 2016 film Actor in Law.[10]
She commented on the film that it "tackles social issues prevalent in our society that need to be
highlighted", for which her character is different from her previous ones, she said it as "a very traditional
desi role".[11] Meerza commented that they are "truly one of the finest actors our industry has". She said
that the film explains "the load that comes" in the society "with the wedding".[12] Mustafa shared with The
News, "two of the biggest filmmakers in the country want to work with me and release their films at the
same time", where he talked about this film and Nadeem Baig's Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2.[13]

On 13 July, HIP reported that Mohsin Abbas Haider has co-written the film, as well as wrote the lyrics for
two songs and has sung one of them.[1]

Release
Film teaser was released on 27 June,[14][15] and trailer on 17 July.[16] The film was premiered on 18
August in Lahore,[17] on 19 August in Dubai[18] and on 21 August in Karachi.[19] It released on Eid al-
Adha worldwide; 22 August 2018, and on 23 August in UAE.

Despite getting mostly positive reviews, the film could not manage to do well business at the box office due
to very limited number of screens it got, as compared to the competitor films Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2 of
ARY Films and Parwaaz Hai Junoon of Hum Films. The director Nabeel Qureshi called it "unfair
distribution", while the cinemas' management said that the "public demand" was on priority. Geo Films was
also blamed for not promoting the film correctly, as others were doing.[20][21][22]

Reception
Critical reception

Amna Karim writing for Bolo Jawan gave the film 4 out of 5 stars, appreciating Nabeel Qureshi for
bringing a socially responsible narrative to Pakistani cinema.[23] Shahjehan Saleem of Something Haute
rated the film 4 out 5 stars and said, "the film does suffer from a few hiccups", however, these are not "big
enough to affect the narrative", because set on "family problems", it has "the stars along with substance and
soul".[24] Omair Alavi rated 3.5 stars out of 5 and praised, "Everything from art direction to dialogues to
actors' accent is perfect", adding that the social message is something to ponderthe audience.[25] Sonia
Ashraf wrote to DAWN Images praised the film due to the message in love story and most of the characters,
but criticized the script length.[26] Rahul Aijaz of The Express Tribune rated 2 out of 5 stars and said that
despite the "strong message" about "social mockery" of marriage concept, the film "fails to be an up-to-the-
mark film for multiple reasons."[27]

International screening

The film was screened at the 2019 Jaipur International Film Festival, and was nominated in the category of
Best Film.[28][29] It was also screened at the 2019 Rajasthan International Film Festival, and it won in the
category of Best Feature Film International.[30][31]

Home media

The film had its television premiere on 16 February 2019 on Geo Entertainment,[30] and it was premiered
on YouTube on 27 February.[32][33]

Digital release

The film was made available on Amazone Prime Video to stream online.

Accolades
Ceremony Won Nominated

Filmwala Pictures – Best Film

18th Lux Style Fahad Mustafa – Best Actor Nabeel Qureshi – Best Director
Awards (Critics' choice) Fahad Mustafa – Best Actor (Viewers' choice)
[34] Mehwish Hayat – Best Actress Mehwish Hayat – Best Actress (Critics' choice)
(Viewers' choice) Mulazim Hussain, Missal Zaidi for "Rangeya" –
Best Playback Singer

Soundtrack
Like previous films for the director-producer-duo, this time Load Wedding
also the music has been composed by Shani Arshad. The Soundtrack album by Shani Arshad
soundtrack album was released on 1 August 2018 by Zee
Music Company.[35] Released 1 August 2018
Genre Filmi Soundtrack
No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length
Length 18:18
 1. "Rangeya" Shani Mulazim 4:00 Language Urdu
Arshad Hussain, English
Missal Zaidi Punjabi
2. "Kooch Na Haleem Azhar 4:36
Karin" Jalandari Abbas Label Zee Music
3. "Munday Mohsin Mohsin 4:14 Shani Arshad chronology
Lahore De" Abbas Abbas
Haider, Haider, Na Maloom Load Quaid-e-
Shani Saima Afraad 2
Wedding
Azam
Arshad Jahan (2017) (2018) Zindabad

4. "Good Luck" Mohsin Asrar, 2:34 (2022)

Abbas Tehreem
Haider Muniba External audio
5. "Faqeera" Sabir Zafar Shani 2:54 Audio jukebox (https://www.youtube.co
Arshad m/watch?v=KNn-lPXDQAo) on YouTube
Total length: 18:18

See also
List of Pakistani films of 2018

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External links
Load Wedding (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8581366/) at IMDb
Load Wedding (https://www.facebook.com/LoadWedding) on Facebook
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP (https://itunes.apple.com/1420547618) on iTunes
Load Wedding (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbTf_dYogeg) on YouTube

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