December 30, 2019
The most anticipated film, Gul Makai, a biopic based on the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, is making the headlines as the filmmakers have revealed its release date.
Starring Reem Shaikh in the lead role, the film is ready to hit the silver screens on January 31, 2020. The film revolves around, “The courageous journey of Ziauddin Yousafzai family, when Swat Valley in Pakistan was seized by Taliban gunmen in 2009 and Sharia law was imposed upon its people," as stated by the makers in a press release.
“Malala, daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai, spoke against the world's most dangerous terrorist organization through her blogs on the BBC Urdu website under the pseudonym Gul Makai, against the oppression faced by them in Swat Valley, Pakistan," added the statement.
The film, directed by Amjad Khan and produced by Sanjay Singla also has Pankaj Tripathi, Divya Dutta, Atul Kulkarni and Mukesh Rishi in pivotal roles.