Pakistani cinema

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Pakistani cinema is the film industry of Pakistan, encompassing movies produced in various regional languages and known for its evolving storytelling, music, and cultural influence across South Asia.

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Pakistani cinema canonical 1
Pakistani film industry 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film industry
alsoKnownAs Lollywood
Pakistani film industry
component Balochi cinema
Pashto cinema
Punjabi cinema
Sindhi cinema
Urdu cinema
country Pakistan
declinePeriod 1980s
1990s
distributionRegion Persian Gulf states
surface form: Gulf states

North America
Pakistan
South Asia
United Kingdom
firstFeatureFilm Teri Yaad
firstFeatureFilmReleaseYear 1948
hasAward ARY Film Awards
Hum Awards (film categories)
Lux Style Awards (film categories)
Nigar Awards
hasKeyElement film music
playback singing
song-and-dance sequences
hasMedium 35 mm film
digital cinema
inception 1948
influencedBy American cinema
surface form: Hollywood cinema

Indian cinema
regional folk culture
influences South Asian popular culture
majorProductionCenter Karachi
Lahore
Peshawar
notableGenre action
musical
romance
social drama
peakPeriod 1960s
1970s
primaryLanguage Urdu
regionalLanguage Balochi
English
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto

Punjabi
Sindhi
revivalPeriod 2000s
2010s
subjectOf film studies research on South Asian cinema
typicalRuntime 90–180 minutes

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Punjabi cinema partOf Pakistani cinema
Hindustani language usedInMediaOf Pakistani cinema
this entity surface form: Pakistani film industry