Pashto cinema
E520142
Pashto cinema is the film industry producing movies in the Pashto language, primarily based in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region and catering to Pashto-speaking audiences.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Pashto-language media
ⓘ
film industry ⓘ regional cinema ⓘ |
| commonTheme |
Pashtunwali code
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
family relationships ⓘ honour and revenge ⓘ rural life ⓘ tribal culture ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
preservation of Pashtun culture
ⓘ
promotion of Pashto language ⓘ regional entertainment ⓘ |
| distributionChannel |
home video
ⓘ
online streaming ⓘ regional cinemas ⓘ single-screen cinemas ⓘ television ⓘ |
| facesChallenge |
competition from Urdu and Indian films
ⓘ
limited budgets ⓘ limited distribution infrastructure ⓘ security issues in production regions ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf countries ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun diaspora in Europe ⓘ Pashtun diaspora in North America ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ |
| notableMarket |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun areas of Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryCity | Peshawar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Pashto ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produces |
feature films
ⓘ
music videos ⓘ telefilms ⓘ |
| relatedIndustry |
Pakistani cinema
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Punjabi cinema NERFINISHED ⓘ Urdu cinema ⓘ |
| servesAudience | Pashto-speaking audiences ⓘ |
| servesCommunity | Pashtun people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalGenre |
action film
ⓘ
drama film ⓘ folk-themed film ⓘ romantic film ⓘ |
| usesScript |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Perso-Arabic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.