Janaan

Janaan is a good film with every element a good film needs but the only drawback to it was that it portrayed the "Pashtun Family" in an entirely glamourised and false way. The other thing which fall short was the music. Except the melodious Janaan title track and reidi gul no song is remarkable

I watched this on Netflix during my international movies phase. The initial pull was the music and the landscape. It inspired me to watch more movies from Pakistan and India. Then after a brief Bollywood binge, I went back and watched it again and absolutely fell in love with the whole movie. I even love the bad guy. Every one was amazing! Coming from Africa and living in the UK, I could really connect with the 'Khandashians'. As far as I'm concerned the team achieved what they set out to do. Well done.

First time saw use of colors in a film that delighted the overall experience of the film on big screen. The story was family drama, with good comedy. Portrayal of a rural area with modern wedding sets the story quite obvious but entertaining, the Pakhtun true culture of showing interest in education for children that was forgotten somehow was beautifully showed in the entire film. The film was kept light mood even with some social issues that were highlighted in the background of the film. The cast did a fair job, The highlights of the film, Little bit of Pushto, family drama, nice romance and little action overall a good film to watch in theaters.

Movie is full of fun and shot at very beautiful places. Use of Pushtu is also amazing and depicts Pakhtoon culture very amazingly and fun-fully. Overall movie is great to watch. Worth ticket price. All the actors especially Lead and supporting roles of both male and female have done marvelous job.

Only lagging part was dance during wedding which could have been improved. At few places camera effects made screen blurry but these things are minor.

Subject of the movie conveys nice message. Some touch of Islamabad/Lahore should have been added as for international viewers it change their perspective.

Simply loved and enjoyed it. Recommended. Thumbs up. (Especially to lead 4).

Overall, a good cinema experience. Janaan is nice addition to Pakistan cinema, the efforts should be appreciated.

I missed songs, they could add more spices and dance performances that you can remember. The main theme keeps on repeating on many occasions.

Though, I hope some actors will improve acting skills with time and more projects. As Bilal Ashraf seems to be John Abraham with good build but less expressions. Ali Rehman did amazing job. There is also a surprise suspense in the end. The director did nice job. All actors seemed to be fit for their roles. I recommend to watch it with your family members, there is not a single intimate scene.