Load Wedding

Pakistani cinema is evolving and is definitely improving. However, the focus nowadays is to cast beautiful actors, take them to exotic locations, shoot beautiful scenes and make a movie out of it.

Load wedding didn't fall into that trap. The story revolves around a small town, its simple non glamorous people and their relatable issues.

I genuinely laughed at the scenes which were meant to be funny. The acting was decent, the melodrama was acceptable.

The only thing that I didn't like was the fake punjabi accent. If you are making a movie about Punjab then hire actors who can speak the native tongue fluently or can learn to speak it like the locals.

All in all, a very good movie. It had a good story that highlighted a serious social evil. The songs and dances were nice and I really enjoyed the parody of the famous game show guy.

Good work!

Producer Fizza Ali Meerza and director Nabeel Qureshi team up yet again with a strong message and a powerful cast to deliver a highly watchable film with a convincing flavour of culture, emotion and authenticity.

Load Wedding is the story of Raja (Fahad Mustafa) from Nirali, a small town in Central Punjab, Pakistan, where he runs a wedding decoration shop. Raja has an over-weight sister, Farhana (Faiza Hasan) and as per tradition, he cannot get married before she does. Farhana or "Baby Baji" is refused proposals not just because of her weight but also because of the dowry demands of prospective in-laws. This is not the end of Raja's troubles as he has loved Meeru (Mehwish Hayat) since the two were children but life and circumstances prevent them from getting together. In the initial part, Raja cuts a sorry figure as he grapples with various problems, ranging from financial difficulties to coping with orthodox, small-town family values. The film is about his struggles to rise above these obstacles and win the girl he loves.

Its a very balanced movie and it was entertaining as well. it highlights the evil of dowry and the way it affects the marriage of every other girl.

All in all the film was entertaining however the major issue with the movie was its plot which looked scattered followed by its storytelling from highlighting the widow marriage issue then summing it up abruptly & jumping towards the Dowry issue and in-between them a lengthy love story. Dowry was the main plot as movie states 'Load Wedding' but this plot only got intense in last 45mins making it very lengthy movie with the runtime of 2hours 15mins. Performance wise Fahad Mustafa as innocent, responsible Son & Brother with lovable husband was right on target his climax monologue is something you should never miss supported well by Mehwish Hayat as his better half she looked beautiful. Qaiser Piya as the Honest Friend and the narrator of the movie nailed it totally. Fiaza Hassan as Baby Baaji & Noor ul Hassan as Mama were funny including Fahim Khan as Aashiq Bhai.

This issue needed to be talked about and very well it was done here. Baby baji and ashir rafaqt are the highlight of this film. Had me rolling in the isle