Bilal Lashari\u2019s blockbuster won the Special Jury Award and Best Art Direction honour at the Harbin festival<\/p>\n
Filmmaker Bilal Lashari announced that his blockbuster The Legend of Maula Jatt<\/em> won two honours at the 7th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week in Harbin, China, on August 11.<\/p>\n Lashari shared the news on Instagram, describing the moment as particularly meaningful because he grew up watching Jackie Chan\u2019s films. \u201cTwo awards, in the pouring rain, on a stage with Jackie Chan\u2019s name on it. I still can\u2019t quite believe this one,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The Legend of Maula Jatt<\/em> received the Special Jury Award and the Best Art Direction award at the closing ceremony of the festival, one of Asia\u2019s major celebrations of action cinema.<\/p>\n Reflecting on the experience, Lashari described the atmosphere at the open-air ceremony in Harbin, where rain fell throughout much of the evening.<\/p>\n \u201cThousands in the crowd, and rain coming down through all of it. It had been on and off all evening,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAs a director, you dream of building moments like that on set. This one just happened.\u201d<\/p>\n Lashari also spoke about the significance of meeting Jackie Chan, whose films inspired his love for action cinema.<\/p>\n \u201cI grew up on Jackie Chan films. For a lot of us, that\u2019s how we fell in love with action in the first place. So to be on a stage with his name on it, representing Pakistan, and then to shake his hand and have him congratulate us in person, I never pictured any of this when we started,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The filmmaker also reflected on the universal appeal of action films. \u201cThere\u2019s really nothing that pulls people from every corner of the world together like a good action film. No subtitles needed \u2014 you just feel it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Lashari dedicated the Best Art Direction award to production designers Namsa Abbasi and Hamza Bajwa, praising their contribution to creating the film\u2019s visual world.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat these two built wasn\u2019t just sets and design, it was an entire world, and every scene of the film breathes because of them,\u201d he wrote, adding that he wished they had been present to accept the honour themselves.<\/p>\n He also acknowledged producer Ammara Hikmat, who was unable to attend the ceremony. \u201cAnd Ammara Hikmat, who couldn\u2019t be with us in Harbin. We felt your absence up there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Lashari concluded by thanking the entire Maula Jatt<\/em> team and audiences in Pakistan for their support. \u201cTo our entire team, thank you. Every bit of this is yours. And to Pakistan, this one\u2019s for you,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n The awards mark another international milestone for The Legend of Maula Jatt<\/em>, which has emerged as one of the most widely recognised Pakistani films on the global stage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bilal Lashari\u2019s blockbuster won the Special Jury Award and Best Art Direction honour at the Harbin festival Filmmaker Bilal Lashari announced that his blockbuster The Legend of Maula Jatt won two honours at the 7th Jackie Chan International Action Film Week in Harbin, China, on August 11. 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