Chhalawa

Chhalawa is a Pakistani romantic comedy film, written, directed and produced by Wajahat Rauf under his Showcase Films and edited by Hasan Ali Khan. It stars Mehwish Hayat, Azfar Rehman, Zara Noor Abbas, Asad Siddiqui, Aashir Wajahat and Mehmood Aslam in pivot roles. It released on Eid al-Fitr, in June 2019, by Hum Films and Eveready Pictures.
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Cast

Mehwish Hayat as Zoya
Azfar Rehman as Samee
Zara Noor Abbas as Haya
Asad Siddiqui as Luqman
Aashir Wajahat as Haroon
Adnan Shah Tipu as Chaudhry Nazakut
Mohsin Ejaz as Jalal Chaudhry
Mehmood Aslam as Chaudhry Rafaqat; Zoya, Haya and Haroon's father
Sarwan Ali Palijo as Sameer Friend
Release

The film teaser was released on 28 March, while trailer was released on 24 April. The film was released on Eid al-Fitr.

Home media

Chhalawa had its World TV Premiere on Eid-ul-Adha, in August 2019 which was held by Hum TV.

Digital release

Chhalawa was made available on Amazon Prime Video for online streaming.

Reception

Box office

It earned in its first three days of release. After nine weeks it earned domestically, and a lifetime of more than. Chhalawa's total box office collected PKR 180 million

Critical reception

Hassan Hassan of Galaxy Lollywood rated the film 1.5 out of 5 stars saying that Chhalawa will not utterly disappoint you if you leave your brain outside the cinema.