Daily Times

In a first, ABA Associates Private Limited (ABA), distributors of the Egyptian suspense and thrill-packed movie ‘122’, dubbed in Urdu, has now released the trailer of their film, creating anticipation and excitement among cinema-going audiences in Pakistan who are looking forward to the Egyptian production release in the country.

The movie is a collection of exciting genres laced with adventure, suspense, action, thrill and eternal love. The plot revolves around a couple that gets embroiled in an unfortunate incident only to find itself caught in even more danger when they reach out for help. Their only aim is to survive the night and escape in one piece.

Known for their immeasurable talent, the eminent cast of ‘122’ includes Tarek Lotfi, Ahmed Daoud, Amina Khalil, Ahmed Al-Fishawi, Muhammad Lutfi, Jihane Khalil, Muhammad Mamdouh and many more. The movie is directed by one of the renowned directors of the Arab world, highly popular for his brilliant directions Yasir al Yasiri, produced by Saif Oraibi, written by Salah al Gehiny, while the editor is Amr Akef, director of photography is Ahmed Kardous and line producer is Muhammad Nassar.

The movie has been launched in Egypt earlier this month and will be internationally launched on Saturday. It has been brought to Pakistan for nationwide release on January 18, 2019 by ABA.

A first for Pakistan where an Egyptian movie, dubbed in Urdu will be hitting screens in Pakistan, it is expected that it will meet as rave reviews here as it has already received in Egypt, as the Egyptian film industry is at par with Hollywood and Bollywood standards. This movie is the first step towards building stronger relations with UAE and Egypt, which are looking forward to bringing more of their movies to our cinemas and furthering ties between our countries.

Speaking about the trailer launch of ‘122’, ABA Chief Executive Officer Ali Chaudhry said, “We are really excited to bring the first Egyptian movie to Pakistan and think that such Arab movies have huge potential to do very well here owing to their use of advance technology and meeting international standards.”

Project co-partner who is also renowned director of cinematography Saleem Daad said, “I’m also looking forward to bringing many more films to our market for I feel the time is just right to invest in such partnerships with our neighboriung Arab countries.”

The genre of the ‘122’ is action-thriller and suspense, suitable for all.

Published in Daily Times, January 10^th 2019.