Shaheer Ahmed
Pakistani films dominated the news this year, and The Legend Of Maula Jatt, the highest-grossing film produced in Pakistan, continued to dominate the list of most searched films and television shows.
Other Pakistani movies including London Nahi Jaunga, and Quaid e Azam Zindabad secured number six and eight respectively. The star-studded ISPR drama serial Sinf-e-Ahan also made it to the top 10 list. Marvel and DC superhero shows and movies also topped Google searches this year in Pakistan.
The Legend of Maula Jutt
With over Rs 2 billion in worldwide box office receipts, The Legend Of Maula Jatt, directed by Bilal Lashari, became the highest grossing film of the year.
Ms Marvel
Mehwish Hayat and Fawad Khan, two well-known Pakistani actors, made their foreign film debut in Marvel Studios’ Ms. Marvel.
Kamala Khan, the series’ protagonist, made history as the first Muslim superhero who is Pakistani-American.
Black Adam
In this eagerly anticipated movie, Dwayne Johnson made his heroic (anti-hero) debut. In the highest-grossing DC movie of the year, Henry Cavill made a reappearance as the Man of Steel of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).
Thor: Love and Thunder
Thor Love and Thunder, which has a 6.3 IMDb rating and a 57% Metacritic score, is still one of the top five Marvel Studios films of 2022. In this superhero movie, Chris Hemsworth played the Mighty Thor once again. The actor has, however, taken a vacation from the movie business following the discovery of his unusual “genetic makeup,” which could lead to memory loss.
Doctor Strange
In this follow-up to the popular Marvel film from 2016, Doctor Stephen Strange made a comeback. The total box office receipts for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness were $955.8 million.
London Nai Jaunga
London Nahi Jaunga is the drama comedy movie starring Humayun Saeed, Mehwish Hayat and Kubra Khan. It is a sequel of 2017 hit Pakistani movie Punjab Nahi Jaungi. Just like his costar from the movie, Humayun Saeed too made his Hollywood debut this year with Netflix famous English Language series The Crown.
The Batman
This year, on March 4, the eagerly anticipated film for DC Comics fans was launched. Fans of the superhero “Batman,” based on the DC comic book character, got to see Bruce Wayne for the first time in a detective role.
Quaid e Azam Zindabad
Starring Fahad Mustafa and Mahira Khan in lead roles, the movie is an action-comedy stage around “Inspector Gulab” an unapologetic police officer.
Sinf-e-Ahan
This multi-starrer ISPR drama serial is a tale of six fearless, passionate and opinionated women from diverse background. They defy convention to join the Pakistan Army and strive to establish themselves as valuable leaders and assets.
House of the Dragon
House of the Dragon is a prequel series of global hit TV series Game of Thrones. The story line of the series follows an internal succession war within House Targaryen at the height of its power, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen.
