Malik Ehtasham
April 09, 2019
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3 Bahadur
Ø Introduction
3 Bahadur (lit. three brave ones) may be a 2015 Pakistani 3D laptop animated journey film created and directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. It is the first installment in the 3 Bahadur franchise. The film is co-produced by Waadi Animations which is a joint-venture of SOC films and ARY Films. 3 Bahadur became Pakistan's initial computer-animated feature-length film. Film's plot focuses on 3 eleven-year-old friends, Amna, Saadi and Kamil, three extraordinary children who rise from the unlikeliest of places to save their community from the evils that plague it. The film is set in a fictional town called Roshan Basti (Town of light). Equipped with courage and superpowers, they battle against the odds and stand up to injustice to restore peace and harmony in their once-thriving community and live a very happy life.
3 Bahadur was stagily free nationwide by ARY Films on twenty-two could 2015. It became the highest-grossing animated film at the native box workplace breaking the previous record of Rio de Janeiro 2. The film grossed ₨6.65 crore (US$630,000) after 50 days of successful run in cinemas and became 7th highest-grossing film of Pakistan
The story starts off in a very spirited neighborhood referred to as and the competition was occurring. A little while later, a little girl was kidnapped by a thug named Mango. A brave man ran after him, knocked the thug over and rescued the girl. Mangu ran away to a cave and met a hideous creature named Baba Balaam who gave him evil powers and told him to protect the key of evil. One night, Mangu emerged from the tower clock and ordered the people of Roshan Nagar that he is now their king. To this, the man who rescued the girl went forward scolded him. Consequently, used his powers to strangle the person and raised him up to the tower, killing him. Soon, Mangu's thugs spread fear all over the small town and it became known as Andher Basti. Three friends, Saadi, Amna and Kamil want to find out about the tower and want to defeat the thugs even though Saadi's mother orders him not to pay attention to it. The 3 enter the tower and area unit granted powers by unfamiliar beings. Amna has been granted super speed, Kamil was granted a super hearing and Saadi was granted intelligence and the ability to comprehend things cleverly. The next night, they enter the tower again and defeat Mangu's thugs and while Mangu is attacking them. They are rescued and shielded by the unknown creatures and are brought to an unknown place. There they get to understand that their native watchman, Deenu Chacha is the guardian of the key which preserves all the good powers. The three kids are granted more powers. Kamil has the power to fly and jump up high, Amna has the power to create shields and Saadi has the power to create black holes. Mangu tells Saadi regarding his father's death and recollects that the brave man was Saadi's father UN agency tried to prevent him ten years agone. Saadi then becomes terribly annoyed and angry when knowing this. They use all their powers to defeat Mangu by throwing the evil key into a powerful black hole that Saadi created with all his power. As the key is destroyed, Mangu's powers have finished too and the 3 Bahadur succeed in returning peace to their land.
Ø Cast
.Zuhab Khan as Saadi (known as George Lucas within the US)
.Muneeba Yaseen as Amna
.Hanzala Shahid as Kamil
.Behroze Sabzwari as Deenu Chacha
.Alyy Khan as Young Mangu
. Abu Rashid Khan as Kamil's father
.Kulsoom Aftab Ahmed as Saadi's mother
. Farhan Qureshi as Saadi's father
. Mustafa Changazi as Tony
. Badar Qureshi as Sannata
. Nadir Siddiqui as Baba Balaam
. Wasif Arshad as Teeli
. Khalid Ahmed as old Mangu (Jude Law as Mangu in the US)
. Bassam Shazali as Pateeli/Chapta
. Hammad Siddiqui as Gutka/Shikra
. Joel Frenzer as Gabru
. Production
On eleven September 2014, ARY Films and SOC Films announced a joint venture company by the name of Waadi Animations. Their intention was to supply animated content, including feature films, and announced that their debut project was 3 Bahadur. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, CEO Waadi Animation said, "This partnership will allow us to create animated superheroes and heroines that will make us laugh and cry and, most importantly, entertain. We all have an associate inner kid and that we can plan to nurture the imagination of that kid at Waadi Animations." At the first look event of the film in Nueplex Cinema's metropolis, the creative director Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy revealed that "[A]lmost three years ago, I had an intense desire to create an animated feature in Pakistan, which would appeal to both children and adults alike
Ø Sound and Music
3 Bahadur's sound was designed by Dan Golden and mixed by John Bowen. The original score was composed by John Angier with additional vocals by Jacqueline Angier. The foley artist was Soundsquare. The film's soundtrack is composed, sung and produced by Shiraz Uppal at SU Studios, Lahore. The video of theme song directed by Nadir Siddiqui, Husain Qaizar and produced by Wasif Arshad was released on April 20, 2015. Lyrics of the title track are penned by Shakeel Sohail.
Ø Soundtrack
. Title song - sung by Shiraz Uppal
.3 Bahadur - By Shiraz Uppal
. Rauneqain - sung by Shiraz Uppal
. Raunaqein - By Shiraz Uppal
. All Music - Composed by John Angier
Release
3 Bahadur was premiered in Karachi on May 19, 2015. The film was released nationwide by ARY Films on May 22, 2015.
Ø Reception
Ø Box office
The movie opened better on Friday with day one collecting ₨3 million (US$28,000). The movie grew around 10% on Day two collecting ₨4 million (US$38,000)[40] surpassing Good Morning Karachi and became second-highest-grossing Pakistani film of 2015 after Jalaibee. The movie collected ₨6 million (US$57,000) on Sunday taking the three-day weekend to ₨12.5 million (US$120,000)
