Daily Pakistan in collaboration with team Parwaaz Hai Junoon brings you the man with the husky voice and controversial Facebook statuses, the Parwaaz Hai Junoon lead-starrer, Hamza Ali Abbasi up-close and personal about his upcoming film! Parwaaz Hai Junoon, directed by Haseeb Hassan intends to be a tribute to the Pakistani Air Force with stories inspired from real life, and all of its earnings from the film planned to be donated to PAF funds. Scheduled to release very soon, here is Hamza Ali Abbasi’s take on the Pakistani war drama and rom-com: Meshal Cheema (DP): What is Parwaaz Hai Junoon? Hamza Ali Abbasi: Parwaaz Hai Junoon shows the new face of the Pakistan Air Force. We were of the opinion before that the movie’s concept should entail a biopic on Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed, however, we stuck to our idea of bringing the new 2017 PAF in light. Since obviously, it will be a commercial movie, we have made sure to incorporate the elements of friendship, drama, and romance in it. Meshal Cheema (DP): What do you expect from Parwaaz Hai Junoon? Movies like Punjab Nahin Jaungi and Na Maloom Afraad 2 have done huge business. You’ve been a part of Jawani Phir Nahi Aani as well which was a huge blockbuster. Do you look forward to this movie doing the same amount of business based on the fact that it will underline a patriotic stance – more like movies like Yalghaar did? Hamza Ali Abbasi: Yalghaar is a different case. However, Waar is a very good example of what to compare this movie to. Also, movies like Punjab Nahi Jaungi and Na Maloom Afraad 2 have given a lot of encouragement to filmmakers to up the game of Pakistan’s film industry with a diverse range of movies highlighting different topics and themes in their course of action. Punjab Nahi Jaungi has done SO well nationally as well as internationally; this is a huge kind of motivation for us. Parwaaz Hai Junoon is not JUST about the air force and the weapons and the planes, but as a film with a selling point, it has a VERY good story line. Whenever the movie comes out we are asking the audience to judge it and watch it not on the basis of how patriotic it is but on the basis of a proper film hoping to set new standards in the field of entertainment. We have been trying to make a good film in itself. Meshal Cheema (DP): Give us some insight into your personal journey behind the scenes? Hamza Ali Abbasi: First of all, my initial preparations for the shooting of the movie required me to undergo a complete makeover and transformation. Compare my previous face to my new and improved clean-shaven face that I had to take on!
