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Although Pakistani cinema crashed and burned, before that it was a huge industry with many big stars, great films that were copied by Bollywood and characters that are evergreen. Maula Jat and Noori Nat are the characters played by Sultan Rahi and Mustafa Qureshi respectively. They were both vicious and had no mercy in themselves. Sultan Rahi and Mustafa Qureshi were known more for their on-screen personas and people thought of them as rough and mean.
Bilal Lashari is all set to bring Moula and Noori back to our screens as his long awaited film The Legend of Moula Jatt is releasing on 13 October 2022 and this time stars Fawad Khan and Hamza Ali. Abbasi has paid. Respectively, fans of the original have criticized the two actors as too “burgery” to play such villainous roles. Moreover, Fawad Khan can’t even speak Punjabi.
When director Bilal Lashari was asked about this criticism, he gave his answer in a recent interview. He said that one may call them “burger boys” but they are today’s stars and people want to see them. He added that people will be surprised to see the way both the stars have transformed themselves. And have gotten under the skin of their characters.
In The Legend of Moolah Jat, Bilal explained the reason for casting the “burger boys” as Moolah and Noori:
