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After Karachi Se Lahore and Lahore Se Aagey, Wajahat Rauf is all set to experiment with romantic comedy once again. It looks like the difference in the upcoming franchise titled Chhalawa by Rauf is its setting that is set in the rural backdrop. With the repeat cast from Rauf’s web-series Enaaya i.e. Mehwish Hayat, Azfar Rehman, Asad Siddiqui and Aashir Wajaht; along with Zara Noor Abbas and Mehmood Aslam. The trailer of Chhalawa released yesterday and the storyline depicted in the trailer is pretty basic and old school. Let’s see how different the story is executed when the film releases i.e. on Eid Ul Fitr.

Trailer: Chhalawa

According to the main leads of Chhalawa, Mehwih Hayat and Azfar Rehman, the film is out and out a family entertainer and promises to make audience launch and cry in the theater. They also shared that they can relate with the characters they played in the upcoming film. According to them, the characters they are playing are challenging and they will love to witness how Pakistani audience will respond to their hard work and dedication. Wajaht Rauf looked very confident about is project and he has high hopes with the film.

In the trailer one can easily notice that the story of Chhalawa revolves around traditions and romance. One can expect high voltage family drama between father and daughters (Mehmood Aslam, Mehwish Hayat & Zara Noor Abbas) and blossoming romance between Azfar and Mehwish, plus Asad and Zara. Songs of Chhalawa are peppy and foot tapping, at least the 2 songs which are featured in the trailer of Chhalawa i.e. Title Track and Chidiya Yeh Udd Jayegi. We can keep our fingers crossed for a decent music album from Chhalawa.

From the trailer, Chhalawa looks fresh in terms of faces (Azfar Rehman, Asad Siddiqui, Zara Noor Abbas) but it’s too soon to comment on the content, storyline and the way film is executed, as the story is pretty clichéd or let’s say usual. Keeping only trailer in focus, the last 1.10 minutes are felt little dragged (the same thing happened with Enaaya), let’s hope the film doesn’t fall under the same category.