Parwaaz Hai Junoon takes off this Eid

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In conversation with the stars of Pakistani film Parwaz Hai Junoon. Daily headlines from the UAE and around the world brought to you by Gulf News. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00What we show you in this film is truth.

00:11For example, Hania's character represents the fact that Pakistan Air Force is one of

00:18those very few air forces of the world which has the highest ratio of female combat fighter

00:23pilots in the world.

00:24It is, and I'm extremely proud of it.

00:28It's the only air force, it's the only Muslim air force in the world that has female combat

00:36fighter pilots.

00:37So the point of it is that we're not trying to show you the positive side of Pakistan

00:41or as they say, the soft image of Pakistan.

00:45We're trying to show you the truth.

00:46We're trying to show you facts.

00:47There's this one sentence that is in the trailer also, which is between Hamza and Hania.

01:01I told you.

01:02Whenever I just hear that sentence, it always affects me a lot.

01:13Always.

01:15I don't know whether it connects to the people like that also, the way it connects to me.

01:20But it kind of always tells me that, you know, life is beyond everything that we do here

01:28in this world and the way this life is temporary and we just should not get attached to it

01:37to a level where we feel that we will live forever.

01:40And the way to live forever is also beyond anything that science can ever do.

01:46So that particular sentence is extremely close to my heart.

01:54I am so inspired by the type of stories we tell because there's so much joy, there's

01:59so much good feeling in them, along with the craft, along with all the storytelling.

02:05So to me, it's this subtle shift in my own sort of perception of what movie making and

02:10cinema can be.

02:12And that's why this is a representation of that.

02:15I feel like this has all the drama, it has all the romance, it has all the humor, it

02:20has all these elements that, you know, Mohamed Abhabi talked about before.

02:24We even shot the film and then we were able to execute it with a seat by and the crew.

02:30After spending so much time with the cadets and kind of seeing what it takes to be part

02:37of the armed forces, I think the one thing I've taken away is discipline.

02:41Discipline in all aspects of life.

02:45Because I've never seen discipline the way these guys are disciplined.

02:49You know, I find that, I've mentioned this before, I don't like mentioning it, but as

02:56actors, sometimes we complain.

02:58Whether we're on set, maybe it's too hot, maybe it's too cold, maybe we're hungry.

03:02You know, we speak up.

03:04And we had a lot of cadets with us, actual cadets who shot with us.

03:09And not once did they complain.

03:12Not once did they say they were uncomfortable, this or that.

03:16You know, we were shooting in freezing cold temperatures, hot temperatures, and you never

03:20once heard them complain.

03:23And their discipline of getting up on time, looking a certain way, acting a certain way,

03:28and being consistent with how they present themselves on a day-to-day basis, it's quite

03:35admirable.

03:39Respect for that uniform, respect for the Air Force, respect for our country.

03:44That's what I've learned.

03:45When I got there, I met these amazing people, you know, who had just immense love for their

03:51country, and that is all they talk about.

03:53And I'm glad that we show a human side to them as well.

03:56So that's what they talk about, and I was so, so inspired that, you know, I keep saying

04:00this, that my love for my country was reborn.

04:05And it was multiplied by 10,000 times, because I actually got to see how it works, you know,

04:13the kind of things they have to do.

04:15Because we went for the drills, and we did a march with them, and they're so disciplined,

04:20and, you know, just so classy in their own way, wearing that uniform, you know, they

04:26walk with an attitude, and it's just so lovely to see that.

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