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kidnappers face. With not much help from police they contact a private security agency head Major Asad, who runs his security agency and help those who are helpless and law does not take their cases seriously. He told the kid father, he would help him on one condition and that is that if tomorrow someone else will ask for help he will help without any hesitation, he agreed with the help of his highly professional squad he not only led the team to recover the businessman's son but also a minor child who had been held captive by them and was in critical condition
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Baluchistan to the corridors of power of the government. The film has been shot on 4k format, using Red and BlackMagic cameras. Extensive use of steadicam and professional drones for aerial filming has been made. Extensive props and hardware have been used in the film including multiple helicopters MI 17 and MI 35 Gunships, T 55 Tanks and C130 Hercules aircraft. Pakistan's
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SSG officer Major Asad (Ashir Azeem) who undergoes a personal tragedy and starts a private security company (Black Ops Pvt. Ltd) in
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291:Ashir Azeem
206:155 minutes
89:Sajid Hasan
80:Ashir Azeem
67:Ashir Azeem
64:Produced by
59:Ashir Azeem
50:Ashir Azeem
46:Directed by
1437:2016 films
1431:Categories
1398:2016-12-27
1361:2016-10-08
1336:2016-09-08
1309:2016-09-08
1260:2018-11-16
1221:2016-04-26
1194:2016-04-26
1162:2016-04-26
1135:2016-04-09
1108:2016-04-09
1081:2015-08-15
1054:2015-12-14
1027:2015-10-27
1000:2016-08-30
975:2015-11-27
949:2015-11-06
922:2014-10-19
884:References
732:"Man Mora"
648:Soundtrack
641:Nominated
637:Naina Roye
622:Nominated
604:Reference
598:Recipient
523:The Nation
494:, 2015 on
472:Production
312:Adnan Shah
244:Box office
189:2016-04-08
156:Production
56:Written by
845:Rs.
835:Rs.
821:Rs.
808:Rs.
796:Rs.
784:Rs.
748:"Nazriya"
595:Category
592:Ceremony
585:Accolades
571:Islamabad
502:Reception
486:Marketing
440:as Fatima
431:as Muneer
283:political
280:Pakistani
252:Rs.
232:Rs.
163:Media Hub
137:Edited by
132:Imran Ali
1074:ARY News
867:See also
700:"Maalik"
326:Synopsis
295:Pakistan
219:Language
214:Pakistan
145:Music by
74:Starring
601:Result
563:Karachi
477:Filming
449:as Ujji
413:as Asma
407:as Musa
211:Country
187: (
158:company
1417:Maalik
1302:News18
1279:aaj.tv
692:Length
689:Singer
579:(CBFC)
573:. The
567:Lahore
551:Maalik
267:Maalik
227:Budget
24:Maalik
849:crore
839:crore
837:1.20
766:15:52
756:04:42
740:05:06
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708:04:10
686:Title
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254:7.30
236:crore
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660:and
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348:Cast
339:Plot
276:مالک
272:Urdu
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