KARACHI: See Prime recently released the trailer for their upcoming short film, Gulabo. From the looks of it, the trailer hints at a story of skepticism in love, trust and betrayal, and possessive behaviour. It stars Amna Ilyas in a key role, adding to the list of movies the model-turned-actor has featured in.
The upcoming film is the creation of Shahid Nizami and stars Najma Kifayat and Ali Raza alongside Ilyas. While shot on 4k, the treatment of the film not only ushers back in nostalgia but brings out the old-world charm in Amna Ilyas that none of her previous movies have done. The colors in the poster, especially the red outfit Amna Ilyas can be seen wearing, next to a window with a green frame depict the contrasting reality her character finds itself in. As it progresses, revealing very minute details, the trailer subtly points towards the tagline of the film, “To love is to possess … To possess is to lose”.
It is too early to say whether the film is a period drama but from the BTS pictures posted by Amna Ilyas posing for the film camera in a location that appears vintage, we wouldn’t be surprised if it is. The Baaji star recently took to her Instagram to update her followers regarding the upcoming project.
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“Most of you asked me to put up a video today. I’ll post one later. As of now, I’d like to share the poster of my upcoming film “𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐁𝐎” Releasing on 29th January on YouTube @see.prime. Ps: swipe left to see some BTS. Hope you will like the poster,” she wrote sharing several photos from her shooting experience.
However, her upcoming movies are not the only things that are making headlines when it comes to Amna Ilyas. She recently posted a video addressing the “Bharam” culture in Pakistan, where a person feels obligated to get away with their negligence to traffic rules because they come from privileged backgrounds. It urges traffic policemen to be sterner, and people in the driving seats to be more responsible as citizens.
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“I don’t know about the other cities out there, but I’d venture to say they hold a lot more respect for their traffic police than we do. This absurd culture of exercising “power” to get away from taking responsibility is out of fashion so it ain’t cool no more!” she voices out, loud and clear.
