Anima State

Anima State is a Pakistani satirical thriller film directed by Hammed Khan and produced by Atif Ghani in 2013.

It is one of the emerging groundbreaking works being created by the reborn Pakistani film industry[1] It has been banned by the government and hence did not play in any major cinemas in the country.

[3] The film opens with a group of college kids sitting in a coffee shop, silent and bored.

He seems to be experiencing some sort of psychosis, as clips from various news channels and radio shows play in his head.

He exits the hospital and finds a beggar woman asking for money and her child obliviously playing with the toy camera.

The waiter complains of bad economic conditions and we see a woman whose hands are covered in blood, standing by the window.

The Stranger understanding the fact that the Anchor is merely choosing sensational news, offers to shoot himself on air during an interview.

He sits down next to a young girl at a Café, who recognizes him as the director of the film Anima State.

The Stranger runs away and finds himself in crowd of people blocking the highway, protesting the corrupt government.

The entire film was shot in Islamabad using various famous landmarks and popular locations to make the movie feel as personal as possible.

The editing of the film was carried out by Adam Khanzade and the colour grading by Tobias James Tomkins.

[citation needed] The film was never officially released in Pakistan but it available for sale on online video platforms.

[6] A lot of social media personalities of Pakistan have lauded the content and the message while others have given it negative reviews because it "Lacked a Plot".