[2] Meena (Armeena Khan), a Pashtun student living in Vancouver, Canada, travels to Swat, Pakistan for her cousin Palwasha's (Hania Amir) wedding.

She is met at the airport by the bride's adopted brother, Asafandyar (Bilal Ashraf), and taken back to the house, where festivities are taking a swing.

Before learning about Ikramullah's true nature, Meena slaps Asfandyar out of anger and afterward regrets this action.

Asfandyar follows them and finds that they have set the school on fire, in retaliation for Ikramullah's arrest earlier that night.

Asfandyar assumes Meena is planning to return to Canada, having accepted the job offer, but she tells him she wants to stay and help rebuild the school.

Siyaah's team reunited in this film, with Imran Raza Kazmi returning as producer, Azfar Jafri as director, and Osman Khalid Butt as writer.

[9] Reham Khan's departure from Pakistan after her divorce with Imran Khan questioned the production status of the film but her co-producer Imran Raza Kazmi stated "As the popular phrase goes: 'the show must go on' and putting all and any speculation to rest, I would like to say that this news will not affect the film in any manner whatsoever.

Three new artists appeared in Janaan for the first time: Hania Aamir, Usman Mukhtar and Saad Zia Abbasi.

[11][12] Janaan is the first Pakistani film whose teaser was shown on UK TV broadcasting channel Sky Sports 2 during the World T20 Cup match between India and Pakistan on 19 March 2016.

[14] The film's theatrical trailer was released on 1 July 2016 on Fahad Mustafa's Jeeto Pakistan show.

The trailer was appreciated by critics and film is expected to be a successful endeavor to promote Pashtun culture.