Jalaibee (Urdu: جلیبی; meaning twist) is a 2015 Pakistani caper action thriller film[3] directed and written by Yasir Jaswal,[4][5] produced by Eman Syed.
In another sub-plot, a mafia don is targeted by a revenge plot, and his front man has to decide how to handle the situation without losing his own influence.
In a third sub-plot, an aspiring politician is preoccupied with the upcoming elections, and he consequently ignores his daughter's efforts to inform him about her love life.
Jalaibee's story revolves around two orphaned friends Billu (Danish Taimoor) and Bugga (Ali Safina) who get tangled up in a debt with the local mafia called The Unit.
To execute this heist, they enlist the help of a bar dancer named Banno (Zhalay Sarhadi) to seduce to the owner of the casino.
The King's front man Dara (Adnan Jaffar) is caught between collecting the debt and handling the kidnapping while retaining fear and control over the city.
Simultaneously, Eman (Sabeeka Imam), the daughter of wealthy industrialist and contender for the Prime Minister's seat, Akbar Chaudhary (Sajid Hassan), is trying to talk to her father about Ali, her beau.
Jalaibee is part animated film, edited by Rizwan AQ, artwork of which is illustrated by Babrus Khan in Lahore.
[17][18] In February, Malik Riaz of Bahria Town joined ARY Films to revive Pakistani cinema by announcing a reward for those, coming to watch Jalaibee.
[19][20] Founder and CEO of ARY Digital Salman Iqbal revealed that Malik Riaz has purchased 10,000 tickets of Jalaibee for residents of Bahria Town giving film a kick start of Rs 5 million before it release.
[21] The soundtrack features 9 tracks by various artists including Qayaas, Uzair Jaswal and Humaira Arshad, only one of them is performed in film while others are used as a background score which was composed by Abbas Ali Khan.
5 million (US$17,000) before its release and became first of Pakistani films to do so because property person Malik Riaz bought 10,000 tickets for the Bahria Town residents to watch Jalaibee in cinemas.
After low Weekdays film needed massive growth over 2nd Weekend to ensure good run at boxoffice but movie fell around 65% and grossed Rs.
[33] Saba Khalid of DAWN.com reviewed the film and wrote, "Hopefully, we’ve also graduated to a time that reviews of Pakistani movies will no longer be meant to just stroke director’s egos but really analyze and critique the originality and creativity of scripts, themes, characters, and judge the overall level of acting and direction displayed in the film.
It does pick up a little in the second-half but what kills it towards the end is a dragged moral debate for a film that purely stands on immoral choices and of ourse{sic} a very Na Maloom Afraad climax.