Dance Kahani (2014) Cast & Crew Details

THE CENTRAL IDEA

With her dream of pursuing a professional dance career shattered, she must now fight the odds to keep it alive in a society she never wanted to be a part of." This is how Nizzy, an upscale British Pakistani must survive her predicament.

FILM FACTS

• DANCE KAHANI was shot entirely in Karachi, Pakistan in the 1st and 2nd Qtr of 2013.
• The film's lead actor 'Madeleine Hanna' spent a cumulative of 4 months  in Pakistan spread over various trips in 2012 and 2013.
• DANCE KAHANI besides an international cast member, features cast members from all across Pakistan.
• All dancing and free running sequences in the film have been performed by the actors themselves.
• ​DANCE KAHANI is set in a mix of English and Urdu language.
• The film features over ten music numbers in its sound track including two dance numbers from Ali Khan and three numbers from one of the lead actors of the film itself 'Alamdar Khan'.
• ​The film has been shot on RED using Carl Zeiss lenses, with post production being done in Karachi at H2o Films and Sound in Lahore at Electric Airspace.

  

 CAST

Madeleine Hanna as Nuzhat/Nizzy

Vernin U'chong as Tipu

Alamdar Khan as Shobby

Abdul Ghani as Jo

Shezi Khan as Saadi

Ramiz Law as Silent Sid

Abdul Rahim as Sam

Ali Parkour as Adnan/Eddie

Irfan as Aamir

Imran Shaukat as Jawed Ali

Rahid Sami as Anwer Ali

Sabiha Zia as Qurat ul Ain/Annie

Talat as Asma Jawedi

Niggy Imtiaz as Feroza Anwer

Barkat Ali as Sunny

Asifa Ataka as Farida Junaid

Sajjad Ali as Rickshaw Driver

Farhan Baig  Special Guest Appearance

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE FILM

Writer and Director Syed Omar

Executive Producers Hammad Hassan,  Shahnaz Afsar & I.Shaukat

Producer Zahir Ali

Co-producers Kamran Younis,  Raza Muslim & Yasmeen Ali

Asst. Directors Shabbir Siraj & Zohaib Mansoor

Cinematographer Asrad Ali

Asst. Cinematographer Zohaib Mansoor

Screenplay Writers Shabbir Siraj & Syed Omar

Sound and Music Director Usman Bin Sohail

Sound Engineer Ahsan Cheema

Score inputs by Ali Khan

Line Producer Qambar Ali

Asst. Producer Faraz Ahmed

Choreographers Shezi Khan, Abdul Ghani & Madeleine Hanna

Stunt Coordination Vernin U'chong

         

Casting by Syed Omar, Shabbir Siraj & Hasan Danish

Editor Ahmed Ali

Post H2o Films

Graphic Designer Mohammed Babar

Wardrobe Partner Denizen by Levis

Madeleine's Eastern wardrobe by Naureen Arbab

Make up and Styling Huma Tahir

Make up Asst. Shama

Hospitality Partner Avari Hotels Group

Business Consultant  Afzal Shahabuddin

Publicist  Brand Cinema

Marketing Consultant  Asim Qureshi