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    Thursday 2 October 2014

    Azaan Sami Khan got the Rights of Novel “The Prisoner” to adapt as film

    Jami Mahmood (Director of O21) have mentioned that he and Azaan Sami Khan (Producer of O21) had got the rights of a Crime Fiction Novel “The Prisoner” Written by Omar Shahid Hamid. They already started preproduction and script sessions.



    Synopsis of Novel “The Prisoner”:

    On an unusually cold December evening in Karachi, American journalist Jon Friedland is kidnapped from one of the city's poshest neighbourhoods. His captors plan to post a video of his execution on Christmas Day. The kidnapping has come at a bad time, embarrassing the Pakistani government in front of their US allies. The clock is ticking. Will the police and Intelligence Agencies recover Friedman alive?
    The story careens through the streets of Karachi, taking the reader into an all too real world of jihadis, corrupt police officers, and bloodthirsty political henchmen – all placed together in a city where no one is quite what they seem.



    About “The Prisoner” writer:

    Omar Shahid Hamid served with Pakistan's Karachi police for 12 years, during which time he was targeted by various terrorist groups and criminal outfits. He received his Masters in Criminal Justice Policy from the London School of Economics, and his Masters in Law from University College London.

    By Admin : Yasser Bilal 

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