Gidh is about the common man's experience with media: Shamoon Abbasi
It's been a fruitful year for Pakistani cinema, but there were so many more promises for 2015.
Hamza Ali Abbasi shied away from releasing Kambakth. The wrap-up of epic production Yalghaar by December is regarded with doubt. And what ever happened to Gidh?
Local cinema's perennial bad boy Shamoon Abbasi is making his debut as director with this long in-production action flick.
A new trailer recently emerged that announced local cinema's trusty ass-kicker Shaan Shahid as its new hero. But when will Gidh finally see the light of day?
"The film has been delayed because of the previous actor's failure to commit to the project. He kept the production line hanging for more than a year and half, and started his own film Main Hoon Shahid Afridi in the meantime," Shamoon tells Images, referring to Humayun Saeed.
"Finally, without giving a choice, we cancelled the deal with him," he said, adding, "Shaan Shahid is definitely a better choice to portray the intense role in Gidh."