Around 414 films screened in cinemas on Eidul Azha days only in 68 years

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HYDERABAD: Since 1948, Pakistani filmmakers have always found Eids a lucrative opportunity for movie business and to offer quality entertainment to the families when movie theatres see a huge influx of cine-goers. Since its inception, Pakistan Film Industry has released 414 films so far on the Eid-ul-Azha days including Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashto, and other regional languages.

According to a report in Film Database Magazine, Pakistan’s first film “Ruhi” was released on Eid-ul-Azha in 1954. According to the decade-wise details, from 1954 to 1959, 14 films were released out of which 3 films were super hits, 4 hits and 7 did average business. Around 35 films were released from 1960 to 1969, of which 3 were megahits, 10 were hits and 8 did average business. The 70s are considered a golden era for the Pakistani film industry which saw the release of 67 films from 1970 to 1979, including Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto films, of which 9 were super hits, 23 hits and 15 were average.

In the 1980s, from 1980 to 1989, 78 films were released on Eid-ul-Azha of which 5 were superhits, 12 were hits and 14 did average business. In the 90s, from 1990 to 1999, about 80 films were screened on Eid of which 7 were megahits, 3 hits and 4 were average. In the 2000s, 72 films were released from 2000 to 2009, of which only 1 was a superhit, 3 hit and one did average business.  In the decade 2010, from 2010 to 2019, a total of 68 films were released on the day of Eid, out of which 7 were superhits, 3 were hits and 1 average.