Bilal Lashari

Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani Film Director, Cinematographer and Screenwriter. He made his directorial debut film in 2013 Waar which holds the record of highest-grossing Pakistani film. His next project is a reboot of the 1979 film Maula Jatt. Lashari won awards in 4 categories at the ARY Film Awards 2014 for his directorial debut. Lashari is a graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, USA, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Motion Pictures and Television in 2008. Lashari directed music videos which resulted in him winning 'Best Music Video Director' twice at the Lux Style Awards and 'Best Pop Video' at the MTV Pakistan Music Video Awards for "Sajni". He has also directed "Chal Bulleya" for Meekal Hassan Band. He has worked artists and bands such as Atif Aslam, Mekaal Hassan Band, Jal and Entity Paradigm. Lashari also briefly worked as assistant director for Shoaib Mansoor during pre production of Khuda Kay Liye in 2004.