{"product_id":"world-ka-centre-center-of-the-world-2002-directors-cut-khajistan","title":"World Ka Centre (Center of the World, 2002) — Directors’ Cut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorld Ka Center is about a group of lower-middle-class friends in Lahore spending their final day together on 9\/11, as one prepares to leave for a flight to the United States that night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"102\" data-start=\"76\"\u003eDirectors and writers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Faisal Rehman, Bilal Hasan Minto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"138\" data-start=\"135\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"150\" data-start=\"138\"\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 60 minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"165\" data-start=\"162\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"177\" data-start=\"165\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pakistan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"189\" data-start=\"186\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"202\" data-start=\"189\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Urdu, with English subtitles\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"210\" data-start=\"207\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"221\" data-start=\"210\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Made-for-TV film\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"241\" data-start=\"238\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"264\" data-start=\"241\"\u003eProduction company:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Turun Talky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"279\" data-start=\"276\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"304\" data-start=\"279\"\u003eOriginal Broadcaster:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Geo Television (late-night slot, single documented airing)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"366\" data-start=\"363\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"377\" data-start=\"366\"\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Special Jury Award, Kara Film Festival 2002; Third Prize, Best TV Film and Director\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"494\" data-start=\"491\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"528\" data-start=\"494\"\u003eDistributor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Khajistan Releasing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"546\" data-start=\"44\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis: \u003c\/strong\u003eWorld Ka Center is a made-for-TV fiction film set over a single day in Lahore on September 11, 2001. The story follows a group of working-class friends who are spending their final hours together before one of them leaves for a flight to the United States that night. As they move through the city, sharing bootlegged drinks, smoking hash, and watching a blue film in a cramped room, their fragile brotherhood unfolds under the quiet pressure of a police-like presence that shadows their movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"879\" data-start=\"548\"\u003eIn nearby homes, the film shifts to the interior lives of women. A housewife passes the time moving between television channels and VCD shops in search of Bollywood films, while a young girl remains in her room reading Urdu digests and listening to FM radio. Their routines stand in contrast to the men’s fleeting sense of freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1143\" data-start=\"881\"\u003eAired only once on Pakistan’s newly launched Geo Television, World Ka Center lingers on the textures of everyday life in Lahore on a historic day, revealing private desires, small rebellions, and the overlooked rhythms of a city on the edge of global events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"343\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"133\" data-end=\"144\"\u003eThemes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Urban alienation, Friendship and youth culture, Class struggle and socioeconomic precarity, Masculine intimacy \u0026amp; homosocial bonds, Censorship and moral policing, Escape, desire and disillusionment\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"1143\" data-start=\"881\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Email info@khajistan.com for acquisitions and licensing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47556539121878,"sku":null,"price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/CopyofPakistaniState-Funded_State-CensoredCinemaofJamilDehlavi-11_b56c19c8-fd32-4116-9325-e22919b4606c.jpg?v=1773846801","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/world-ka-centre-center-of-the-world-2002-directors-cut-khajistan","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}