Durj
| Durj | |
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| Directed by | Shamoon Abbasi |
| Written by | Shamoon Abbasi |
| Based on | True Events |
| Produced by | Dodi Khan Sherry Shah |
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| Cinematography | Shamoon Abbasi Ayaz Ahmed |
| Edited by | Shaam Films |
| Music by | Asif Noorani |
Production companies | Shaam Films Blunt Digital |
| Distributed by | Zashko Films IMGC Distribution Club Green Chillies Entertatinment |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
Durj is a 2019 Pakistani Urdu-language mystery thriller film, written and directed by Shamoon Abbasi and produced by Dodi Khan.The film stars Shamoon Abbasi, Sherry Shah, Maira Khan, Dodi Khan, Nouman Javaid and Hafeez Ali. The film is based on true events and a large part of it is about cannibalism. Inspired by two actual cases of cannibalism in Pakistan, particularly that of a pair of brothers from Bhakkar who devoured over 100 corpses and were set free despite their dastardly crimes, solely because no law exists against cannibalism in Pakistan's penal code.