Mahira Khan and Nina Kashif production Baarwan Khiladi is a web series that is highly anticipated due to its unique content. It is a sports series and as the nation is immersed in cricket fever due to Pakistan Super League, it feels like the right time to release the series. To build more hype around the series, the producers have revently released a short clip of rap about cricket titled Bana Main Khiladi.
Featuring an ensemble cast of young boys as well as talented stars, Baarwan Khiladi explores themes of friendships, rivalry, failures, redemption, jealousy, entitlement, unity, courage and a lot more. With a 56-second video featuring big bold lyrics, the song also talks about the same feelings as it emphasizes on perseverance and passion. The lyrics are accompanied by shots of Danyal Zafar, Shahveer Jafry, Fawad Khan, Sarmad Khoosat and Shoaib Malik as well as the rest of the team.
Fawad Akmal is the rap artist behind the masterpiece and we cannot wait rap alongside him when it plays in the web series.
Read: Trailer review: Baarwan Khiladi depicts passion, rivalry and politics in the game of cricket
The cast includes Danyal Zafar, Shahveer Jafry, Kinza Hashmi, Sarmad Khoosat, Saba Faisal, Hina Ashfaque, Mohsin Gillani, Shafqat Cheema, Mira Sethi, Usman Peerzada, Fawad Jalal, Salman Butt, Meer Yusuf, Ali Tahir, Khaqan Shahnawaz, Zarrar Khan, Sajjad ul Haq, Ali Abbas, Waqar Ali, Hammad Akmal, Umer Hayat Chaudhry. Fawad Khan and Shoaib Malik have made special guest appearances.
It is “a story about a small-town boy, Akbar, who loves cricket and has dreamt to play on a national level all his life. His passion leads to his selection in the country’s biggest cricket national league, Lahore Cricket League; upon his journey, he gets to experience it all – the fight against the unjust system, dirty politics, and bias in the industry,” reads the official description of the trailer on YouTube.
Baarwan Khiladi is directed by ace filmmaker Adnan Sarwar who has given us films like Shah, Motorcycle Girl and telefilm Aik Hai Nigar. It is written by Shahid Dogar and produced under the banner of Soul Fry Films.
The series is all set to premiere on a local streaming platform Tapmad from 5th March.
Listen to the rap here:
