Lollywood "industry" report for 2000 from Royal Park, Lahore (the heart of Lollywood)

In 2000 there were 41 films released nationwide of which 27 were in urdu and only 14 were in Punjabi.

The following films were released during the year 2000:

Ghar Kab Aao Gay
Angarey
Jag Mahi,
Bali Jatti,
Peengan,
Hum Khiladi Pyar Ke,
Yaar Chan Varga,
Long Da Lashkara,
Jungle Qu een,
Yaar Badshah,
Pehchan,
Mujhe Chand Chahiye,
Pasand,
Gabroo Punjabi Da,
Sangdil,
Reshman,
Dil se na Bhulana,
Khuda ke Chor,
Banarsi Chor,
Sohni Kudi,
Billi,
Love in Holland,
Jatti da Veer,
Waada,
Sultana Daku,
No Paisa No Problem,
Mehndi Waley Hath,
Aik Dhee Punjab Di,
Kahan Hai Kanoon,
Lakhon Mein Aik,
Marvi,
Billo 420,
Mr. Fraudiay,
Baitee,
Barood,
Ishtahari Gujjar,
Abhi Nahin to Kabhi Nahin,
Nooran,
Lazawal,
Mehbooba,
Meri Tauba

Of all the above film only 7 could be considered successful and on the whole massive losses were incurred by the industry for the string of Box office under performers. Cinema prices were hiked which didn't prove popular and more and more people resorted to cable connections, legal and otherwise.

Of the urdu films Ghar Kab Aao Gay and Sultana Daku were the outstanding performers of the year while from the Punjabi lot Mehndi Waley Hath enjoyed a solid run and late in the year Shaan's Ishatahari Gujjar scored a considerable success.

Three other movies; Mujhe Chand Chahiye, Yaar Badshah and Billo 420 also performed well at the Box Office.

The most prolific/busiest and many would say most successful persons of 2000:

From the producers Shehzad Gul lead the way with other such as Ch. Mohd Ilyas Papoo, Tanvir Rehman, Ch. Mohd Ejaz Kamran, Mian Jabbar Khalid, Syed Noor, Jamshed Zafar, Ch. Khadim Hussain all enjoying fair success.

Of the directors Syed Noor was the most prolific with no less then 6 releases during the course of the year.
He was followed by Massod Butt and Pervaiz Rana who both had 5 releases to their credit and Iqbal Kashmiri was next busiest director with 3 releases.
Shahid Rana, Hasan Askari, Shehzad Haider, Nazar Shabab, Akbar Bukhari, Saleem Chaudhry, Hasnain, Syed Faisal Bokhari, Zahoor Gilani, Faisal Ejaz, Sohail Khan, Ronaq Ali, Shahid Mehrbaan, Rashid Doggar and M.A. Rashid all had one release each.

Of the music directors the following were the most sought after and enjoyed most contracts: M. Arshad was busiest with 10 film scores to his credit
M. Ashraf had 8 films to score while Zulfiqar Ali had 6 films to do.
Tafo had 5 movies while Wajahat Attre ( the man who discovered the wonderful Naseebo Lal) had 4 movies to compose for.
Wajid Ali, Naushad and Ali Afzal had 2 films each to their credit and Ronaq Ali and Nazir Ali Sabir Ali and Amjad Bobby did one film each.

The top female singers of the year were:
Saira Nasim who recorded a whopping 73 songs while
Naseebo Lal was second busiest and recorded 37 songs
Azra Jehan recorded 35 songs during the year and Shazia Manzoor recorded 34 songs. Humaira Channa recorded 33 songs and then there was a big drop to Saima Jehan sang 5 songs along with Ayesha Khan who also sang 5.
Madame Noor Jehan (bless her soul) recorded 4 songs, in itself a miracle while Shaheen Kunwal, Humaira Arshad, Saima Akhtar, Roomani Bao, Shabana Kauser and Mehnaz sang two songs each.

Of the male singers the busiest of the lot was Anwar Rafi who recorded 17 songs. He was closely followed by Amer Ali who did 16. After that it was Tehseen Javed who recorded 6 songs and Asif Mehdi, Farooq Shaad and Faisal Bobby sand 3 each while Dr. Farooq, Arshad Mahmood, abrar ul haq, saeen khawar had 2 songs each

Of the main actors Shaan was the most successful as well as the busiest with 18 releases during the year.
Moammar Rana and Saud had 16 releases each but it should be remembered that Saud is often the side kick or second hero while Moammar is the main man!
Babar Ali and Rambo had 10 releases each and
Arbaaz Khan had 8 releases his credit.
Javaid Shaikh is down in the doldrums with only 3 releases and
Ghulam Mohiudin, Faisal Qureshi had 2 releases each while Mohsin Khan, Nadeem and Izhar Qazi had one release each.

The busiest character actors were the following:

Shafqat Cheema appeared in no less than 23 films during the year and he was followed on 19 films by Sardar Kamal. Irfan Khoosat appeared in 18 movies and Azhar Rangeela was cast in 17.
Tariq Shah clocked in 15 films and Humayun Qureshi appeared in 13 movies while Raseela was in 8 and Mustafa Qureshi, Adeeb, Nayyar Ejaz all appeared in 7 films each.
Tanzeem Hussain appeared in 6 movies while Abid Khan, Afzal Khan, Afzal Ahmed, Masood Akhter Rangeels, Khalifa Nazir all had 4 roles to their credit.

Of the women, Saima again enjoyed the most successful year continuing her reign at Lollywood's summit. She snagged 20 films during the year, and though most of them flopped by the way side, her popularity didn't appear to take a hit.

The girl who is being groomed as her successor, Sana was the second most busy starlet and appeared in 13 movies. However, she almost always was cast as the second heroine while Reema with 10 releases commands much meatier roles.
Nargis who is a second heroine at best also appeared in 10 films during the year.
Noor, Meera and Khushboo appeared in 6 movies each while Nirma was cast in 5 and Resham and Anjuman appeared in 4 movies each.
Neeli was seen in just 2 movies during the year, both miserable flops.

Of the female character artistes ex siren Naghma was most busy with 18 roles while the fabulous Bahar Begum appeared in 15 films. Afshan Qureshi was also cast in 15 movies while Deeba Begum appeared in 8 and Sabira Sultana in 6. Roop was in 3 movies and Seema Nayab and Tamanna did 2 roles each.

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