Saba Qamar, Affan Waheed & Dur-e-Fishan Saleem to star in ‘Hangor S131’

It has been 50 years since the Indo-Pak War of 1971 and not much has been aired about the dismembering of Pakistan’s eastern wing, then East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Interestingly, on Defence Day 2021, iDream Entertainment teased us with a motion poster of a telefilm based on Pakistan Navy’s submarine, Hangor S131.

It appears to be a tribute to the Pakistan Navy as the animation reads: “A tale of thrilling sea encounter” giving us a hint that the story will be about the PNS/M Hangor, a Daphné-class diesel-electric submarine, that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1969 until its decommissioning in 2006.

Recently, Saba Qamar and Dur-e-Fishan Saleem have confirmed that they are a part of the project. Both the actors took to social media to share the picture of the script, which revealed that the telefilm is written by Saji Gul. Affan Waheed also shared the poster of Hangor S131 on his Instagram Story and later confirmed in a video with Something Haute that he is also working in it.

The telefilm will be based on true events from 1971 when Hangor sank the Indian Navy’s INS Khukri, an anti-submarine frigate, with one homing torpedo on 9 December, 1971. This was the only recorded submarine kill after World War II until the Falklands War. The strategic impact was even more significant as the Indian Navy cancelled “Operation Triumph”, the third missile attack, which was to be launched on 10 December.

 

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The motion poster seems intriguing and the topic is one which is hardly explored before on television before in the last two decades. With a good cast and team, we are expecting an engaging tribute to the naval forces.