Pakistan’s highest-grossing film, The Legend of Maula Jatt, is set to release in China on May 21, marking an important moment in cultural diplomacy between Islamabad and Beijing beyond their longstanding strategic and military partnership, according to The Diplomat magazine.
The announcement was made by the film’s director, Bilal Lashari, who shared a Mandarin-dubbed trailer of the movie on his X account. The release is being viewed as a rare achievement for Pakistan’s entertainment industry, as the film has secured entry into China’s tightly controlled foreign-film quota market.