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'''''O21''''' (or '''''Operation 21''''' formerly ''The Extortionist''<ref>{{cite news|title=Operation 021, (a.[k.a The Extortionist) Trailer Released|url=http://newsmedia247.com/operation-021-a-k-a-the-extortionist-pakistan-movie-teaser-trailer-43948|access-date=30 October 2013|newspaper=NewsMedia247|date=12 November 2013|author=Nimra Alam|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112102835/http://newsmedia247.com/operation-021-a-k-a-the-extortionist-pakistan-movie-teaser-trailer-43948|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a 2014 [[Cinema of Pakistan|Pakistani]] [[spy film|spy]] [[thriller film]],<ref>{{
The film, produced by One Motion Pictures,<ref>{{cite news|author=Aqsa Ishtiaq|title=The Extortionist: Pakistan's First Spy Action Thriller|url=http://www.aaj.tv/2013/03/the-extortionist-pakistan’s-first-spy-action-thriller/|access-date=4 February 2014|newspaper=AAJ News|date=22 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan's first spy action thriller 'The Extortionist' under production|url=http://www.magtheweekly.com/30mar-05apr2013/lastpage3.asp|work=MAG The Weekly|access-date=4 February 2014}}</ref> is based on a screenplay by Summer Nicks. [[Zeba Bakhtiar]] is the film’s executive producer and the lead roles are played by [[Aamina Sheikh]], winner of the best actress prize at the New York International Film Festival, the renowned actor [[Shaan Shahid]] who has received accolades through countless Pakistani blockbusters, most recently ''[[Waar]]''. ''O21'' is the 576th feature film of Shaan's career.<ref>{{cite news|title=O21 will be Shaan's 576th film!|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/770886/did-you-know-operation-o21-will-be-shaans-576th-film/|access-date=4 October 2014|work=The Express Tribune|publisher=Hassan Ansari}}</ref>
== Plot outline ==
Abdullah ([[Ayub Khoso]]), after 30 years of war in [[Afghanistan]], wants to save his country from another 50 years of [[corporate warfare]]. He works with his [[Pakistan]]i ally Kashif Siddiqui ([[Shaan Shahid]]) to save the two neighboring countries from further turmoil through a plan that could risk the lives of them and their families. A plan that has 21 hours to be executed.<ref>{{
== Cast ==
* [[Shaan Shahid]]<ref>{{
* [[Ayub Khoso]]<ref>{{
* [[Aamina Sheikh]] as Natasha
* [[Shamoon Abbasi]] as Danish
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== Production ==
The filming began in [[Karachi]] in the first quarter of 2013, and over a course of 61 days of shooting spread over 3 spells, was completed in the first quarter of 2014. Filming took place throughout [[Karachi]], [[Lahore]], [[Balochistan]] and the Afghan Border. ''O21'' was primarily filmed on Red Epic Cameras with Cooke s4/i lenses however the ARRI Alexa XR was used in certain scenes as well.
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{{See also|List of highest-grossing Pakistani films}}
O21 made {{PKRConvert|5.9|m}} on its first day of release.<ref>{{cite news|title=Box office banged|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/772162/box-office-banged-hrithik-beats-shaan-on-home-soil/|access-date=12 October 2014|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|publisher=Hassan Ansari}}</ref> At the end of Eid Week (Monday-Sunday) film collected huge {{PKRConvert|41.5|m}} from all over Pakistan. But from next Monday onwards numbers started falling heavily which resulted in mere {{PKRConvert|7|m}} over Weekdays taking Extended Week One of 11 Days to {{PKRConvert|48.5|m}} which is 6th biggest of 2014 after [[Kick (2014 film)|''Kick'']], [[Na Maloom Afraad|''Na Maloom Afraad'']], [[Bang Bang!|''Bang Bang!'']], [[Khoobsurat (2014 film)|''Khoobsurat'']], and [[Jai Ho (film)|''Jai Ho'']].<ref>{{cite web|title=O21 Extended Week One Business|url=http://boxofficedetail.com/view_post.php?value=2168|website=BoxOfficeDetail|access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref> After low weekdays of week one, movie dipped further in week two and collected mere {{PKRConvert|12.9|m}} taking grand total to {{PKRConvert|61|m}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=O21 2nd Weekend Business |url=http://boxofficedetail.com/view_post.php?value=2188 |access-date=21 October 2014 |work=BoxOfficeDetail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818035330/http://boxofficedetail.com/view_post.php?value=2188 |archive-date=18 August 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Controversy ==
On 7 October (second day of film release) a story was reported that O21 got ''booed off the screens'' from two of the single screen cinemas in [[Karachi]]; Bambino and Capri. It got replaced in all its shows by [[Bang Bang!|''Bang Bang!'']] and [[Na Maloom Afraad|''Na Maloom Afraad'']], as people started protesting and throwing bottles on screen as the film did not exactly live up to their expectation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Operation 021 booed off the screens in Karachi|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/772147/operation-021-booed-off-the-screens-in-bambino-and-capri/|access-date=13 October 2014|work=[[The Express Tribune]]|publisher=Rafay Mahmood}}</ref> Aayan Mirza of ''Galaxy Lollywood'' investigated the case by talking with industry insiders and blamed it on film's distributor ''Distribution Club'' and wrote "They don’t care whether the film is Pakistani or not, they are merely concerned with their business, so what they do is that the moment they suspect that their Pakistani release might not be as successful on a particular cinema as they had previously thought it to be, they would reach out to the management of that cinema and will have it replaced there completely with one of their own Indian films. To them, it is no money lost, and to cinemas it is healthy occupancy." Further added "This isn’t the first time it has happened, and ''Distribution Club'' has been doing it for long. They did the same with [[Ishq Khuda|''Ishq'' ''Khuda'']], with [[Sultanat (2014 film)|''Sultanat'']] and now O21."<ref>{{cite web|title=Investigating the 'O21 booed off' stor|url=http://galaxylollywood.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/investigating-the-o21-booed-off-story-the-picture-could-have-been-a-little-different/|website=Galaxy Lollywood|date=12 October 2014|publisher=Aayan Mirza|access-date=13 October 2014}}</ref>
On 13 October 2014 film's production team gathered at the Karachi Press Club to address the "injustice" meted out to them by cinema owners of
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|style="text-align:center;"| Best Film
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