MUMBAI MIRROR (September 21, 2016)

On Tuesday, Malala Yousafzai called on everyone in London to watch a newly-released Pakistani film, made in collaboration with Bollywood musicians, for its strong message about girls education. The youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner had attended a special screening of the film in Birmingham, last week where she is now based with her family.

Directed by Azfar Jafri, and titled, Janaan, the film has also set a new precedent by becoming the first Pakistani film to make it into the UK Box Office Top 10 after its opening weekend.

Bollywood composer duo, Salim-Sulaiman and singers Armaan Malik and Shreya Ghosal have added an Indian collaborative theme to the film.

Janaan, which means beloved in Pashto, is set in Malala's home territory of Swat Valley and stars new Pakistani actors Bilal Ashraf, Armeena Rana Khan and Ali Rehman Khan.

"I'm really excited that I saw this beautiful film, Janaan, and I ask all of you to see this film; it has a huge message about girls education, about womens rights, about our Pashtun culture and I'm really proud of it, and it is amazing," said the 19-year-old Pakistani teenage activist, who had been airlifted to the UK for life-saving surgery after being shot in the head by the Taliban four years ago for campaigning for girls education.