The film was premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September . Geo Films released the film in Pakistan on 18 September 2014 . It was selected as Pakistan 's Official entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards , but was not nominated . It becomes Pakistan 's second consecutive submission to Oscars and accepted as per the first one was '' Zinda Bhaag '' in same category
87th Academy Awards
87th Academy Awards
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