Write-ups.
Josh: SadafJosh is the inspirational film that addresses various social issues like class separation, individual empowerment, and women's rights. It is the story of a teacher (Fatima) who eventually becomes philanthropist after tasting the flavour of cruelty of life outside the highly sophisticated life of Karachi. She is attached to her nanny Nusrat Bi. Seeing a cruel face of life is the changing point for her and she refuses to accept it all as a result of an accident only. Fatima decides to continue the Khana Ghar (Food Kitchen) that Nusrat Bi was running in her area. With the help of her friends she manages to launch the khana ghar but this isn't the end... The lack of self esteem, absence of motivation, and fear of local feudal lord were the intangible villains of the story.
Bol: Saraa.The story starts with Zainab who is about to be hanged and she thinks back to the incident that brought her there. She is in front of the media and is given a chance to tell her story. She starts by telling about her father - Hakim Sahib - who wished for a son always, after a failed attempt resulting in 4 daughters, he finally has a son. The son - Saifi- is transgendered daughter, the father hates him very much. One day, he chokes him to death after a few males who rape him. Zainab doesn't take too well to this news and starts hating her father with a passion. Hakim Sahib is then found out to being married to another much younger girl who is a prostitute for money. He doesn't tell anyone and goes to her occasionally. Parallel to this story is the love story of Mustafa and Ayesha blooming, Ayesha is the daughter of Hakim Sahib while Mustafa is a guy who resides next to Hakim Sahib's house. The two are married without the permission o f Hakim Sahb because he doesn't like Mustafa's father. Meena is the second wife of the Hakim, and has to give birth to a daughter to keep the prostitution legacy going. Eventually, Meena gives birth to a daughter but instead feels for her and gives her to the 4 sisters at their doorstep. Zainab kills her father who tries to kill the newborn because Meena's brother is after Hakim Sahib. Therefore, at the end the most famous dialogue of Zainab arrives leaving everyone wondering the exact same thing "
Jab khila nahin saktay ho, toh paida kyun kartay ho?!"
Khuda Key Liye: Saraa.Khuda Key Liye revolves around a happy family residing in Lahore. The two brothers - Mansoor (Shaan) and Sarmad (Fawad) - are singers. While Mansoor moves to the US for further education, Sarmad gets influenced by the extremists of Islam and stops listening/singing music, taking pictures in the name of Islam. Story moves to Mariam who is a British born Pakistani girl who is in love with Dave. Her father finds out and isn't too happy about this and decides to take her to Pakistan. While touring, he gets her married - forcibly - to Sarmad. Mariam tries to run away but is forced to consummate her marriage with Sarmad. Later, she does eventually get away and files a case in the court of Pakistan against her father and husband. That's when Naseeruddin Shah, playing a role of a Moulvi enters the court and says that Islam is being butchered in the name of Jihaad. Sarmad realizes his mistake and frees Mariam of the marriage. Mariam moves to the same village where she got married to teach the little girls. While, in the parallel, Mansoor is also in trouble when he thought he was in bliss. Being in love with an American girl, Janie and the two eventually get married after Janie leaves a few things behind of her previous unhappy life. Suddenly, 9/11 breaks out which results in Mansoor being taken into jail for questioning as well. After a year of torture by the FBI, he is deported back to Pakistan and reunites with his brother and parents.
Behadd: Saraa.This story revolves around a widowed mother - Masooma - who is raising a daughter. The daughter played by Sajjal is very calm until a new man, who also happens to be Masooma's friends brother, Jamal who was recently divorced. The age gap between the two is of about 6 years but the two look beyond and above that and get engaged. Add to that Maha's insecurity of losing her mothers constant attention. Maha plays a huge drama where she claims that Jamal attempted rape.The story leaves the audience wondering whether it is really not okay for the children or the society to accept a second marriage.
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi: SadafMain Hoon Shahid Afridi reveals the story of a young boy (Noman Habib) who dreams of becoming as great a player as Shahid Afridi, but he finds himself down on luck when the only club he ever knew goes bankrupt. With no place else to go, he discovers one last chance to save his club, his town and his dream. A cricket tournament coming to Sialkot which may be the clubs last hope. A team of misfits with no facility and no coach, can they even qualify for the cup and face the highly skilled undefeated rivals who were born with a golden spoon in their mouths and every facility in their hands? With that question in mind they decide to take help from an ex cricketer Akbar Deen (Humayun Saeed), but Akbar has a dark past of his own. So this movie reveals the journey of fate collision, mistrust, betrayal, love, power and unfulfilled dreams.
Aaina: Fariha. Edited by DeviatedTesoro. - 11 years ago
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