Warm Bread, Cold Mindset (2025)
Garm Roti, Thandi Soch follows a single day in the life of Bashir, a tired, working-class man in Karachi navigating a world shaped by corruption, class divides, and quiet domestic expectations. What begins as a simple request from his wife—to bring home warm roti—turns into a symbol of everything denied to him. Throughout the day, Bashir endures the suffocating monotony of his government job, the intrusion of a performative NGO crew, and the daily humiliations of a city where the powerful move freely and the powerless wait in silence. His offhand remark, “Mulk ke halat garam hain, par roti thandi hai,” becomes an accidental viral soundbite. By nightfall, he returns home emptied, carrying only cold roti and the weight of unseen struggles. His silence at the end captures a life swallowed by a society that overlooks him, offering no transformation—only the stillness of enduring what cannot be changed.
Director: Musab Hafeez
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Zubair Baloch as Bashir |
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Tooba Hashm as Saira |
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Eliya Simon as Rashid |
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Musab Hafeez as Ali |
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Saad Hashim as Manager |
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Nouman Khan as NGO |
| Writing | Musab Hafeez | Writer |
| Directing | Musab Hafeez | Director |
| Directing | Muneezah Sheikh | Assistant Director |
| Art | Eliya Simon | Art Direction |
| Camera | Shamer Gladwin Justine | Director of Photography |
| Production | Saad Hashim | Producer |
