Lihaaf: The Quilt (2019)
A period drama, the film is based on Ismat Chugtai's most celebrated story "Lihaaf" (published 1942). The film inter weaves the plot of same sex relationship between Begum and her masseuse and the trial that Ismat underwent after being slapped with a case of obscenity on publishing the story. The film raises themes of homosexuality and freedom of speech that our society is grappling with even today.
Director: Rahat Kazmi
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Tannishtha Chatterjee as Ismat Chugtai |
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Sonal Sehgal as Begum Jaan |
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Veerendra Saxena as Aslam sahib |
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Rahat Kazmi as Shahid Latif |
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Mir Sarwar as Nawab Sahib |
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Shoib Shah as Manto |
| Production | Umesh Shukla | Producer |
| Production | Ashish Wagh | Producer |
| Production | Namita Lal | Producer |
| Directing | Rahat Kazmi | Director |
| Writing | Rahat Kazmi | Writer |
| Writing | Sonal Sehgal | Writer |
