Lihaaf: The Quilt

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Lihaaf: The Quilt (2019)

Directed by Rahat Kazmi

Drama · 1h 25m

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.

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Cast

Tannishtha Chatterjee Ismat Chugtai Sonal Sehgal Begum Jaan Veerendra Saxena Aslam sahib
R
Rahat Kazmi Shahid Latif Mir Sarwar Nawab Sahib
S
Shoib Shah Manto

Crew

Director
Rahat Kazmi
Writer
Sonal Sehgal, Rahat Kazmi
Producer
Ashish Wagh, Namita Lal, Umesh Shukla

Details

Release date
2019-07-19
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Original language
HI
Spoken languages
Hindi
Countries
France, India, Singapore
Production
A.S.A.P