Lihaaf: The Quilt (2019)

07/19/2019 (FR) • Drama • 1h 25m

Overview

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.

Lihaaf: The Quilt (2019)

07/19/2019 (FR) • 1h 25m

Drama

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Ismat Chugtai

Begum Jaan

Veerendra Saxena

Aslam sahib

Shahid Latif

Nawab Sahib

Manto

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Status

Released

Original Language

Hindi

Budget

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Revenue

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