Film
Lihaaf: The Quilt
2019 · 1h 25m · Drama
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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.
Cast
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Ismat Chugtai
Sonal Sehgal
Begum Jaan
Veerendra Saxena
Aslam sahib
Rahat Kazmi
Shahid Latif
Mir Sarwar
Nawab Sahib
Shoib Shah
Manto
Crew
- Rahat KazmiDirector · Writer
- Sonal SehgalWriter
- Umesh ShuklaProducer
- Ashish WaghProducer
- Namita LalProducer
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 19, 2019
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
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