Lihaaf: The Quilt

Name: Lihaaf: The Quilt
Director: Rahat Kazmi
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-07-19
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sonal Sehgal, Veerendra Saxena, Rahat Kazmi, Mir Sarwar

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2019 · 85 min · Drama · TMDB 2.7/10

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.

Directed by Rahat Kazmi

Cast

Tannishtha Chatterjee — Ismat Chugtai
Sonal Sehgal — Begum Jaan
Veerendra Saxena — Aslam sahib
Rahat Kazmi — Shahid Latif
Mir Sarwar — Nawab Sahib