Winner
South Asian International Film Festival
Best Director, Audience Award for Best Feature (2014)
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Dukhtar
دختر (Dukhtar)
Directed by Afia Nathaniel (Afia Serena Nathaniel)
2014•93 min
- Genre
- Thriller
- Topic
- Justice
- Mood
- Gripping
- Language
- Urdu
- Featured in
- Mothers & Daughters
Synopsis
A mother's extraordinary journey begins in the heart of Pakistan.
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her ten-year-old daughter flee their home on the eve of the girl's marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins.
Trailer
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Footnote
- First
Afia Nathaniel became the first South Asian female director to make a road trip thriller — follows a mother and daughter fleeing a forced marriage across Pakistan's tribal areas
Main Cast
Samiya MumtazAllah Rakhi
Mohib MirzaSohailSASaleha ArefZainab
Samina AhmadRukhsana
Adnan Shah TipuGhorzang KhanAKAsif KhanDaulat Khan
AGAjab GulShehbaz Khan
AJAbdullah JanTor Gul / Hikmatullah
