Haider rushes his sister-in-law to the hospital, where she gives birth to a girl, devastating the extended family desperate for a baby boy. The brothers’ elderly father is still hopeful Haider and his wife, Mumtaz, despite their unorthodox relationship, will bring them their much-desired male heir. Everything changes, though, when Haider takes a job as a backup dancer at an erotic theater and falls in love with its beautiful transgender star Biba.
Keywords
- Awarded Queer Movies
- Best first feature
- Cannes: Un Certain Regard
- Festival de Cannes
- Film Fest Gent !
- Love Story
- Queer Romance
- Queer Palm
- Sundance Film Festival !
- TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival
- queer
Actors
- Ali Junejo
- Rasti Farooq
- Alina Khan
- Sarwat Gilani
- Salmaan Peerzada
Director
- Saim Sadiq
Drama, Romance
2h 6min
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Haider takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the trans woman who runs the show.
Haider takes a job as a backup dancer in a Bollywood-style burlesque and quickly becomes infatuated with the trans woman who runs the show.
Haider rushes his sister-in-law to the hospital, where she gives birth to a girl, devastating the extended family desperate for a baby boy. The brothers’ elderly father is still hopeful Haider and his wife, Mumtaz, despite their unorthodox relationship, will bring them their much-desired male heir. Everything changes, though, when Haider takes a job as a backup dancer at an erotic theater and falls in love with its beautiful transgender star Biba.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Saim Sadiq
Cast
Ali Junejo
Cast
Rasti Farooq
Cast
Alina Khan
Cast
Sarwat Gilani
Cast
Salmaan Peerzada