Movie: Lihaaf: The Quilt

Top 6 Billed Cast

Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tannishtha Chatterjee

Ismat Chugtai

Sonal Sehgal
Sonal Sehgal

Begum Jaan

Veerendra Saxena
Veerendra Saxena

Aslam sahib

Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi

Shahid Latif

Mir Sarwar
Mir Sarwar

Nawab Sahib

Shoib Shah
Shoib Shah

Manto

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2019-07-19

  • Average

    2.7

  • Rating:

    1.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    हिन्दी

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