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Lihaaf: The Quilt

Lihaaf: The Quilt

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Drama
📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: Hindi
📆 Date Released: 2019-07-19
⌚ Running Time: 85 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 3.5

Beloved Cast

Tannishtha Chatterjee original image
Ismat Chugtai
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Sonal Sehgal original image
Begum Jaan
Sonal Sehgal
Veerendra Saxena original image
Aslam sahib
Veerendra Saxena
Rahat Kazmi original image
Shahid Latif
Rahat Kazmi
Mir Sarwar original image
Nawab Sahib
Mir Sarwar
Shoib Shah original image
Manto
Shoib Shah

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