Cinema
Inteha
Samina Peerzada · 1999
Synopsis
Sara, a young woman from a well-off background, studies at an art school. A dreamer, doted on by her father, she loves a gentle, peaceable boy, Farrukh, and nothing seems likely to disturb her life. Circumstances nevertheless force her to marry her cousin Zafar, heir to a family of large landowners, and the house she enters becomes for her a place of ordeal, the husband proving possessive and violent in the intimacy of the marriage.
Context
The film was released in 1999. It was banned for a few days because of the shots showing the heroine's ordeal, then re-released after a court decision obtained by the director. Meera played the part of Sara; Humayun Saeed and Zeeshan Sikander made their film debuts in it, with Resham alongside them. Amjad Bobby composed the music. The film was shown at the Kara festival, in Karachi, in 2001.
Who it is for
In Urdu; a drama that confronts head-on a subject the country's cinema left unspoken, to be seen knowing how harsh it is.
Prizes and reception
A commercial success in the big cities, according to The Express Tribune; nine national prizes.
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