“Lihaaf: The Quilt”, a cinematic illustration of Ismat Chughtai’s traditional quick story, was mentioned on the Virtual Canteen performed by the Delhi High Court Women Lawyers Forum. The movie options Sonal Sehgal and Tannishtha Chatterjee.
Sonal was current for the dialogue and was joined by Advocate Malavika Rajkotia and Dr Megha Anwer (Clinical Asstant Professor of Purdue University) because the audio system of the session.
“Discussing censorship in art and cinema, the lawyers pointed out that how, even after 70 years of Independence, we are still fighting for the freedom of speech like the recent arrests of stand-up comedians and artists. Similarly, at that time, Ismat Chughtai was also penalised for writing about homosexuality, which was a criminal offence under British rule,” Sonal mentioned.
Added filmmaker Rahat Kazmi: “Cinema, nevertheless, impacts society to a great extent and it’s a matter of pride when such an honourable and unbiased forum includes your film in their discussion.”
The movie has been co-written by Kazmi and Sonal. It has been produced by Kazmi, Tariq Khan, Zeba Sajid, Namita Lal, Umesh Shukla and Ashish Wagh, whereas it has been co-produced by Oscar-winner Marc Baschet and Cedomir Kolar.
The movie additionally stars Anushka Sen as youthful Ismat and Namita Lal as Rabbo. Other outstanding actors of the movie are Mir Sarwar within the function of Nawab, Shoib Nikash Shah as Manto and veteran actor Virendra Saxena as well-known Urdu author M. Aslam.
