Based on Ali Xeeshan’s collection Khamoshi, this film by Abdullah Haris awakens a powerful message on the millions of forced underage marriages that take place in Pakistan and the rest of the world every year. The innocence of these girls is snatched away from them and their childhood is betrayed by their own families. The silent cries are heard by no one, and they weep until there is no choice left but to resign to fate.
And that is when their silence, and of those around them who know that a wrong is being committed, becomes deathly.
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