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Murad, also known as Eunuch's Motherhood, is an Urdu/Hindi language television drama film directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi.[1]

Murad
Official poster
Directed byKamran Qureshi
Written byZafar Mairaj
Story byZafar Mairaj
Produced byIram Qureshi
StarringSohail Asghar
Qazi Wajid
Nabeel
Zaheen Tahira
Kamran Jilani
Tabraiz Shah
Hareem Qureshi
and Sabir Qureshi.
CinematographyIrfan Ahsan
Naeem Ahmad
Edited byAdnan Wai Qureshi
Music byMohsin Allah Ditta
Production
company
Evergreen Media Europe
Distributed byZee TV Network
Indus TV Network
Release date
  • 1 July 2003 (2003-07-01) ( Karachi)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageUrdu/Hindi with English Subtitles

The film is based on the motherhood of a eunuch, the term to describe a transgender person. Sohail Asghar played a role of eunuch called Saima, who kept struggling all life and finally succeeded in winning the love of her adopted son, when he became a father himself.[2]

Murad was awarded Best Telefilm of the year, Kamran Qureshi won Best Film Director Award and first prize of Rs. 500,000 in Indus Telefilm Festival 2003.[3] Sultana Siddiqui presented special award to Sohail Asghar in The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005, on his outstanding performance in Murad.[4]

The film was broadcast in 2004 on Indus TV Network in Pakistan & UAE and in 2005 on Zee TV UK & United States as part of film series 'Maa Aur Mamta', which consist of 13 films including Murad.[5]


Plot


The story revolves around a hijra, Saima, who adopts a child, Murad. Murad dislikes Saima's work as a dancer. Saima tries hard to fit into other professions as a male but people mock her. She then tries and fails to get job as a woman. She takes to begging on the street to earn her living, but this angers Murad. She then sends Murad to hostel and starts dancing again to cover the cost of his education. To avoid his hatred and disapproval, she never visits.

Murad accepts a scholarship and goes abroad. Later Saima receives an invitation to an aqiqah (newborn welcoming ceremony) from an unknown person. She accepts, and when she arrives at the party, Saima learns that it was Murad who invited her, so that she could meet his wife and son, and to thank her for all what she had done for him.[6]


Cast


External video
The trailer of Murad

Awards


Indus Telefilm Festival 2003

The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005


See also



References


  1. "Telefilm have their day - Article: Dawn Images August 10, 2003, Murad". Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
  2. "Murad - IMDb - Tagline". IMDb.
  3. "Telefilm festivals - She Magazine August 2003 - Murad". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
  4. "Indus Drama Awards - Indus Entertainment official website - Sohail Ashger". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  5. "From Maa to Maamta - She Magazine 2004 - Murad". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015.
  6. "Murad - IMDb - Plot". IMDb.
  7. "Special Awards for outstanding performance". dailymotion. Indus TV Network. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2015.




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