ONE OF A KIND (WAKHRI)
Genre
Drama
Running time
99 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Urdu
Subtitle
English
Country
Pakistan and United States of America (USA)
Director
Iram Parveen Bilal
Bio
Producer
Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi, Iram Parveen Bilal
Cast
Faryal Mehmood, Gulshan Majeed, Shees Sajjad Gul, Saleem Meraj, Sohail Sameer, Bakhtawar Mazhar, Akbar Islam, Tooba Siddiqui
Scriptwriter
Iram Parveen Bilal
Grounded in the real-life case of Qandeel Baloch, a working-class star of Pakistani social media who was murdered by her family despite their profiting from her notoriety, this is a rewrite of history that gives an outspoken heroine a second chance. The central character here is a widowed schoolteacher in Lahore, who becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally releases her uncensored opinions on social media. As in real life, the blogging star’s sudden fame as an unlikely influencer comes with its own challenges: she is raising a 10-year-old son while navigating a hostile patriarchal culture that stops women speaking their minds, even in cyberspace. Once she has found her voice, however, no troll is going to shut her up
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