Mutthi Bhar Chawal (1978)
- Original title
- مٹھی بھر چاول
- Directed by
- Sangeeta
- Country
- Pakistan
- Rating
- 9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A widowed woman in rural Pakistan struggles to support her family after her husband dies. The film follows her difficult life and the harsh choices she has to make.
melancholicslow-burngrittyearthypoignanttraditionalsocially conscious
What happens
Mutthi Bhar Chawal (A Fistful of Rice) is a 1978 Pakistani classical Urdu film based on Rajinder Singh Bedi's novel Ek Chaadar Maili Si. Directed by Sangeeta, with musical composition by Kamal Ahmed. It is one of the greatest hits of Sangeeta and debut film of Syed Noor as a screenwriter. The film is about rural life in Pakistan and a family's struggle to survive after the head of the household dies and his wife is widowed. It is one of the Pakistani films with the maximum number of awards won, including six Nigar Awards. It made the list of the 10 best Pakistani cinema films created by a well-known Pakistani film critic and published by BBC Urdu. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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