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Tamanna (2014)

Tamanna poster
Original title
تمنا‎
Directed by
Steven Moore
Genre
crime, drama, thriller
Country
Pakistan
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A neo-noir drama set in Pakistan. It follows characters caught up in powerful emotions and desires. The story unfolds with a tense and stylized atmosphere.

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What happens

Tamanna (Urdu: تمنا; transl. Desire) is 2014 British-Pakistani film distributed by Royal Palm Group t/a Summit Entertainment (Pak) and Super Cinema and ARY Films and produced by Concordia Productions. A drama in the neo-noir genre the film is directed by a British director Steven Moore and produced by Pakistani producer Sarah Tareen. The film stars Omair Rana, Salman Shahid, Mehreen Raheel and Faryal Gohar. Prior to release the film won an award at the London Asian Film Festival for the first released song by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Other songs included in the film are sung by Ali Azmat and Amanat Ali. The original score for the film was written by Arthur Rathbone Pullen son of Booker Prize nominee and best selling English author Julian Rathbone. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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