Wakhri (2023)

Original title

وکھری

Directed by

Iram Parveen Bilal

Genre

drama

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

1h 39m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A widowed school teacher in Pakistan unexpectedly becomes a viral social media personality. The film follows her struggle to balance her newfound public life with the pressures and dangers of a conservative society.

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What happens

Wakhri is a Pakistani film directed by Iram Parveen Bilal who co-produced it as well, and starring Faryal Mehmood in her debut film lead as a widowed school teacher who gets viral on social media. The film is inspired by the late social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who was murdered in 2016. The film had its world premiere in Red Sea International Film Festival in December 2023. It was later theatrically released on 5 January 2024 nationwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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