Lihaaf: The Quilt

Name: Lihaaf: The Quilt
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Sonal Sehgal, Veerendra Saxena, Rahat Kazmi, Mir Sarwar

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A period drama, the film is based on Ismat Chugtai's most celebrated story "Lihaaf" (published 1942). The film inter weaves the plot of same sex relationship between Begum and her masseuse and the trial that Ismat underwent after being slapped with a case of obscenity on publishing the story. The film raises themes of homosexuality and freedom of speech that our society is grappling with even today.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Rahat KazmiWriter: Sonal SehgalProducers: Ashish Wagh, Namita Lal, Umesh Shukla

Tannishtha Chatterjee

as Ismat Chugtai

Sonal Sehgal

as Begum Jaan

Veerendra Saxena

as Aslam sahib

Rahat Kazmi

as Shahid Latif

Mir Sarwar

as Nawab Sahib

Shoib Shah

as Manto

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