Dukhtar
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Theatrical release poster
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| دختر | |
| Directed by | Afia Nathaniel |
| Produced by | Afia Nathaniel Muhammad Khalid Ali |
| Written by | Afia Nathaniel |
| Starring |
Samiya Mumtaz Mohib Mirza Adnan Shah Tipu Saleha Aref Asif Khan Ajab Gul Samina Ahmad |
| Music by |
Sahir Ali Bagga Peter Nashel |
| Cinematography | Armughan Hassan Najaf Bilgrami |
| Edited by | Armughan Hassan Afia Nathaniel |
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Production
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Zambeel Films
The Crew Films |
| Distributed by | Geo Films |
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Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu, Pashto |
| Budget | ₨6.5 million (US$62,000) |
| Box office | ₨1.65 crore (US$160,000) |
Dukhtar (Urdu: دختر ; English: Daughter) is a 2014 Pakistani drama-thriller film directed by Afia Nathaniel. The film stars Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref, Asif Khan, Ajab Gul and Samina Ahmad. The film is Afia Nathaniel's feature directorial debut; she also wrote and produced the film. It is the story of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter, who leave their home to save the girl from an arranged marriage to a tribal leader.
The film was premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September. Geo Films released the film in Pakistan on 18 September 2014. It was selected as Pakistan's Official entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. It becomes Pakistan's second consecutive submission to Oscars and accepted as per the first one was Zinda Bhaag in same category.
At the age of fifteen, Allah Rakhi (Samiya Mumtaz) was given in marriage to the much older tribal chieftain Daulat Khan (Asif Khan), who took her from her family in Lahore to live with him in the mountains. Now, two decades later, Daulat Khan is presented with the opportunity to make peace with rival tribe leader Tor Gul (Abdullah Jaan), and the deal is to be sealed by Tor Gul's marriage to Daulat Kahn's ten-year-old daughter Zainab (Saleha Aref) in marriage. Tormented at the prospect that her daughter's life might be a repetition of her own, Allah Rakhi flees with the oblivious young girl in tow. Pursued by Daulat Khan and Tor Gul's henchmen, and knowing that she is highly conspicuous as an unaccompanied woman on a mountain road, Allah Rakhi sneaks on board a truck. When discovered she manages to get a lift for her and Zainab by initially lying to a sympathetic truck driver, Sohail (Mohib Mirza). When Sohail learns of the real reason for Allah Rakhi's flight, he is forced to decide whether he will endanger his own life to deliver mother and daughter to safety in Lahore.
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