Murad (film)
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Official poster
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| Directed by | Kamran Qureshi |
| Produced by | Iram Qureshi |
| Written by | Zafar Mairaj |
| Story by | Zafar Mairaj |
| Starring | Sohail Asghar Qazi Wajid Nabeel Zaheen Tahira Kamran Jilani Tabraiz Shah Hareem Qureshi and Sabir Qureshi. |
| Music by | Mohsin Allah Ditta |
| Cinematography | Irfan Ahsan Naeem Ahmad |
| Edited by | Adnan Wai Qureshi |
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Evergreen Media Europe
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| Distributed by |
Zee TV Network Indus TV Network |
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Running time
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50 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Urdu/Hindi with English Subtitles |
 The trailer of Murad
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Murad, also known as Eunuch's Motherhood, is an Urdu/Hindi language television drama film directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi.
The film is based on the motherhood of a eunuch, the term to describe a transgender person. Sohail Asghar played a role of eunuch called Saima, who kept struggling all life and finally succeeded in winning the love of her adopted son, when he became a father himself.
Murad was awarded Best Telefilm of the year, Kamran Qureshi won Best Film Director Award and first prize of Rs. 500,000 in Indus Telefilm Festival 2003.Sultana Siddiqui presented special award to Sohail Asghar in The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005, on his outstanding performance in Murad.
The film was broadcast in 2004 on Indus TV Network in Pakistan & UAE and in 2005 on Zee TV UK & United States as part of film series 'Maa Aur Mamta', which consist of 13 films including Murad.
The story revolves round a eunuch (Hijra) "Saima" who adopts a helpless child 'Murad'. This child does not like her profession of dancing. Saima tries hard to fit in other professions as a male but people tease her at every place. Then she again tries to get job as a woman but fails. She then starts begging to earn her living but when Murad watches her as a beggar on the road, he gets cross. She then sends Murad to hostel and starts dancing again to fulfill the expenses of his studies. She never goes to see Murad so as to avoid his hatred.
The guy goes abroad on scholarship for higher studies. By the end, Saima gets an invitation of Aqiqah (newborn welcoming ceremony) from an unknown person and when they all go there, Saima comes to know that it was "Murad" who called her to show his son and wife about his mother who brought him up with the help of her Ghungroo, and also to thank Saima for all what she did for him.
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