
Lihaaf: The Quilt
Drama
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Tannishtha Chatterjee
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Ismat Chugtai
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Ismat Chugtai


Sonal Sehgal
Sonal Sehgal
Begum Jaan
Sonal Sehgal
Begum Jaan


Veerendra Saxena
Veerendra Saxena
Aslam sahib
Veerendra Saxena
Aslam sahib
Rahat Kazmi
Rahat Kazmi
Shahid Latif
Rahat Kazmi
Shahid Latif


Mir Sarwar
Mir Sarwar
Nawab Sahib
Mir Sarwar
Nawab Sahib
Shoib Shah
Shoib Shah
Manto
Shoib Shah
Manto
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