take a shot if it’s a Khoosat movie ending with a funeral!

there were certain moments in which i thought something drastic was going to happen. i waited for a stereotypical depiction of mullahs attacking and being violent towards the main character but nothing happened. 

this film is a study of a character whose role in society is praised of higher value until he diminishes it while enjoying himself with friends at a wedding. he does something that i’m pretty sure every man has done atleast once in their life; dancing. dancing is seen as a subject of taboo infront of this naat khua, and why shouldn’t it be? he’s someone that reminds people of religion, of fear from god for doing immoral things. he turns himself against something he stands for. 

but he isn’t sorry for it. no. he, in secret takes pride of this immorality. he doesn’t apologize because he doesn’t care. he knows that this was something between him and his god. in this film, or in pakistani society, in general, the mullahs rule the religion, these people are seen as a higher power that decide if a muslim should be punished if they have done something wrong, and their punishments don't really abide by the quranic values, no. why? because they’re the creators of this religion and god is just a mere stand in.

a key scene showcases the exact kind of limit for the mullah, whose basically judging the naat khuas actions, while shooting an apology video of the naat khua in which, the naat khua gets mad at the mullah for drawing the line at dancing while he’s out there molesting kids. the mullah obviously gets violent with him. 

this is something so prevalent in society, no wonder the pakistani censorship board banned this film because their fragile masculinity and hate for anyone even raising a finger at this disgusting reality of mullahs using islam as an excuse for pedophila was triggered. wake up! 

this film occasionally sneaked in homosexual undertones that actually do make sense. the main character does act in a certain way but that’s in secret. and we know that secret. this is subtly questioned by a few people even though the main character does get offended when being invited to a gay dance show. which leads to him telling the police about it in which the police gets suspicious of him being gay. this scene was funny to me, like he’s trying so hard to be a straight man when it’s obvious he does show some feminine qualities; like cooking for his wife, brushing her hair, admiring women dancing and later on singing or dancing like them. 

well he may be gay or he may not be. doesn’t matter. he can just be a straight feminine man who enjoys dancing! 

little moments of grief and shame surrounding the naat khuas quiet spaces, while he lay or sat in disbelief looking at the uneven hazy abyss of the scary society infront of him, were written very beautiful. this is something i want to achieve in my own screenplays. 

it ends on a heartbreaking note with the naat khua going back to something that destroyed him. solitude is bliss. 

shot and graded in a bleak tone, the cinematography isn’t something new in the world of cinema but it is simple and simplicity in its writing and visuals goes very well altogether. 

all in all a very raw and heartbreaking film.

take a shot if it’s a Khoosat movie ending with a funeral!

there were certain moments in which i thought something drastic was going to happen. i waited for a stereotypical depiction of mullahs attacking and being violent towards the main character but nothing happened. 

this film is a study of a character whose role in society is praised of higher value until he diminishes it while enjoying himself with friends at a wedding. he does something that i’m pretty sure every man has done atleast once in their life; dancing. dancing is seen as a subject of taboo infront of this naat khua, and why shouldn’t it be? he’s someone that reminds people of religion, of fear from god for doing immoral things. he turns himself against something he stands for. 

but he isn’t sorry for it. no. he, in secret takes pride of this immorality. he doesn’t apologize because he doesn’t care. he knows that this was something between him and his god. in this film, or in pakistani society, in general, the mullahs rule the religion, these people are seen as a higher power that decide if a muslim should be punished if they have done something wrong, and their punishments don't really abide by the quranic values, no. why? because they’re the creators of this religion and god is just a mere stand in.

a key scene showcases the exact kind of limit for the mullah, whose basically judging the naat khuas actions, while shooting an apology video of the naat khua in which, the naat khua gets mad at the mullah for drawing the line at dancing while he’s out there molesting kids. the mullah obviously gets violent with him. 

this is something so prevalent in society, no wonder the pakistani censorship board banned this film because their fragile masculinity and hate for anyone even raising a finger at this disgusting reality of mullahs using islam as an excuse for pedophila was triggered. wake up! 

this film occasionally sneaked in homosexual undertones that actually do make sense. the main character does act in a certain way but that’s in secret. and we know that secret. this is subtly questioned by a few people even though the main character does get offended when being invited to a gay dance show. which leads to him telling the police about it in which the police gets suspicious of him being gay. this scene was funny to me, like he’s trying so hard to be a straight man when it’s obvious he does show some feminine qualities; like cooking for his wife, brushing her hair, admiring women dancing and later on singing or dancing like them. 

well he may be gay or he may not be. doesn’t matter. he can just be a straight feminine man who enjoys dancing! 

little moments of grief and shame surrounding the naat khuas quiet spaces, while he lay or sat in disbelief looking at the uneven hazy abyss of the scary society infront of him, were written very beautiful. this is something i want to achieve in my own screenplays. 

it ends on a heartbreaking note with the naat khua going back to something that destroyed him. solitude is bliss. 

shot and graded in a bleak tone, the cinematography isn’t something new in the world of cinema but it is simple and simplicity in its writing and visuals goes very well altogether. 

all in all a very raw and heartbreaking film.