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Circus of Life

Country: Pakistan, Language: Urdu, Punjabi, 138 mins

Original Title

Zindagi Tamasha
  • Director: Sarmad Sultan Khoosat
  • Writer: Nirmal Bano
  • Producer: Irfan Khoosat, Kanwal Khoosat, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

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A devout Muslim who writes composes, and even records hymns praising the Prophet, Muhammad Rahat Khawaja is a respected elderly man who works in real estate and takes care of his bedridden wife. One day, he attends the wedding of a friend's son, where he inadvertently shows off a dance in front of his friends and family. His dance gets recorded and then uploaded to all social media platforms, which then also gets broadcasted on television. And the chaos begins to ensue in his quiet life. Other than his wife, no one else in the world understands Rahat's circumstance. His daughters and neighbors criticize him, his friends turn their backs on him. Circus of Life provides a calm and detailed picture of challenging issues in a strict Muslim society and the search for the identity of an elderly man who gradually comes to realize his "minoritiness."


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Cast & Characters

Arif Hassan (as Rahat Khawaja)
Samiya Mumtaz (as Farkhanda)
Eman Suleman (as Sadaf)
Ali Kureshi (as Danish)
Nadia Afgan (as TV Show Hostess)
Adeel Afzal (as Usman)
Mehar Bano (as Cousin)
Hammad Haider Butt (as Cleric)
Agha Haider Adnan Jahangir (as Classical Dancer)
Fani Jan (as Faisal (as Faani Jan))
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat Fatimah Sattar (as Zubiya)