Following it’s world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 5, Pakistani road trip thriller film, Dukhtar is set to release nationwide in nine major cities of Pakistan; Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Multan, Hyderabad, Faisalabad, Gujranwala and Sialkot on September 18.
The film highlights the issue of child marriage through the setup of a road-trip thriller that explores the unbearable anguish of a mother’s frenzied search for a new life for her daughter with the help of a former mujahid truck driver. The film is set against the backdrop of the beautiful landscapes of the northern areas and roads of Hunza, Skardu, Gilgit and Kallar Kahar all the way to the urbanscape of Lahore.
On the film’s release in Pakistan, writer, director and producer of Dukhtar, Afia Nathaniel said: “It was so amazing for us to see how well received the film was at Toronto. Audiences came to us after the screening telling us how the film touched them emotionally and took them onto a beautiful journey they will not forget. They had never experienced Pakistan in cinema on this scale and quality.”
