Samiya Mumtaz Mohib Mirza Adnan Shah Tipu Saleha Aref Asif Khan Ajab Gul Samina Ahmad
Cinematography
Armughan Hassan Najaf Bilgrami
Edited by
Armughan Hassan Afia Nathaniel
Music by
Sahir Ali Bagga Peter Nashel
Production companies
Zambeel Films The Crew Films
Distributed by
Geo Films
Release dates
5 September 2014 (2014-09-05) (TIFF)
18 September 2014 (2014-09-18) (Pakistan)
Running time
93 minutes
Country
Pakistan
Languages
Urdu Pashto
Budget
Rs. 6.5 million (US$23,000)
Box office
Rs. 1.65 crore (US$57,000)[1]
Dukhtar (Urdu: دختر; transl. Daughter) is a 2014 Pakistani drama-thriller film directed by Afia Nathaniel.[2][3] The film stars Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref, Asif Khan, Ajab Gul and Samina Ahmad. The film is Afia Nathaniel's feature directorial debut; she also wrote and produced the film. It is the story of a mother and her ten-year-old daughter,[4] who leave their home to save the girl from an arranged marriage to a tribal leader.[5][6][7][8]
The film was premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 5 September. Geo Films released the film in Pakistan on 18 September 2014. It was selected as Pakistan's Official entry in the category Best Foreign Language Film for the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[9] It becomes Pakistan's second consecutive submission to Oscars and accepted as per the first one was Zinda Bhaag in same category.[10]
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Dukhtar (Urdu: دختر; transl. Daughter) is a 2014 Pakistani drama-thriller film directed by Afia Nathaniel. The film stars Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza,...
and Udaari. Mumtaz made her film debut in 2014 in a drama thriller film Dukhtar, written and directed by Afia Nathaniel. She also starred in a family drama...
nomination in ARY Film Award for Best Actor. He played a villainary role in Dukhtar (2014) and also starred in the Indian film Welcome to Karachi (2015). In...
Kyun Tum Say Itna Pyar Hai as well as critical performance films such as Dukhtar. He has also starred in a string of successful television serials like...
'Qubool Hai:' High Time To Accept Seniors In Love". Parhlo. 9 April 2020. Dukhtar (2014) film and Samina Ahmad (actress) on Complete Index To World Film...
31 October 2015. "Geo Films acquires latest Pakistani independent film Dukhtar". The News. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 3...
next year, Ardeshir Irani produced the first Persian-language talkie, Dukhtar-e-loor. Also in 1933, the first Cantonese-language films were produced...
pictures". The Pakistani Films. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2015. ""Dukhtar" and "Na Maloom Afraad" to be screened at international film festival"...
October 2021. "Dukhtar: Soundtrack Credits". imdb.com. 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2022. Walsh, Katie (16 October 2015). "Review: 'Dukhtar' is a stunning...
Parveen Bilal Nominated–Pakistan Media Award for Best Film Actor 2014 Dukhtar Sohail Afia Nathaniel 2016 Bachaana Vicky Nasir Khan Teri Meri Love Story...
three young-men trying to get rid of the life miseries and the fourth Dukhtar was a drama-thriller film, about a mother and her ten-year-old daughter...
Winner 14th London Asian Film Festival for The Best Music Talent (2012) Dukhtar "Ya Rahem" "Maula Maula" Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya "Tere Naal"...
audience. Afia is a member of Film Fatales independent women filmmakers. Dukhtar (2014) Afia is currently based in New York City she teaches in the visual...
Best Film Best Director Na Maloom Afraad Dukhtar O21 Nabeel Qureshi – Na Maloom Afraad Dukhtar – Afia Nathaniel and Muhammad Khalid Ali O21 – Jami and...
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 2014 Tamanna Rizwan Ahmed Steven Moore 2015 Dukhtar Zarak Khan Afia Nathaniel 2022 Kamli Nadir Malik Sarmad Khoosat 2023 Gunjal...
Tamanna directed by Steven Moore, Sultanat directed by Syed Faisal Bukhari, Dukhtar directed by Afia Nathaniel, and O21 directed by Jami.[citation needed]...
2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014. "LUMS Alumna Afia Nathaniel's Film 'Dukhtar' Premieres at TIFF". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved...
also the cousin of Ahmad Wali. Sorood-e Kabul Pay- Ashk Taqdeer Sapidah Dukhtar-e Afghan Nawa-e Dil Majlisi Awal Maykadah Majlisi Dawoom Salma Mastee Kabul...
(died 1221), under a story named Hikayat Amir-i Balkh wa ashiq shudan dukhtar-i o ("the story of the chieftain of Balkh and his daughter's falling in...
pp. 72 to 77. "1921 mein unki shaadii rai sahib karam chand talwar ki dukhtar e nek krishnawati se huii..shuroo shroo mein Punjabi aur angrezii zabaan...
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