Zindagi Tamasha - Circus of Life - URDU/Hindi - زندگی تماشہ

Zindagi Tamasha, titled Circus of Life in English, is a 2019 Pakistani drama film directed by Sarmad Khoosat.

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It premiered at the 24th Busan International Film Festival, and won awards at Busan and at the 2021 Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles. The film was set to be released in Pakistan cinemas on 18 March 2022, but was postponed indefinitely following widespread protests by Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan.

A devout Muslim who writes, composes, and even records hymns praising the Prophet, Rahat 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. His dance gets recorded and then uploaded to social media, which then gets broadcast 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 circumstances. 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".

Cast :
Arif Hassan as Rahat Khawaja; a devout Muslim becomes victim of a leaked video
Samiya Mumtaz as Farkhanda; Rahat's bedridden wife
Eman Suleman as Sadaf; Rahat and Farkhanda's daughter
Ali Kureshi as Danish; Sadaf's husbad
Faani Jan as Faisal; Rahat's friend, Asad's father
Arslan Khan as Asad; Faisal's son
Adeel Afzal as Usman; a DVD shop owner
Shahrus Khan as Muzammil; leaks Rahat's dancing video
Zoya Uzair as Amara; Sadaf's co-producer
Sikandar Nawaz Rajpoot as Young eunuch; eunuch in the neighborhood of Rahat