Kamli

Kamli (2022)

A young married woman, who lives with her blind sister-in-law, has been waiting eight years for her husband to return home. One day she is about to drown in the nearby pond when a mysterious wanderer named Amaltas rescues her, unexpectedly changing her life and putting her in a dilemma between her husband and her savior. Will she be able to restrain the force of desire or will she give in to temptation?

Date of release
2022-06-03
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 13m
Genres
Thriller, Mystery
Director
Sarmad Sultan Khoosat

Casting

Interesting facts

Kamli is a 2022 Pakistani drama film directed by Sarmad Khoosat, who co-produced it with Kanwal Khoosat under the banner Khoosat Films. Based on a short film by Mehar Bano, the additional story and dialogues were by Khoosat himself. It stars Saba Qamar, Sania Saeed, Nimra Bucha and debutant Hamza Khawaja in lead roles. Kamli revolves around the intertwining stories of three women and their restrained desires. The film released theatrically on 3 June 2022 and opened to positive reviews from critics.

Production

In September 2019, Saba Qamar signed up for Sarmad Khoosat's second feature film Kamli. According to Qamar, Kamli is her fist project which she took on without reading the script, and decided to sign it just after hearing its song "Naina". Besides Qamar, Sania Saeed and Nimra Bucha were also cast in this film; it was their second feature film collaboration with Khoosat after his directorial debut Manto (2015).

The film is based on a short film by actress Mehar Bano, with additional story and dialogues by Khoosat himself and screenplay by NCA graduate Fatimah Sattar in her debut work as a screenwriter. Saad Sultan composed the music of the film who earlier composed Laiyaan Laiyaan for Jackson Heights (2014). The film is edited by Saim Sadiq and Nadeem Abbas.

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