Murad (film)

Murad
Official poster
Directed byKamran Qureshi
Written byZafar Mairaj
Story byZafar Mairaj
Produced byIram Qureshi
StarringSohail Asghar
Qazi Wajid
Nabeel
Zaheen Tahira
Kamran Jilani
Tabraiz Shah
Hareem Qureshi
and Sabir Qureshi.
CinematographyIrfan Ahsan
Naeem Ahmad
Edited byAdnan Wai Qureshi
Music byMohsin Allah Ditta
Production
company
Evergreen Media Europe
Distributed byZee TV Network
Indus TV Network
Release date
  • 1 July 2003 (2003-07-01) (Karachi)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageUrdu/Hindi with English Subtitles

Murad, also known as Eunuch's Motherhood, is a 2003 Urdu/Hindi language television drama film directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi.

The film is based on the motherhood of a eunuch, the term to describe a transgender person. Sohail Asghar played a role of eunuch called Saima, who kept struggling all life and finally succeeded in winning the love of her adopted son, when he became a father himself.

Murad was awarded Best Telefilm of the year, Kamran Qureshi won Best Film Director Award and first prize of Rs. 500,000 in Indus Telefilm Festival 2003. Sultana Siddiqui presented special award to Sohail Asghar in The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005, on his outstanding performance in Murad.

The film was broadcast in 2004 on Indus TV Network in Pakistan & UAE and in 2005 on Zee TV UK & United States as part of film series 'Maa Aur Mamta', which consist of 13 films including Murad.