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My Father Iqbal: A Film That Misses the Mark But Still Inspires



Karim, an older child slave whose fingers are too large to tie the threads on the looms, acts as an overseer for Khan. While he spies for Hussain Khan and frequently insults his charges, he also puts ointment on their bleeding fingers and tells them stories about movies he has seen at the theater in the city. He reluctantly helps them take food and water to Iqbal in the Tomb and deliberately delays telling Hussain Khan that Iqbal has escaped a second time.




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Eshan Khan, a leader of the Liberation Front, has endured persecution for his actions, but still embodies perseverance and enthusiasm. Fatima says that he becomes like a second father to the children he rescues. He is also reckless, like Iqbal, who repeatedly endangers himself to rescue children after he is freed.


Fasel Rahman moved to Peshawar from India before partition. He adored movies. Because of his interest in the image, when he was around thirty-five he decided to become a photographer. A Sikh photographer working with a box camera on Cinema Road became his teacher. That was before 1935, he says, and there were only three Sikh box camera photographers and his father working on the street as 'standing' photographers. Afterwards, when Aslam had learnt how to use the camera, he joined his father on the street. Subsequently they opened a photo shop at Kabuli gate.


Today, as the Alia and Vicky starrer turns 3, we look back at the 5 heartbreaking moments from Sehmat's story that continue to move audiences to tears. The film revolves around a young girl Sehmat (Alia Bhatt) from Kashmir who is married off to a Pakistani officer Iqbal (Vicky Kaushal) after her patriot father appeals to her to get training and put duty to her nation first. She agrees and goes to Pakistan as a spy and while she is there, she gives crucial information to India to help them fight the 1971 war. However, she also falls in love with Iqbal and has to take some life-risking actions to protect herself and her identity as a spy. Amid this, there were 5 scenes that broke every movie buff's hearts.


One of the heartbreaking moments that always manages to leave the audience teary-eyed is when Sehmat aka Alia is leaving her father's house in India after marriage with Iqbal. The melodious voice of Harshdeep Kaur and the meaningful lyrics by Gulzar explain the agony of a girl's heart leaving her parents' house forever. Alia's terrific act in the song elevates the sequence to another level.


As a spy when Alia aka Sehmat begins snooping around, the first one to get suspicious of her is a trusted servant of Iqbal's family Abdul. When he finds out that Sehmat is a spy, he runs to tell Iqbal's father and family. However, Sehmat, who has vowed to put the nation first ahead of herself, decides to run him over with a car. The moment comes as a turning point in the plot and takes a heavy emotional toll on Sehmat. We see her crying her heart out in the following sequences and with her, each audience member bawled their eyes out.


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