Josh

ENTERTAINMENT

MAMI’s only entry from Pakistan in 5 years

L-R:Independent fiction film director Iram Bilal with Pakistan’s supermodel and leading actress Aamina Sheikh in Mumbai for Josh

Mumbai 19^th October 2012: Iram Parveen Bilal, the maker of Josh, spent 4 years working on her debut feature film which is the only Pakistani film to make it to the 14th Mumbai International Film Festival this year. Josh is the only fiction film from Pakistan to be screened at MAMI in the last 5 years. It was recently mentioned in Hollywood’s Variety and IndieWire for being one of only 2 fiction films to be granted the prestigious Women In Film Finishing Fund. It is also a film that has been mentored by the likes of the Oscar nominated Hany Abu Assad. 

Aamina Sheikh is one of the most well known and loved faces of the Pakistani fashion and entertainment industry today. In just 5 years she has made her mark in both the fashion and media industry with an array of high profile fashion shoots, TV serials and local and international films under her belt. As a model, Aamina’s career is studded with experience in having worked with some of the best designers, photographers and stylists that the industry has to offer. Not only does she bring amazing versatility to every brand that she works with but she is also highly celebrated for her professionalism. As an actor, Aamina is seen portraying strong and challenging characters with incredible sensitivity and attention to details along with being extremely natural in her portrayal of complex roles. She is the face of L’Oreal Paris, Emirates Airlines, Pantene Shampoo and Clear Shampoo in Pakistan.  She has won Best Actress At New York City International Film Festival 2012 Face Of The Year Award from Sunday Daily Times and Best Emerging Talent Award & Best Model Of The Year Award  under Lux Style Award. Currently, this talented and stunning model and actress is married to Mohib Mirza, an actor and comedian. The couple has since then acted in many telefims as an on screen couple.

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The story of Josh is simple and powerful and based on Fatima, a committed schoolteacher living the cosmopolitan high life in Karachi, who is devastated when her nanny, Nusrat, inexplicably disappears. Though her friends and family beg her not to disturb the status quo and confront the powerful feudals in Nusrat’s village, Fatima travels there to investigate. Will the trials and tribulations deter Fatima’s resolve? Will the quest challenge an already complicated romantic relationship? What all shall Fatima have to sacrifice in the search for answers? Josh (English Title: Against the Grain) is the story of a privileged woman whose life is shattered in a single moment. It is the story of a woman in search for a dangerous truth.  It is the story of the biggest challenge to Pakistan’s still reigning feudalism: the country’s youth. The film explores the internal debates the young are struggling with, and how solutions can be attainable if and when they stand united. .Josh is the story of Fatima’s search for a dangerous truth in Nusrat’s feudal village. The starcastincludes Aamina Sheikh, Mohib Mirza, Khalid Malik, Navin Waqar, Kaiser Khan Nizamani , Khalid Ahmed, Parveen Akber, Nyla Jafri, , Saleem Mairaj, Adnan Shah Tipu, Ali Rizvi, Faizan Haqquee and many more.