NewsApril 10 , 2017
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy speaks about her Award winning movie – Girl in the River
NEW YORK: The story is followed by an ordinary girl – Saba, who wanted to marry the person she fell in love with. But, in the Pakistani cultural context, the idea of marrying on one’s own choice is perceived to be complicated and conservative.Saba’s family, father and uncle specifically, who were very negligent of her personal choice, after finding her escape to her means, shot and dumped her in the river but she miraculously survived and planned onto a mission to share her tragic story. Even though, the uncle and the father were imprisoned for their criminal act. However, Saba was pressurized to forgive the perpetrators because criminals are absolved if the sufferer forgives.
This honor killing attempt is documented Sharmeen Obaid’s movie, Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness. On her eighth annual summit Sharmeen Obaid said, “One of the most important ways to tackle an issue is to put a voice and a face on it,” She hopes to bring positivity by voicing a single story, more than 1,000 women and girls are victims of honour killings annually — through a singular narrative.
She added, “Winning an Academy Award really helps,” she added. “The prime minister of the country watched the film and said ‘there is no honour in honour killing.’”
To highlight the role of women in Pakistani culture, Sharmeen Obaid has done several of films for she felt the need to address that men were conferring equal justice. She said, “When men go on raids in that conservative area, they can’t enter a house, the women have to go first. In fact, these women lead the anti-terrorism squad and the men follow behind them.”
She depicted of Saba’s father as a common man and not a villain, narrating that people would not know how would it feel to walk in his shoes, putting a thread to it, he must have had done it out of the pressure of traditional laws in a society.
There have been certainties of great number of disapproval but while incoming this burdensome process of filming she puts an end to the criticism, “In the dead of the night, I prefer to listen to the voices that are cheering me on because those are the ones that will help me get to the finish line.” Moreover, she did not portray anything bad of Islam since the honor killing is pervasive in almost all communities.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk
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