

Movie·2002·2h 35m
Circle
A vicious circle of love, lust, longing, and Lahore.
Directed By
Azfar Ali
Language
English
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The Story
Original title: Daira
based on the international bestseller Moth Smoke, authored by Mohsin Hamid. Set in Lahore, Daira is a film about givings and misgivings, love and deceit, or as Hamid puts it, the “cooled” and the “uncooled”. A portrait of contemporary Pakistan featuring an adulterous romance between two ultra-rich jet setters. He is a banker and she is the wife of his best friend, and she is escaping the constraints of marriage and motherhood by prowling the city as a journalist
Cinematography
Altaf Amin
Themes
Audience Score
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