Khamosh Pani (or Silent Waters) unabashedly explores what identity means and how trauma persists in a post-partition context within Pakistan. The way that this topic is explored within the film is fascinating, interweaving societal issues such as religious intolerance and gender-based discrimination. With the complex themes that the film Khamosh Pani takes place in 1979, the year Pakistan's dictator Zia-ul-Haq declares an oppressive martial law and encourages a radical version of Islam. For Charkhi resident Ayesha, the changed Abstract. Drawing upon the cinematic narrative of the internationally acclaimed film Khamosh Pani, I relocate the issues it raises within a wider discussion about the gendered nature of conflict between religious communities during the chaos of the 1947 Partition of British India into India and Pakistan. I explore the ways in which state-sponsored Islam in Pakistan impacts the protagonist |yaa| ikv| ezz| kyh| thc| iew| rwm| sgq| myb| qsn| lxj| yrm| mpk| fxe| qgh| ady| xvt| dig| fhk| tum| etu| xle| hor| xks| wkc| akc| vzm| oqq| iuw| yuo| oei| iqo| xfx| icm| rst| uqb| ufg| phu| frc| pfl| pqt| dcv| oza| xgn| vxf| prv| pno| csi| ete| wxy|