Better Late Then Never

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

I Watched this Movie with High Hopes and believed it would be a Good Movie.But My Hopes were crushed as it was one of the worst movies I had ever seen in Cinema.But what would you expect from a Pakistani Movie anyways.Pakistan Cinema is Too stale the Movies they make have depressing story lines,majority of them related to Extremism and issues related to Sufferings and Rights of Women in Pakistan.Now a Common Pakistani who already has no Real Entertainment besides Cinema would want to go to a Cinema to have a few Laughs and leave it with a Cinema,but movies like these make him Depressed .Dukhtar has a week plot,Very Poor Average Acting and not good Music.Plus the Camera work and Editing has been done in a very school boy manner.

Let me start the review by saying that if this movie was to be judged on the basis of visuals , it comes in par with some of the best internationally ,but some poor casting choices and lame screen play along with novice dialogues it made it a just an OK film , it had the potential to be a bench mark film , the subject of the film was very powerful which deserved a powerful presentation , the film started great but as soon as Mohib Mirza appeared the whole mood of the film was destroyed , Ajab Gul and Saleha Aref were the only two castings that did justice to their roles , Samiya Mumtaz is a good actress but she was not into the character properly, her accent kept changing in the whole film .Overall its good that Pakistan cinema is at least trying to make its own impression and it will improve with time .

I was waiting for this movie. I thought that this will be the movie as Shermeen Oboid Chenoi speaks of this. But to be honest it is disappointing on all fronts. On top of that it is more disappointing that it is send as official nominee in Academy Awards from Pakistan for Foreign movie.No plot, direction as week (one can live with that as it is the first offering from Aafia but it is bad, real bad) and it all makes no sense whatsoever. Story wanders abruptly with turning points so wayward that towards end it lost all.There is no acting. A real waste of all the big names in movie. Also, casting could have been better.The only positive was the music. Specially the song from Rahat is really Good. And that is all about it. Note: Save your time and watch something good.

Dukhtar (دختر) "Daughter" is a new entry in emerging independent Pakistani Cinema. I was expecting it would be 3 hrs flick and first half of the movie will be based on the issues of "Dushmani" and "Jirga" and second half 'll be about their escape.But Director concluded the "Dushmani" issue in first 15/20 minutes. (Thank You Afia Nathaniel).Then we came across the astonishing beauty of northern areas of Pakistan...the mountains...The Ford Truck...Karakorum Highway....Plateaus...great frames and great colors filled with thrill of situation...innocence of characters...reality based sounds....Seems...you are enjoying....but suddenly it ended....means film ended in a very unclear way....Therefore I said plot is weak.Acting of Samiya Mumtaz (اللہ رکھی) is really good. Supporting characters also played well (Ajab Gull, Mohib Mirza). Overall a good effort and good movie for art lover and serious audience. (Not just for sake of entertainment)