Osama - A Short Film By Siddiq Barmak

Osama is the story of a little girl in Afghanistan during the Taliban reign.
This was the first film to be shot in the country after the fall of the Taliban. The film very sensitively portrays the plight of women at the time with the girl as the protagonist struggling for basic rights.

A part of the film revolves around the terror with which women in Afghan land live. The other part is all about Osama. Osama is infact the name given to the little girl when she attends a madrassa in disguise, dressed as a boy. No prizes for guessing what happens next. All the escape from lecherous mullahs trying to abuse the little boys in the madrassa and her struggle to survive make up for the rest of the film.

Please contact Bh S S Prakash Reddy of Hyderabad Film Club at 2373-0841, 93910-20243 for further details.