Dukhtar -2014 (movie)

[BruceWayne]

Re: Dukhtar -2014 (movie)

@marwati

Allah rakhi? Pashtun women do not have such names. And i guess the writer of film is addressing “swara” custom that indeed exists in some parts of pakhtunkhwa, but lets be clear, child-marraiges do not take place as claimed by the film (can be of any age, if girl is small ,nikah and rukhsati are done when she grows up to be an adult) . Infact swara is peghor, a last resort rather than a regular custom to end the enmities with blood sheds. It is frowned upon to give your daughter or sister to your enemy’s family in marraige who has killed your brother or father or uncle, it is extreme (and therefore rare) occasion that two families would agree on swara to end the severe enmity. Usually decades long enmities are ended with it, as they become relatives after that. Mothers warn their sons about swara of his sister , when he is going to kill some one in anger, the thought that his sister might end up in enemy’s house, bring him into his senses some times. Basically every family member, male or female, is affected in enmities. The film-maker is feminist and has highlighted swara issue, but the real issue is violence and guns culture, murder for revenge which leads to countless deaths and some times swara. The solution is education and islam, and respecting law and order.

the filmaker is from Quetta and I’ve heard she’s pashtun too, so she know’s more about her culture