• Director(s)

    Jawad Sharif

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    01/03/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    59m

Film

Bhashaili (adrift)

drug misuse

The problems faced by the Bengali community in Karachi are explored in this revealing Urdu language Pakistani documentary, which features stark images of drug misuse and accounts of discrimination.…

The problems faced by the Bengali community in Karachi are explored in this revealing Urdu language Pakistani documentary, which features stark images of drug misuse and accounts of discrimination.

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discrimination

drugs

suicide and self-harm

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

  • Director(s)

    Jawad Sharif

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    01/03/2025

  • Genre(s)

    Documentary

  • Approx. running minutes

    59m

drug misuse
Classified Date:
02/09/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Jawad Sharif Films
discrimination
There are references to the Bengali community being discriminated against and regarded as non-nationals in Pakistan. There are also references to the caste system.
drugs
There are images of people preparing and smoking heroin, which are accompanied by verbal references to a range of drugs being used by addicts who also speak about the perceived escape that drugs give them from their problems.
suicide and self-harm
There are references to Pakistanis who acted as suicide bombers during historical conflicts with India.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

  • Classified date

    02/09/2023

  • Language

    Urdu