# Lihaaf: The Quilt (2019)

Hindi · Released 2019-07-19

Lihaaf: The Quilt is a 2019 Hindi film. It is produced by Umesh Shukla. Tannishtha Chatterjee, Virendra Saxena and Mir Sarwar appear in it.

Producer: Umesh Shukla
Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee as Ismat Chugtai, Virendra Saxena as Aslam sahib, Mir Sarwar as Nawab Sahib

## Storyline
A period drama, the film is based on Ismat Chugtai's most celebrated story "Lihaaf" (published 1942). The film inter weaves the plot of same sex relationship between Begum and her masseuse and the trial that Ismat underwent after being slapped with a case of obscenity on publishing the story. The film raises themes of homosexuality and freedom of speech that our society is grappling with even today.

## Common questions

### When was Lihaaf: The Quilt released?
Lihaaf: The Quilt was released on 19 July 2019.

### Who stars in Lihaaf: The Quilt?
Tannishtha Chatterjee, Virendra Saxena and Mir Sarwar star in Lihaaf: The Quilt.

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