| Event Title: | ISAS Seminar and Film Screening |
| Topic: | Maafinama - A Road towards Redemption |
| Date/Time: | 07 January 2015 | 00:00 - 03:15 |
| Venue: | ISAS Board Room |
| Speaker/s: | Ms Tannishtha Sarkar, Film Producer, "Maafinama" |
| Description: | In a Muslim village of India, a 17 year old girl Asma gets raped by a group of unknown men. In the trauma of the incident she looses her speech. However she could identify one person out of the gang. He is 24 year old Dilnawaz, the only one in the gang, from the village and the one Asma used to have an unexpressed crush ever since. Though not directly involved in the crime, Dilnawaz gets indicted and is made to face the local judiciary, while the actual rapists flee back to the city. As part of the punishment, he is asked to get a plea of pardon countersigned by Asma along with financial compensation. Even though initially he only tries to save himself, it is only during the process of fetching her signature, he realizes her ever-present feelings towards him and the trauma she has been through and this brings about a change in his perspective. |