Good Morning Karachi

Good Morning Karachi

9/11/2013 1h 25m 7.4/10

Overview

Good Morning, Karachi is the story of a young girl (Amna Ilyas) who wants to be a model while struggling towards her dream against the backdrop of the Benazir Bhutto assassination.

Director

Sabiha Sumar

Top Billed Cast

Saba Hameed

Saba Hameed

Rafina's mother

Aamina Sheikh

Aamina Sheikh

Mehwish

Farhan Ally Agha

Farhan Ally Agha

Fahad

Savera Nadeem

Savera Nadeem

PJ

Khalid Malik

Khalid Malik

Murad

Amna Ilyas

Amna Ilyas

Rafina

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

8/22/2024

6/10

Amna Ilyas is the young "Rafina" who has dreams of becoming a model in her home city, but who faces quite a few challenges from her sceptical family and her fiancé who thinks she ought to be grateful for the chance to get married, have babies and live at home. An attempt to revitalise this rather well-trammelled concept has been made by setting it against the considerable political upheaval that was being caused by the imminent arrival from exile of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto but that doesn't really lift this lacklustre story enough. That said, it's actually quite a well made drama, and the actors do enough to keep it going for eighty minutes but the substance and characters are poorly developed and it takes a very simplistic look at the cultural attitudes of both the sexes and the generations. Sure, everybody should dream - but not everyone can be a model or a brain surgeon or an astronaut, and the film does rather present us with an all too linear appreciation of not just her own aspirations but also one of those who advise against this risky and potentially short-term career path - embarked upon, supposedly, in the name of empowerment or liberation. Director Sabiha Kumar is trying to make a point but she doesn't really make any attempt to calibrate the drama in any sort of balanced fashion - epitomised by the loving but strained relationship between "Rafina" and her mother (Saba Hameed). It looks good, though, capturing the hustle and bustle of this vibrant city well, but it's just a bit too undercooked.

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