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Experimental film, 2024, 13 min

Pehlu

پہلو

The duality of love, told through two parallel timelines that slowly become one.

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Synopsis

Pehlu explores the duality of love through two parallel timelines. One unfolds in fast, bright, colourful shots that capture love's vibrant, loud and beautiful side. The other moves in slow, dull, muted frames, reflecting love's quiet, heavy and sometimes unsettling nature. The timelines alternate side by side, each with its own grade, pacing and sound, before gradually merging into the same tone and rhythm. That convergence is the point: beauty, fear, calm and intensity coexist to form love's true essence.

Abdul Rehman's role
Director, producer, editor
Credits
By Saad Ilyas and Abdul Rehman Hashmi. With Saad Ilyas, Abdul Rehman, Hadeed Shah and Hiba Aqib.

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