Synopsis
Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, teeming with the vibrancy of life but restricted to bloom. It is the story of a girl who challenges the mindset that closes all doors of Light on women of the house and considers them nothing more than a machine that produces children.
Bol is Shoaib Mansoor’s second dramatic breakthrough of revealing life with its complexities. After ‘Khuda Ke Liye’ which went on to win several international awards, Bol is another gripping story authored by him. A story that shows the reality of life very closely. The web of relationships within a family that barely makes ends meet. On top of the poverty, the father subscribes to a set of values many would related to…values that we inherit and tightly hold on to, values that embody contradictions, values that have not been questioned.
Bol is a roller-coaster of emotions, yet carries subtleties that make your heartbeat stop. Based in the heart of Lahore, the story takes place in a house full of daughters, with vibrancy of life, yet restrictions on blooming. It questions the worth of a human being, be it a woman or a person born with a birth defect. It questions the authority of reproducing human beings into this world without taking responsibility of acknowledging their worth.
Bol takes you through a journey into the life of this family experiencing their troubles, sufferings, resolves and high points. As family members take decisions to solve their problems, they step into deeper troubles. The complexity of their circumstances becomes a struggle of life and death.
Humaima Malick after gaining popularity on the small screen in the recent years has been picked up for the big screen for the first time. She plays a daughter who gets affected the most by the family tensions. She respects the norms she has been given by her parents yet is compelled by her intuitive logic and sense of justice to rebel.
Atif Aslam plays an enlightened neighbor, and with his two loves, one for music and the other for his next door beauty, Mahira Khan, adds romance and melody to the film.
Iman Ali will be seen in a very different role than her usual appearances. A courtesan who is ambivalent between the standards of success her family considers so important and the desires of her own heart.
‘Bol’ is Bold…
So bold that some will find it hard to confess they have seen it!