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Zara Abid's debut short film is out

Zara Abid's debut short film is out

Narrated by Saba Qamar, film Sikka shows Abid playing two women living different lives but being connected on a humane level.
26 May, 2020

A new short film has hit YouTube which features the late model Zara Abid.

Titled Sikka, the film came just two days after the tragic PIA plane crash that took Abid's life along with 96 others. The short - directed by Ahmed Sarym - ended up being her first and last such project.

Narrated by Saba Qamar, Sikka shows Zara as two women living very different lives but having similar sort of aspirations and lack of fulfillment. They're two sides of the same sikka.

Speaking to Images, director Ahmed Sarym shared, "I basically wrote this last summer, when I was 16 and wanted to switch from journalism to film-making. I reached out to Zara and she decided to do it."

"I hadn’t known her before this but she simply believed in whatever she read, got her own wardrobe from [brands] Zara and Khaadi and flew down to Islamabad from Karachi to film."

He added, "I had basically wanted to start a YouTube channel for a while where young filmmakers could test waters and release their work. So Qissa Nagri is hopefully on its way into becoming that channel and it’s overwhelming yet heartbreaking to have Sikka as it’s first offering."

Zara Abid was also making her cinematic debut with Chaudhry. However, there are no updates about the film as it was still in the making.

Comments

well wisher May 26, 2020 07:43pm
RIP, Zara.
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ASK May 26, 2020 11:50pm
Rest in peace sister.
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Shahryar Shirazi May 27, 2020 05:54am
RIP
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ali May 27, 2020 05:58am
please please i urge the people of Pakistan and media personal, leave Zara Abid alone, she is no longer with us, let's pray together for her that Allaha make her next journey easy and simple and give her place in janat, we don't need talk about her debut or her personal life, or what kind of clothes she used to wear, just remember her good deeds, not her debut film
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T-man May 27, 2020 08:26am
A very good effort but it is sad to watch it.
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alih May 27, 2020 09:42am
She resembles the model in some of songs I have seen in early 2000s. RIP.
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Nadeem May 29, 2020 05:23am
What is happening that even is passing RIP is said and not innah lillah he wah innah alaihi rajeeoon
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