# Aurat Raj

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***Aurat Raj*** () is one of the first [Pakistani feminist](/source/Feminism_in_Pakistan) films. Released in 1979, it was produced and directed by [Rangeela](/source/Rangeela_(actor)).[1][2] It is a satirical movie and was produced during the grim times for women under the conservative dictator, General [Zia-ul-Haq's](/source/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq), socio-politically adverse dictatorship. Ahead of its time, it did not do well commercially at the box office.[1]

The plot is based on a short story of [Shaukat Thanvi](/source/Shaukat_Thanvi), where oppressed [women of Pakistan](/source/Women_in_Pakistan) fight back by forming a [feminist movement](/source/Feminist_movement) on roads and gain political power too. After gaining political power, in a satirical comedy fantasy scene, the female lead gives a taste of [patriarchy](/source/Patriarchy) and [misogyny](/source/Misogyny) to Pakistani men by converting all of them into women a time.[1] The fantastical scenarios, musical flights and comedic twists in the film have been hailed as interventionist tools and techniques that help to complicate and refashion the present by envisioning radical futures.[3]

## Cast

- [Rani](/source/Rani)
- [Waheed Murad](/source/Waheed_Murad)
- [Sultan Rahi](/source/Sultan_Rahi)
- Chakori
- Naghma
- [Shehla Gill](/source/Shehla_Gill)
- [Durdana Rehman](/source/Durdana_Rehman)
- Rangeela
- Yasmin Khan
- [Badar Munir](/source/Badar_Munir)
- Asif Khan
- [Usman Pirzada](/source/Usman_Pirzada)
- Khanum
- Waheeda Khan
- Surayya Khan
- Nazar
- [Nanha](/source/Nanha)
- Albela
- [Khalid Saleem Mota](/source/Khalid_Saleem_Mota)
- Iqbal Durrani
- Irfan Khoost
- Ali Ahmed
- Ladla
- Chakram
- Saqi
- Shahnawaz
- (Guests: Yousuf Khan, Ali Ejaz, Durdana Rehman, Zahid Khan)

## Box office

The film was a "Silver Jubilee" hit, completing 45 weeks in theaters.

## See also

- [Aurat March](/source/Aurat_March)
- [Me too movement in Pakistan](/source/Me_Too_movement_(Pakistan))
- [Girls at Dhabas](/source/Girls_at_Dhabas)

## References

1. Paracha, Nadeem F. (17 August 2014). ["Pakistan's first radical feminist"](https://www.dawn.com/news/1125708). *Dawn*. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

1. Rabe, Nate (15 April 2017). ["Sound of Lollywood: When men turned into dupatta-covered minions in 'Aurat Raj'"](https://scroll.in/reel/834575/sound-of-lollywood-when-men-turned-into-dupatta-covered-minions-in-aurat-raj). *Scroll*. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

1. Mokhtar, Shehram (May 2018). ["Aurat Raj: Hacking Masculinity & Reimagining Gender in South Asian Cinema"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210121235423/https://adanewmedia.org/2018/05/issue13-mokhtar/). *Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology*. '***(13). [doi:10.5399/uo/ada.2018.13.2](https://doi.org/10.5399/uo/ada.2018.13.2). Archived from [the original](https://adanewmedia.org/2018/05/issue13-mokhtar/) on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2020.***

## External links

- [Aurat Raj](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0237010/) at IMDb

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