Josh

It is the first time in my life that I watched two Pakistani movies within a week. First was Waar and then Josh. Pakistani movies in the past have been mostly disappointing, technically substandard with weak plots and over acting. Things are now definitely looking up.

Watching Josh was a beautiful experience. It is an uplifting story of a middle class professional city woman who made a stand to seek the truth about the death of her nanny. After discovering that she was murdered by a powerful and wealthy landlord of the area, she showed great courage, to seek justice against overwhelming odds, whilst helping the poor who traditionally relied upon the landlord. To seek justice she put herself in harms way.

The acting was superb with Aamina Sheikh giving a very powerful emotional and gripping performance and she was excellently supported by the whole cast. The camera work cinematography and background music was awesome. Kudos to Iram Bilal for directing such a beautiful film.

As a British Pakistani I am amazed at the quality of the films that I have seen recently and I am hopeful and pray that this trend continues. Josh was not mind numbing superficial look good feel good film with lots of songs and dances interspersed but rather gritty evocative and thoughtful with a powerful message. The message was truly uplifting, a confident educated bright women taking a stand a stand for justice in a male dominated society and succeeding against the odds.

I was disappointed that the theatre was half full for this wonderful film and that it should have received a lot more publicity than it did. It only has two shows in the weekend in selected cinemas in the UK which clearly is not enough!

Artistic, mind-boggling, immaculate, simply said: beautiful.

Iram Bilal, you have turned something important yet common and overlooked into a piece of art worth watching again and again, congratulations.

Acting, dialogue, cinematography are not the only things good about this film, the message it conveys is what tops everything else. Injustice is fought with courage, quotes of Allama Iqbal on the onset of this movie sets the tone for what is to come. Light is shed on how the prerequisites for a just society are missing in the rural and urban classes alike.

Fatima a schoolteacher played by Aamina Sheikh looks to find justice in a harsh and unjust society. Anything further said about the plot will take away the experience of watching this film for the first time.

I haven't seen too many Pakistani films but I am definitely familiar with Bollywood films. This movie had my full attention during the entire movie. It was totally refreshing from seeing so many cheap/garbage Bollywood and Pakistani TV-shows. This movie was raw, didn't have cheap over-acting and the story was captivating. I wish to see more films like this! The movie wasn't too long compared to typical desi movies, but if it was, I would have embraced it. I admire how the main person behind this movie had different roles such as writing and directing. I watched this with my wife and she enjoyed it as well. I plan on sharing this movie with my family and friends.

Josh is a small-scale art movie that is beautifully directed by Iram Parveen Bilal. I am proud of the fact that the film's director is a woman and also features a strong female lead; a very good performance from Aamina Sheikh.

Iram shows great maturity in handling the transitional scenes, edits and general framing of the shots. The film is under two hours and feels just as compact with an impactful story. The feudal system is the crux of the narrative and while it's not greatly dissected, the message is concise and effective.

There has been a lot of talk about the revival of Pakistani cinema with the likes of Waar taking the box-office by storm. But it is the smaller and more poignant films like Josh that I would rather get behind and recommend for its beautiful execution.

Josh - is kind of an experience we usually don't get from the media world. a faith, a lost hope that even the person, who dsnt belong to a specific community, when tries to approach something peacefull & useful for the betterment of people, the people rise with them.

Its the 1st movie of Iram Bilal & she proved herself in the directorial abilities.The storytelling was a little extended which made it alittle rough but it got covered by the acting skills of Aamina Shiekh. I liked her from the 3 years old show MAIN ABDUL QADIR HON. Yeah she is one sharped actress & fulfilled the character of Fatima in pretty good way. Actor Mohib Mirza & Adnan Shah acted pretty decently. Cinematographer Nausheen Dadabhoy succeeds in capturing the very essence of Karachi, conveying that imperceptible vitality which is hard to describe with words.

Thus the movie not a feast treat but it provides u a moment to think about what a mans duty should be,even with the slightest resources. Time to think about our society, our culture, our Pakistan.

Give JOSH a try - its worth it.