ABOUT THE PROJECT

LOGLINE
A school teacher in rural Pakistan becomes a viral sensation overnight when she accidentally unleashes her unabashed opinions on social media. This newfound fame as an unlikely influencer comes with its own challenges as she has to navigate archaic mindsets, secret identities and raising her ten-year-old son in a world where women's right to taking space, physical or online, is a constant challenge.

SYNOPSIS
Noor is a founder of her village’s first girl’s school, one that is going bankrupt. She stumbles on the power of social media when her friends secretly upload a video of her. It becomes viral. Her sexy avatar “Wakhri“ (one of a kind) is born.

Alas, Wakhri and Noor’s identities must remain separate because respectable Noor is also a widow mother to a boy. Wakhri becomes a muse for the sex-starved crowds of Pakistan. She craftily uses her celebrity for socio-economic impact.

But fame is tricky. Chaudhry, a twisted politician, wants to possess her; he does the one thing that could shatter her—he reveals her true identity—on national TV! What unfolds is a mammoth of online trolling. How dare a mother try and be sexy? Noor is fired from her school job, her family disowns her and when Wakhri tries to reveal Chaudhry’s crimes on TV, she is shot. However, Wakhri lives. This time her fans rise with her. Hundreds of new and anti-establishment voices are inspired to express themselves.

PROJECT TYPE Narrative Feature

DIRECTOR Iram Parveen Bilal
PRODUCER Abid Aziz Merchant, Apoorva Bakshi
CO-PRODUCER Roman Paul
IMPACT PRODUCER Level Forward