Tamanna (2014 film)

Tamanna Urdu meaning Desire is 2014 BritishPakistani film distributed by Royal Palm Group ta Summit Entertainment Pak and Super Cinema and ARY Films and produced by Concordia Productions. A drama in the neonoir genre the film is directed by a British director Steven Moore and produced by Pakistani producer Sarah Tareen. The film stars Omair Rana, Salman Shahid, Mehreen Raheel and Faryal Gohar.

The film incorporates elements of dark humour, melodrama, crime, passion and revenge and is based on Anthony Shaffers play, Sleuth. The films hero is Rizwan Ahmed Omair Rana a struggling actor who meets Mian Tariq Ali Salman Shahid, a relic of the once thriving film industry. The struggling actor is there to convince Ali to divorce his wife. A contest of male dominance between the two men ensues, starting quite reasonably, playfully even, but eventually turning angry and violent.Whilst some of the interactions between the two men are similar to the play Sleuth, the film has roles for not just the Wyke characters wife, but also his second, younger wife, who is the protagonists object of desire. The milieu is Pakistans film industry, Lollywood in its dying days. The outcome for the characters is dark, with more emphasis on being sacrificed than selfsacrifice, and is used an allegory of wider issues. The dialogue, in Urdu, and the scenario are adapted in numerous ways for Pakistani culture. ........

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