Tum Nahi Chara Gar Synopsis
Tum Nahi Chara Gar is a documentary based on the life of Saira – a transgender woman, living in the conservative society of Balochistan, province of Pakistan. The film explores her life since she was a child, her journey of coming to a new city, finding new people, the struggles and discrimination she meanwhile faced because of her gender and identity.
It also tells the audience about what life has been for the transgender community in Pakistan after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the deadly floods in Balochistan in the last two years.
It is a deep, emotional and very enlightening vision about the transgender community.
About the Filmmakers
Hello. My name is Yamna Waqar. I aspire to highlight the suffering of marginalized communities through my lens and direction. I began my career as a filmmaker in 2021, while doing my bachelors in mass communication. The first film that I directed was a fiction short film, “Baiti” – “Daughter” for a women’s day screening at our local cinema. After that I directed and shot a music video about gender equality, a short film – the lost flag was written and co-directed by me. In 2023, I worked on two radio scripts, both directed and produced by me, a documentary about the Bethel Memorial Church, Quetta, a short film “The Lost List”. Tum Nahi Chara Gar is the biggest project I have worked on as a director up till now, calling it big because it was mentored by Scottish Documentary Institute and the only Oscar winning Pakistani director – Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. Apart from that I have directed and shot various commercial and music videos.
More From the Filmmakers
Through this film I hope for the masses to become kinder towards the transgender community, and to start accepting and seeing them as equal humans. I want this film to reach the responsible authorities to answer and solve the deeply rooted issues that are being faced by the transgender population in Pakistan, whether it is economic on the economic side or the social side.
Key Roles / Shout Outs
Anas Saeed Khan – Cinematographer
Sameer Ahmed – Editor
