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Poster of film 'Alif' releases

| | Jan 10, 2017, at 04:21 am
Mumbai, Jan 9 (IBNS): Poster of award winning film 'Alif-Ladna nahi padhna zaroori hai,' narrated by Jaya Bachchan, released on Monday.

The film is written and directed by Zaigham Imam and produced by Pawan Tiwari and Zaigham Imam.

The film is slated to release on Feb 3, 2017.

Alif is a movie about a father, his son and his ambition to make him a doctor.

His fight with the orthodox seminary education and his fellow neighbors.

The film stars Neelima Azeem, Danish Hussain, Bhavna Pani, Simala Prasad, Pawan Tiwari, Aditya Om and child artist - Mohammad Saud and Ishaan Kaurav.

Alif was world premiered in Australia’s famous Indian International film festival of Queensland in November and it has been screened in many well-known universities of  India. Recently, the film was showcased in Aligarh Muslim University where it has been greatly applauded.

The film won Best Screenplay and Best child artist award in Bioscope Global film festival.
 

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