{"product_id":"aurat-raj-womens-rule-1979-uncut-khajistan","title":"Aurat Raj (Women's Rule, 1979) — Uncut","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA bomb blast reverses gender roles across the country, forcing men to live under the same patriarchy they once imposed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cstrong data-end=\"175\" data-start=\"149\"\u003eDirectors and writers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRangeela (director, writer), Jaffar Arsh (screenplay), Ibn-ul-Hassan (dialogues)\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"259\" data-start=\"256\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"271\" data-start=\"259\"\u003eRuntime:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e155 minutes\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"286\" data-start=\"283\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-is-only-node=\"\" data-end=\"298\" data-start=\"286\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ePakistan\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"310\" data-start=\"307\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"323\" data-start=\"310\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eUrdu, with English subtitles\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"331\" data-start=\"328\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"342\" data-start=\"331\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFeature film\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"358\" data-start=\"355\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"381\" data-start=\"358\"\u003eProduction company:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eRangeela Productions\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"405\" data-start=\"402\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"430\" data-start=\"405\"\u003eOriginal distributor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eUnited Traders\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"448\" data-start=\"445\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"469\" data-start=\"448\"\u003eOriginal release:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Premiered in cinemas across Pakistan in 1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduced by: \u003c\/strong\u003eRangeela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStarring: \u003c\/strong\u003eRani Begum, Waheed Murad, Sultan Rahi, Usman Peerzada, Badar Munir, Nanha, Shehla Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: \u003c\/strong\u003e1979\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"511\" data-start=\"477\"\u003eDistributor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Khajistan Releasing, Bubonic Films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"616\"\u003eAurat Raj (1979) is one of the most radical and misunderstood films produced in Pakistan’s popular cinema. Directed by Rangeela, the film blends camp, political satire, and fantasy to tell the story of a country where patriarchy collapses overnight. After decades of domestic abuse and social humiliation, a group of women finally revolt when a magical twist flips the gender order, forcing men to live under the same restrictions they once imposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"618\" data-end=\"1029\"\u003eWhat follows is a delirious tour through the moral anxieties of late-1970s Pakistan: street protests, televised speeches, corrupt politicians scrambling to maintain control, and men suddenly confronting the violence of structures they had built for themselves. Beneath its slapstick comedy and disco songs, \u003cem data-start=\"925\" data-end=\"936\"\u003eAurat Raj\u003c\/em\u003e is a piercing critique of authoritarianism, gendered violence, and the fragility of power. Actor and wrestler Rangeela wrote and directed Aurat Raja and Rangeela's friends appeared in the film free-of-charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1374\"\u003eLong dismissed as a curiosity, the film survives today as an early, subversive attempt at meta humor made against the tightening cultural censorship of the Zia era. Khajistan Releasing presents this title as part of an ongoing project to recover censored and banned histories across the region. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThemes:\u003c\/strong\u003e Patriarchy and Power Reversal, Meta Humor, Feminist Satire and Political Critique, Gender, Performance and Spectacle, Censorship and Moral Panic, Class and Everyday Oppression, Rebellion, Imagination and Liberation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Email info@khajistan.com for acquisitions and licensing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45133434028246,"sku":"1016","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/aurat-raj-1979-with-english-subtitles-khajistantm-1.jpg?v=1773767109","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/aurat-raj-womens-rule-1979-uncut-khajistan","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}