• Poster for “Chuppan Chupai” (Hide & Seek), a 2013 documentary about homosexual and trans communities in Pakistan, directed by Saad Khan and Saadat Munir.
  • Chuppan Chupai - Hide & Seek with English subtitles - KHAJISTAN™
  • Chuppan Chupai - Hide & Seek with English subtitles - KHAJISTAN™
  • Chuppan Chupai - Hide & Seek with English subtitles - KHAJISTAN™
  • Chuppan Chupai - Hide & Seek with English subtitles - KHAJISTAN™
  • Chuppan Chupai - Hide & Seek with English subtitles - KHAJISTAN™

    Chuppan Chupai (Hide & Seek, 2013)

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    2013 | Documentary | 68 minutes
    Directed by Saad Khan and Saadat Munir

    Four homosexual and transgender Pakistanis navigate work, family, identity and visibility in Lahore and Rawalpindi.

    Historical context

    In 2009 Pakistan’s Supreme Court called on all provincial governments to recognise the rights of transgender people; in 2016 Human Rights Watch reported a rise in violent attacks on transgender women in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Chuppan Chupai follows four people in Lahore and Rawalpindi, among them the activist Neeli and Jenny, a transgender woman. It screened at Frameline37 in 2013, ahead of Chris Belloni’s I Am Gay and Muslim.

    Sources: Human Rights Watch, transgender rights in Pakistan; Frameline37, 2013 programme.

    Directors: Saad Khan, Saadat Munir
    Producers: Christina Andersen, Saad Khan, Saadat Munir
    Runtime: 68 minutes
    Countries: Pakistan, Denmark
    Language: Urdu
    Format: Documentary
    Year: 2013
    Starring (As self): Neeli Rana, Kami Sid, Waseem, Jenny
    Distributor: Khajistan Releasing

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