Shaheer Ahmed
What’s Love Got To Do With It? by Jemima Goldsmith debuted to rousing acclaim in the UK. Her debut film, which features Shahzad Latif, Emma Thompson, Lily James, Sajal Aly, and Shabana Azmi in key roles, is about the tradition of arranged marriage in South Asian families.
Jemima has since revealed that the movie would debut on March 3 in Pakistan. The renowned vocalist Shehzad Roy asked the British author on Instagram when the movie would be released in Pakistan. “Thank you and best of luck. When will this movie be available in Pakistan? “the singer of “Tera Mukhra” questioned Jemima.
Congratulations and good luck… when can I see this movie in Pakistan? https://t.co/6o6XbqulNw
— Shehzad Roy (@ShehzadRoy) February 24, 2023
To this, she replied, “March 3rd in Pakistan! Thanks so much.”
The two exchanged some lovely tweets with eachother.
I'm hearing great reviews about the movie, especially about @Iamsajalali work in it. 👍 https://t.co/38PBMYt2as
— Shehzad Roy (@ShehzadRoy) February 24, 2023
She’s wonderful in it – a 🌟
— Jemima Goldsmith (@Jemima_Khan) February 24, 2023
Author Fatima Bhutto, who has already seen the movie, took to Twitter and lauded Jemima for her ‘hilarious, moving’ film. “What’s Love Got to Do With It is a hilarious, moving film that does something that hasn’t been done before: it makes young Muslims feel proud of who they are and what their culture has the capacity to absorb,” Fatima tweeted. “So proud of Jemima and her brilliant film.”
What’s Love Got to Do With It is a hilarious, moving film that does something that hasn’t been done before: it makes young Muslims feel proud of who they are and what their culture has the capacity to absorb. So proud of @Jemima_Khan and her brilliant film pic.twitter.com/ROexV6phrR
— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) February 14, 2023
In a previous interview, Sajal revealed why she chose to work in her latest film. “I think the first reason I agreed to join this film was that it beautifully highlights Pakistani culture,” she had said. “The country depicted in this project is quite colourful, bright and full of joy, which is a huge contrast from the norm in filmmaking which portrays Pakistanis as terrorists, so thank you Jemima for writing such a brilliant script.”
