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Joyland

Joyland

20227.42h 7m

Overview

As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

Directed by Saim Sadiq
Written by Saim Sadiq, Maggie Briggs, Bane Fakih
Produced by Apoorva Guru Charan, Sarmad Sultan Khoosat, Lauren Mann
Box Office0Revenue: $1.2M

Top Cast

Ali Junejo

Ali Junejo

Haider

Rasti Farooq

Rasti Farooq

Mumtaz

Alina Khan

Alina Khan

Biba

Sarwat Gilani

Sarwat Gilani

Nucchi

Salmaan Peerzada

Salmaan Peerzada

Father

Sohail Sameer

Sohail Sameer

Saleem

Sania Saeed

Sania Saeed

Fayyaz

Ramiz Law

Ramiz Law

Qaiser

H

Honey Albela

Ashfaq Saab

P

Priya Usman Khan

Shabnam Rani

Themes & Keywords

dancehusband wife relationshipdancerloveattractionlgbtgay themetransgenderadmiringtragic

About Joyland

Joyland is a romance, drama film released in 2022 exploring themes of dance, husband wife relationship, dancer, love, attraction, lgbt. Directed by Saim Sadiq, it stars Ali Junejo, Rasti Farooq, Alina Khan. As a patriarchal family yearns for the birth of a son to continue their family line, their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theatre and falls for its transgender starlet.

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